| "I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed... managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units. . . Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country." (Colin Powell's autobiography, My American Journey, p. 148) |
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(until recently) ALL "CHICKENHAWKS":
Republicans Conservative attacked President Clinton for having questioned the Vietnam War. But unlike ChickenHawks, Liberals like Bill Clinton fought to save ALL American young men from injury and/or death in a senseless war -- which most of us now belatedly understand was the right thing to do. --
![]() ![]() The whole Bush Family's aversion to Military Service:
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When G.O.P. presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, was asked in 2007 why none of his five sons (all perfect candidates for military service)
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who "walked the walk" :
While most Democrats don't just say that war should be the last resort but truly believe it and try to resolve conflicts through more peaceful means, when just wars have been necessary and unavoidable, they have a long established record of putting their own lives and those of their own children on the line, rather than persuading other people to sacrifice themselves and their children:
One of the most consistent supporters among prominent Democrats of G.W. Bush, when it comes to his war in Iraq, is Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Joe never served in the military, which may be why he has been one of the most enthusiastic chickenhawks, although supposedly a "Democrat" (tongue in cheek). |
| Contrary to his many public lies about Vietnam and his claim to have "a secret peace plan" to get us out of it much earlier, we now have a tape of Republican President Richard Nixon saying to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the Watergate tapes : "The only place you and I disagree . . . is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and (but) I don't give a damn. I don't care." . . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big." |
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans. They have members in all 50 states and no one has done more than them to advocate for the men and women serving our country in the front lines of our current war.
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