Hawks and Doves

This is from a buddy's blog. Not half bad. Here's one for you Curt.

Chickendoves
Douglas Dern at Tech Central Station has an interesting article on what he calls "Chickendoves." We have all heard the term "Chickenhawks" to describe those who are for the war but never served in the armed forces. Here is an excerpt that shows the hypocrisy from the peacenik left.
"Military service is also an excellent sincerity check for peaceniks who have belatedly discovered the joys of protecting innocent Muslims. Many of us suspicious-minded pro-war types can't help but notice that many war protestors didn't lose much sleep over the lives of Iraqis and Iranians when Saddam Hussein was slaughtering both. And back when the kum-ba-yah set admitted to resenting our action in
Afghanistan, they fretted over the fate of Afghanis whom they were more than happy to entrust to the tender ministrations of the Taliban before 9/11. And what about our defense of Muslims during our Bosnian action? If, chickendove, you've developed a strange new concern for the fate of Muslims worldwide, take notice: the one military in the entire world that has taken up arms in the last fifty years to defend Muslim life is the American military. Feel like enlisting yet? Or is your Ph.D. proof enough of how gosh darn much you care?"

check out Curt's Blog at: http://cj.typepad.com/vrwc1member/2005/02/chickendoves.html