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pecuniumWhat do Tyrone Power, Jimmie Stewart, Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, Henry Fonda, Mickey Rooney, John Huston, Frank Capra and John Ford have in common?
They all served in uniform during WW2, and all of them had existing careers which had already made them, if not famous, not anonymous either.
Other stars were too old to enlist, but spent time travelling to the front (or near front) to entertain the troops.
What do Jonah Goldberg, Ben Shapiro,Joe Scarborough, Nathan Taylor, Paul Gourley, Jess Beeson and a slew of others have in common?
They support the war, vocally, and with gusto; but they refuse to enlist.
They explain it with simple things, Goldberg, for example, says he can't afford the salary cut. Oh, yeah, that's a winner with me.
I single Goldberg out because he has, recently, decided that we made a mistake in invading Iraq. That's a new flash.
On the other hand, as he said in his LA Times column this past week, that doesn't we ought to pull the troops out. Nope, we're committed now, and even if it was a mistake, we can't be seen as lacking in will, nope, we have to stay the course. This means, of course, that more people are going to get killed (this month looks to top one hundred more dead, and a lot more than that wounded).
Goldberg is a chickenhawk.
I don't mean to say that one can't support the war without enlisting. No.
Glenn Greenwald defines chickenhawk thus, Something more than mere support for a war without fighting in it is required to earn the "chicken hawk" label. Chicken-hawkism is the belief that advocating a war from afar is a sign of personal courage and strength, and that opposing a war from afar is a sign of personal cowardice and weakness. A "chicken hawk" is someone who not merely advocates a war, but believes that their advocacy is proof of the courage which those who will actually fight the war in combat require.
I would add (and it's part of how I chose this list, which excludes people like George Will, Rush Limbaugh, Michaels Reagan and Savage as well as pretty much all the talking heads out there, the Coulters, O'Reillys and Hannitys of the world. Andy, "soldiers are my lackies and can't have feelings, much less care about getting killed, Sullivan is in class by himself) that those who are in such places of prominence, are saying this is the most important fight since WW2 (and perhaps of all time) and yet have things more important to do than put their money where there mouth is.
Goldberg, in his peurile attempt to defend his position (the war was a bad idea, and it's been screwed up, so much so that he doesn't really support it, but we can't quit) is asking people to die for that mistake. He, like the rest of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders can't be bothered to do bear the risk himself, but neither can he find the cojones to actually be against the war. So he asks more soldiers to die, more families to bear the grief, all so he can refuse to face the fruits of the field he was so vigorously sowing.
So, to Jonah Goldberg, for egregious bloviation, in the face of common sense, and with a willingness to run from the consequences of your actions, above and beyond the call of duty, I hearby award you a Chicken Head to the Kombat Keyboard Badge, of the Keyboard Kommando ( Signifying Second Award)
They all served in uniform during WW2, and all of them had existing careers which had already made them, if not famous, not anonymous either.
Other stars were too old to enlist, but spent time travelling to the front (or near front) to entertain the troops.
What do Jonah Goldberg, Ben Shapiro,Joe Scarborough, Nathan Taylor, Paul Gourley, Jess Beeson and a slew of others have in common?
They support the war, vocally, and with gusto; but they refuse to enlist.
They explain it with simple things, Goldberg, for example, says he can't afford the salary cut. Oh, yeah, that's a winner with me.
I single Goldberg out because he has, recently, decided that we made a mistake in invading Iraq. That's a new flash.
On the other hand, as he said in his LA Times column this past week, that doesn't we ought to pull the troops out. Nope, we're committed now, and even if it was a mistake, we can't be seen as lacking in will, nope, we have to stay the course. This means, of course, that more people are going to get killed (this month looks to top one hundred more dead, and a lot more than that wounded).
Goldberg is a chickenhawk.
I don't mean to say that one can't support the war without enlisting. No.
Glenn Greenwald defines chickenhawk thus, Something more than mere support for a war without fighting in it is required to earn the "chicken hawk" label. Chicken-hawkism is the belief that advocating a war from afar is a sign of personal courage and strength, and that opposing a war from afar is a sign of personal cowardice and weakness. A "chicken hawk" is someone who not merely advocates a war, but believes that their advocacy is proof of the courage which those who will actually fight the war in combat require.
I would add (and it's part of how I chose this list, which excludes people like George Will, Rush Limbaugh, Michaels Reagan and Savage as well as pretty much all the talking heads out there, the Coulters, O'Reillys and Hannitys of the world. Andy, "soldiers are my lackies and can't have feelings, much less care about getting killed, Sullivan is in class by himself) that those who are in such places of prominence, are saying this is the most important fight since WW2 (and perhaps of all time) and yet have things more important to do than put their money where there mouth is.
Goldberg, in his peurile attempt to defend his position (the war was a bad idea, and it's been screwed up, so much so that he doesn't really support it, but we can't quit) is asking people to die for that mistake. He, like the rest of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders can't be bothered to do bear the risk himself, but neither can he find the cojones to actually be against the war. So he asks more soldiers to die, more families to bear the grief, all so he can refuse to face the fruits of the field he was so vigorously sowing.
So, to Jonah Goldberg, for egregious bloviation, in the face of common sense, and with a willingness to run from the consequences of your actions, above and beyond the call of duty, I hearby award you a Chicken Head to the Kombat Keyboard Badge, of the Keyboard Kommando ( Signifying Second Award)
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