It didn't dawn on me that all the Republicans on stage the other night are Chicken Hawks.

[trumad]

[napkinz]

1. this ...

https://twitter.com/ColMorrisDavis/status/676891605656317953

[trumad]

2. Yeah---saw that on FB which is when it hit me.

[spanone]

3. all talking up war war war....and not a one served.

let the chickenhawks lead the fight.....more like chickenshits

[mainer]

4. Except for Rand Paul. I don't think he's a hawk.

He pretty much wants us to stay out of foreign wars.

[KamaAina]

6. And Carly.

Although she could always have volunteered.

[trumad]

8. Served with many women in the military.

Wonderful Soldiers.

[KamaAina]

10. But unlike the others, she didn't avoid the draft.

[trumad]

11. To be fair---

Most of the others were to young for the draft. They could have volunteered though.

[randys1]

7. Problem is if he were elected the teaparty would force him to kill Muslims in that if

he didnt they wouldnt reelect him.

Make no mistake, the GOP wants to start a war and kill millions of Brown folk.

[Kalidurga]

5. You expected more from the Merchants of Fear?

[world wide wally]

9. That was the first thing that struck me when they all started cheerleading for war.

I think it's a new prerequisite for Republican politicians.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. It's Been A Prereq Since The 80's

That's when Reagan started blustering about the "Evil Empire" and his hagiographers declared he won the cold war, when the real winners of the cold war were Lech Walesa and Ted Turner.

[louis-t]

14. I've often wondered how long it will be before

the prerequisite is firing your gun in the air like Saddam Hussein before any speech.

[H2O Man]

12. Recommended.

This is a very important point. I suspect that the public is so accustomed to this chichen-hawk dynamic, that they don't consciously think of it these days. Therefore, it is essential that people remind them. Frequently.

Thanks for this OP!

[trumad]

15. I understand that there is a large amount of citizens who never served in the Military.

I have never disparaged those who have not.

I do disparage those who yell let's go to war ----24x7---but have never served in the military.

That has always bothered me in a big way.

[H2O Man]

16. Right.

I definitely agree with you on this.

I was "of age" during the Vietnam War. I would have refused to serve then, because I knew the war was immoral. (After the war ended, some recruiters attempted me to join to be part of the boxing team. I did give that serious consideration. But Rubin advised me to enter college instead. Plus, they insisted that I'd have to cut my hair, which would have violated my religious beliefs.)

I do not judge anyone as "better" or "worse," based upon if they were in the military. But I could puke when shitheads like Dick Cheney et al are pro-war.

[pinboy3niner]

17. I respect those who avoided service as a matter of conscience

It's the bellicosity of the the chickenhawks that makes me want to puke.

[H2O Man]

18. Exactly.

I have no difficulty in viewing Muhammad Ali as a "hero," just as I do the many family members and friends who served.

But the chicken hawks? They are very low, indeed.

[Scuba]

19. Not the Donald. He's a war hero, just ask him!

http://www.people.com/article/donald-trump-likens-military-school-to-military-service

Donald Trump Likens Military School He Was Forced to Attend to Serving in the Actual Military

Donald Trump might not be an actual veteran, but the Republican presidential candidate claims he "always felt that I was in the military," thanks to his time at a military-themed boarding school.

In an interview for the forthcoming biography Never Enough, the man who has upended the 2016 presidential race talked in typically blunt terms about how his high school years spent at New York Military Academy provided him with "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military," according to quotes provided to The New York Times.

Trump, 69, entered the school located near West Point Military Academy in 1959 in the eighth grade at the insistence of his parents because of his poor behavior back home in Queens, and remained there through high school.

Later, the burgeoning real estate mogul received multiple deferments during the Vietnam War followed by a high draft number, and told biographer Michael Mr. D'Antonio that even though he never officially served, his training at the school was in keeping with the rigors of military life.

[Mc Mike]

22. He looks kinda like a young Gary Busey in that pic,

Too bad he's a quarter as civil, and an eighth as sane as Busey.

[Reter]

20. Except Paul or Graham

Paul isn't a hawk at all. Graham is big-time, but not a chickenhawk. Like McCain, he served. Cruz doesn't want a no-fly zone, so he's less hawkish than Hillary.

[Octafish]

21. Like Pat Robertson getting off the Troop Transpo, they're "Saving Themselves" for something greater.

Like that big pay day in the MIC.

http://www.schlatter.org/liquor_officer.htm

[JEB]

23. If anybody is interested in what a Republican

who actually served has to say, try this link...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017314594