Chickenhawks

Word CHICKENHAWKS
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Definitions and meanings of "Chickenhawks"

What do we mean by chickenhawks?

A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.

Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.

An older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex.

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The word "chickenhawks" in example sentences

Most of them are "chickenhawks" -- men who did not serve in the military themselves, yet who advocate war. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now we have the heart of the matter, the chickenhawks are afraid of a draft! ❋ Unknown (2010)

He encourages war while his bigass sons remain chickenhawks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are actually aptly called chickenhawks, for that very reason ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the things which distrubs me the most about the chickenhawks is their casual use of terms like Islamofascist. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They are so-called chickenhawks who continue to protect such neoconservative bastions as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the ❋ Unknown (2009)

Norm Coleman is another of the "chickenhawks" in Washington D.C. Just like Bush and Cheney, he is a LOSER. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kerry v. Bush, Cleland v. Chambliss (or whoever), Roberts v. Pope (in Oklahoma), et al. The only answer is that there are a majority of American male voters who have evaded or avoided combat service from circa 1970 to the present who identify with the 'chickenhawks'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There simply is NO explanation for such duplicity and delusion on the part of O'Hanlon, The Times Op-Ed editor (for giving wide circulation to such erroneous b/s), and all the other 'chickenhawks' who continue to view the Iraq debacle through rose-colored glasses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last month it was merely "chickenhawks", a rare cross-breed. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The same old neocon 'chickenhawks' from PNAC live to warmonger away another couple of trillion dollars for the continued mass destruction of life, limb, and property in imperial pursuit of others wealth and resources. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Led by 'chickenhawks' who have never truly served, our soldiers found themselves shortchanged on protective equipment, pay and medical care. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then you're no different than the "chickenhawks" you scorn. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

On a side not, isn't it interesting that the folks who whine about "chickenhawks" never seem to care that, say, Chelsea Clinton has refused to enlist in the military? ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Yet George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle, Newt Gingrich, and others known as "chickenhawks," escaped censure for dodging the Vietnam draft while shamelessly supporting the war itself. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These are the same "chickenhawks," war hawks who never fought in a war themselves, who led the charge into the disastrous Iraq quagmire. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It is, after all, clear that the real elitists are the Bush administration leaders, including the president himself, the vice president, the secretary of state, and a whole group of neo-conservative strategists around them-all "chickenhawks" who avoided combat and military service when they had the chance to serve their country during the Vietnam War-who casually tricked this nation into war and caused the deaths and maiming of over 25,000 Americans. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The "chickenhawks" sacrifice nothing, yet believe themselves to be great patriots and warriors. ❋ Rogers (2006)

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