# Chickenhawks at the SDMB

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 19, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076 "2004-10-19T18:14:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076/101 "2004-10-20T19:07:37Z")

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> [@racinchikki](#):
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> Sarcasm, sir or ma’am.  
> "

I figured. Still, you phrased the idea better than anyone who was actually arguing _for[_ it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076/102 "2004-10-20T23:17:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Mr. Moto]  
So, am I permitted to advocate war, while **NI** isn’t, somehow?\*\*  
You and **New Iskander** can advocate whatever you want, since that’s your right.

I, however, retain my right to think whatever I want about your respective opinions.

Do not mistake opining on someone’s chickenhawedness as an attempt to stifle them.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076/103 "2004-10-21T04:40:23Z")

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Among active duty military, Bush is favored over Kerry by over 20%. Among the readers of “Military Times”, the ratio is 4:1 for Bush. Among veterans in general, Bush enjoys a sizeable lead over Kerry. Veterans as a group give Bush a 60% favorability rating, compared to only 36% for Kerry.

So much for the theory that people who know war don’t support this one.

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**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chickenhawks-at-the-sdmb/270076/104 "2004-10-21T04:58:16Z")

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Being active duty doesn’t mean shit as far as knowing war. I’ll give a little more weight to a Congo based Médecins Sans Frontières worker’s view than a USMC clerk stationed in Sydney.

Irrelevant as it may be, I _would_ like to see poll data concerning the opinions of personnel who have seen combat. Perhaps they are even more pro-Bush but I find the opinions of the majority of the US forces no more valuable than those of their civilian compatriots.

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