Chickenhawk?

Why is it that some of the most vocal supporters of Bush (and the war in Iraq in particular) are averse to enlisting and fighting for their own cause?

C'mon, do your part. And as a bonus, you get to fire real assualt rifles, just like the ones you get in America's Army and Counter-Strike. Plus, you get to make money, and have a job for once. It sure beats just having a couple magnets on the car your parents bought you, right?

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Even if they were pro-war, and would fight themselves, it wouldn't justify forcibly extorting all the tax money from all the other Americans who were against the war at the point of government guns. 

>>1
Don't bother.  They've had about three years to do what you're asking them to, and if they haven't by now, they're not going to.

>>1
Either has the stats to prove that the prevailing political opinion in the US military is republican, or is bullshitting.

Since the evidence was not provided we are not in any position to assume that >>1 is doing anything other than bullshitting.

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Your failure to question >>1 proves your reasonning skills are flawed.

>>4
Your argument was made to sound "intellectual," like a real deconstruction of the alleged fallacies in the argument, but sadly ends up being "bullshit," based on the fact that you don't even understand the argument, or more importantly, what the word "averse" means. Nowhere in the argument does he/she state or even imply that the prevailing opinion in the U.S. military is "republican" (I think you actually meant "conservative" or more specifically, "pro-war").

Unlike you, the authors of posts >>2 and >>3 actually understand the statement. While I cannot question your reasoning based on your statement, I can bring light to your lack of vocabulary and understanding of written statements.

>>4
"Averse" means "not inclined to."

You understood the statement as stating that "The most vocal Bush supporters are the ones who are most likely to enlist," while if you understood the word "averse" you would interpret the statement as "The most vocal Bush supporters are the ones who are most NOT likely to enlist."

In fact, you were trying to discredit an opinion that was probably (unless you were just flexing your e-penis and trying to look smart) the same one that you hold.

The people who enlist aren't going to be the supporters of the war.  Their daddy's make money.

The people who enlist are going to be teenagers who want the government's money to get through college.  The poor and young fight the rich and old's battles.  This has always been the case.

>>4
Uh, hey, I thought everyone knew that the military has a republican bias come voting: http//www.johnfulwider.com/...

I'm an outsider and I know this. Don't you even know your own system?

>>1
Either has the stats to prove that the prevailing political opinion in the US military is not republican, or is bullshitting.

Since the evidence was not provided we are not in any position to assume that >>1 is doing anything other than bullshitting.

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Your failure to question >>1 proves your reasonning skills are flawed.

I'm sorry if my arguments sound "intellectual", it is no fault of my own but the complex nature of the arguments you need to understand that are the cause of the intellect required to understand them. I believe eventually a person can understand any concept, just concentrate. Come on, you can do it. Ask me for further help.

>>8
These stats prove that >>1 is bullshitting.

>>1
Why is it that some of the most vocal supporters of the police (and the war on crime in particular) are averse to enlisting and fighting for their own cause?

C'mon, do your part. And as a bonus, you get to fire real assualt rifles, just like the ones you get in America's Army and Counter-Strike. Plus, you get to make money, and have a job for once. It sure beats just having a couple magnets on the car your parents bought you, right?

>>1
It is important to note that most democrats support the war as well.  In the recent senate vote for increasing war funding (raising your taxes), the only person who voted against war funding (future tax hike) was a REPUBLICAN senator for PA.

Arlen Specter (R-PA) deserves a round of applause for that vote, folks.

>>7
Want? I think it's more need, I've only met one person ever who was glad to have enlisted. Not to say that's everyone, just in my range of aquaintence.
I've never met anyone who came home from this war feeling accomplished, ever. and that's a lot of people, too.

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He showed more spine than every anti-war dem in the senate then...ez

Clinton was a Chickenhawk.  He said so himself, and used that exact term to describe himself.  How amusing, I bet the poster was a democrat, and voted for Clinton.