Similarly, Rumsfeld was a Naval aviator before the Vietnam war: making carrier landings would hardly qualify him for “chickenhawk” status. In the Air National Guard, Bush flew F-102 fighter planes, whose pilots had a higher fatality rate in peacetime than many Vietnam soldiers did in their tours of duty. After all, he survived Air Force Officer Training School (OTS) and Undergraduate Pilot Training, neither of which are for the faint of heart. While it would have been better if Bush had served in Vietnam, his National Guard service hardly qualifies him for “chickenhawk” status. While I will defend their rights to use that word, I agree with Shapiro on this: calling conservative leaders “chickenhawks” is a strawman argument. Shapiro has written two fine books: Brainwashed and Porn Generation. Vox Day is a Christian libertarian who opposes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while Shapiro–a law student at Harvard–is a rising young star in conservative ranks. The two WorldNetDaily columnists are fighting over the use of the term “chickenhawk”, an epithet used by the left on pro-war leaders who have never seen combat (such as Bush. : Vox Day and Ben Shapiro are now in the midst of a cyber-brawl.
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