The Fallacy of the "Chicken Hawks"

"Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. " -Liberal Hero Cindy Sheehan

The other day someone on an AOL message board decided to reach into the playground style insult book that has become trademark of the left and call me a "chicken hawk". This is not an isolated situation. When confronted with rock solid evidence that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein, and indisputable facts about the necessity of the Iraq war they return to their old reliable insult of questioning the sincerity of intelligent people who support common sense policies but have never actually served in the armed forces. This insult is so childish and baseless that I almost feel silly for wasting my time refuting it, but for anyone who is interested I will show how little sense their argument actually makes.

Do you respect Police officers? Do you think they are doing a good and important job? Are you a cop? OH MY GOD! You can't be serious. You think Cops are doing a good job and deeply respect them but your not a cop? You must be a coward and a hypocrite.

Do you respect Fire Men?? Do you think they are doing a good and important job? Are you a Fire fighter? OH MY GOD! You can't be serious. You think Fire Fighters are doing a good job and deeply respect them but your not a Fire Fighter? You must be a coward and a hypocrite.

Do you respect teachers? Do you think they are a doing a good and important job? Are you a teacher?

I think everyone gets the point.