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And, why aren't you right-wing war-hawks in Iraq right now fighting Bush and Cheney's lie of a war?
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High overhead, war-hawks sought easy prey scurrying through the cultivated fields that surrounded the fort.
G'lder Curtis Hox 2011
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Too many war-hawks think they can play God with our soldier's lives – I'm glad we finally have a president who honors the Soldier's sacrifice by using his brain before sending them into death. jules sand-perkins
CNN Poll: Is Obama taking too long on Afghanistan decision? 2009
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Those supporting troop withdrawal had various reasons, including the “waste of taxpayer money on war,” and the need for President Obama to ignore “advice from Republican war-hawks, and those in his own party who are terrified of appearing ‘weak.’”
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You can do that, dcs, but I intend to keep pointing out that the Democrats are not this war-hawks who have poor judgment.
Yepsen: Residual Force Debate Gives Second Tier Candidates An Opening 2009
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The war-hawks on the Right never want their own children to fight the wars they drum up -- they want their wars fought by the children in other parts of town.
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I thought the major credential for the office was good judgement, good ideas, a commitment to avoid war unless absoluteloy necessary (as in self-defense, primarily, not in pre-emption which is used by McCain, Bush, the neocons and Democratic war-hawks to justify any military undertaking they choose).
Hillary: McCain Has Crossed "Commander In Chief Threshold" 2009
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He has enough wrong-headed advice from Republican war-hawks, and those in his own party who are terrified of appearing "weak".
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 10/27/09: The Ineptitude of the US Gov't in Continuing the War in Afghanistan yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Ineptitude of the US Gov\'t in Continuing the War in Afghanistan'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: To the war-hawks of this nation: Exactly how many years do you want to spend fighting this war?
The Ineptitude of the US Gov't in Continuing the War in Afghanistan 2009
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To the war-hawks of this nation: Exactly how many years do you want to spend fighting this war?
The Ineptitude of the US Gov't in Continuing the War in Afghanistan 2009
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