The Chicken Hawks Want War With Iran
Many pundits and policymakers who have never seen combat but rarely see a war they don’t adore are now beating the drums for war on Iran.
Iran fires missiles over Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun / Anadolu via Getty Images)
We could be on the brink of World War III. Israel assassinated a Hezbollah leader, Iran bombed Israel, Israel launched a ground invasion of Lebanon, and the United States deployed more troops and fighter jets to the Middle East.
It’s scary — and a bipartisan chorus of nerds who probably couldn’t win a bar fight is eager to make it even scarier.
“Chicken hawks” is the term of art for those who support wars and engage in bellicose rhetoric but have never put themselves on the front lines. Usually men, they may be overcompensating for battlefield heroics they’ve never attempted. Or they may just be bloodthirsty cowards.
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