Hmmm....Santorum is old enough to have served in Iraq in '91, wonder why he did not?
IMO "chickenhawk" sounds milder than warmonger, which is what most of the other candidates are. *shrug*
These neocons beat their chest with their macho "hawkish" views. They present themselves as having bigger balls by not thinking twice about going to war.
Term chickenhawk undermines a bit their ballsyness. It leaves them a bit emasculated. They`d take warmonger as a compliment.
Perhaps warmonger would be best used in front of female crowds, as they don`t give a damn about pissing contests.
They all are chicken hawks, even a guy that served could bear that mantle if he was HQ or otherwise Noncombatant. We give that veteran status away to easily. What did you do to become a veteran? Played halo in the desert... that's nice, thanks for your service... WTF? I know Vietnam combat vets, and this shit confuses them to no end.