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The accusation of being a "chickenhawk" was popularized during the run-up to the Iraq War, in which the lack of military service among many supporters of the conflict (Cheney being particularly notorious, he of the five draft deferments and the "other priorities").

Thing is, the same argument could be made about Bill Clinton during Bosnia (1995) and Kosovo (1999), since he avoided serving in Vietnam as well.

So what if someone had come up with the term "chickenhawk" to describe Bill Clinton and it had become a meme?
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