[newzjunkey]

It's easier to be pro-settlement from the U.S. rather than on the front lines. We need to remember the ex-patriots don't necessarily speak for the actual Israeli residents. It's a bit like the pejorative "chickenhawk" regarding those who are always eager to go to war yet unwilling to serve. That seems to classify an awful lot of neocon members of the political class.

[bvw]

Every army that wins has at least 10 in the rear supporting those on the front lines. Give up this "chickenhawk" stuff. It's old. Stale. Moldy. It dates you.

[Dr.Hilarious]

It's easier to be pro-settlement from the U.S. rather than on the front lines. We need to remember the ex-patriots don't necessarily speak for the actual Israeli residents. It's a bit like the pejorative "chickenhawk" regarding those who are always eager to go to war yet unwilling to serve. That seems to classify an awful lot of neocon members of the political class.

But those on the front lines, as noble as they are, sometimes can lose sight of the larger goal, because their judgment about the rightness of what they're doing may be influenced by their desire not to get their butts shot off.

There are different points of view that contribute to the pool of info we need to draw from, don't you think?