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a political rival. lost three limbs in vietnam as being soft on defense. that last line. in that last line, senator lautenberg launched a stunning, well deserved attack on saxby chambliss bliss who defeated a senator two years earlier. cleland was a decorated combat veteran that lost two legs and an arm. he was a former football player that filed for five student deferments from the draft, bravely insisted to the draft board his football injury, which has never shown any version of inhibiting his movement in any way, that football injury should prevent him serving in the military in time of war. there s senator lautenberg calling a sitting senator a
resulting from their obedience to that call. in my view that s the cry of the chicken hawk who has no idea what it means to have the courage to put your life at risk to defend your country and its ideals. but the senator from massachusetts knows it all too well. when our country went to war in southeast asia, the senator from massachusetts enlisted in the navy, he requested to be sent to vietnam to fight for his country. the easy thing to do would be to simply vote for all defense bills, no matter what it says inside them, and pretend that these votes are the real measure of patriotism. that s what the chicken hawks do, that s the easy road. it is the same easy road we see when someone files for student deferment, then claims an old football injury should prevent him from fighting for his country. only a chicken hawk would attack
being soft on defense. that last line. in that last line, senator lautenberg launched a stunning, well deserved attack on saxby chambliss bliss who defeated a senator two years earlier. cleland was a decorated combat veteran that lost two legs and an arm. he was a former football player that filed for five student deferments from the draft, bravely insisted to the draft board his football injury, which has never shown any version of inhibiting his movement in any way, that football injury should prevent him serving in the military in time of war. there s senator lautenberg calling a sitting senator a chicken hawk on the senate floor, something i had never seen a senator do, even though
in my view that s the cry of the chicken hawk who has no idea what it means to have the courage to put your life at risk to defend your country and its ideals. but the senator from massachusetts knows it all too well. when our country went to war in southeast asia, the senator from massachusetts enlisted in the navy, he requested to be sent to vietnam to fight for his country. the easy thing to do would be to simply vote for all defense bills, no matter what it says inside them, and pretend that these votes are the real measure of patriotism. that s what the chicken hawks do, that s the easy road. it is the same easy road we see when someone files for student deferment, then claims an old football injury should prevent him from fighting for his country. only a chicken hawk would attack a political rival. lost three limbs in vietnam as