I have a hard time with RW SF

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8. I would stop short of chickenhawk

but I know exactly what you mean. I think missing WWII (through no fault of his own) created an insecurity in him that made him think exactly like a chickenhawk.

The difference between RAH and Cheney/Gingrich/Limbaugh/etc. is that RAH was compensating for not having been able to serve in WWII versus refusing to serve, but, as you say, the need to compensate for not seeing combat plays out the same way psychologically. (That one can somehow make up for not serving in combat by sending others to their deaths.)