McLaughlin and the Chickenhawk

Early in tonight's McLaughlin Group, Buchanan tries to minimize the current disaster playing out in Iraq by observing that fewer Americans have died in Iraq than died in "the Philippine Insurrection, which wasn't even a war!" The Wikipedia entry on the Philippine-American War is worth a look.

Later, Buchanan answers a McLaughlin question by asserting the Sens. Hegel and Webb have a certain amount of authority to criticize the war because of their military records. Then Eleanor contrasts their authority with the pro-war "Chickenhawks". McLaughlin appears shocked, and asks Eleanor "what was that word?" When she repeats it, he asks "Do they exist?" Then she says something like they are all over the White House. The camera did not show Chickenhawk Buchanan's face, but it must have been a lot uglier than usual.

Should be interesting next week.