i note that all britain's hawks are over the age where they'd get conscripted in the event that a protracted, bloody war resulted in the deaths of the volunteers.



chicken-hawks* is, i believe, a more correct description.

* chicken-hawk

a hawkish politician or commentator who does not have the courage of his own convictions; will sell the younger generation down the river to protect their own skins and / or money; makes conscription-resistance look anything other than principled; coward who's more than pleased to let other people's children die for his convictions.