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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
While I absolutely refuse to criticize the guy's military service, I think the record should be absolutely clear and unobfuscated as to what he brags about. If the metal he carries around in his body is from a grenade that he himself threw in the immediate absence of any enemy soldiers (see yesterday's WaPo link), than he should not be linking it to his medals or his Purple Hearts.
Furthermore, if the second or third purple heart was for nothing more than bumping his arm, than I think hundreds of thousands of other veterans deserve medals they didn't receive.
Still, this story sucks and its hurting America (the Big big story).
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(A) You're probably right, but he still took "shrapnel" in the ass on a combat mission in the service of his country.
(B) Depends on the severity of the bump. I think you're right about the hundreds of thousands of veterans, and on ther other hand I think there are probably tens to hundreds of thousands of PH medals awarded for very, very minor wounds (especially in VN where they were the ticket home -- as opposed to WWII).
(C) There is no doubt about that, and no doubt that the demands of partisan poltics have long outpaced (for most people) any concept of decency or the greater good. Or, they think that the end (them in office "doing good') justifies almost any means. I don't agree with SD on much, but I agree that candidates who don't pull this crap lose.
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