Thanks to people like John Kerry.Mach stated Purple Hearts were a dime a dozen is Vietnam. That degrades the meaning of the award and therefore the honor of all who have recieved it.
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Thanks to people like John Kerry.Mach stated Purple Hearts were a dime a dozen is Vietnam. That degrades the meaning of the award and therefore the honor of all who have recieved it.
Thanks to people like John Kerry.
I choose the honor the service of all who have served regardless of whether or not I agree with their politics. If the military states that someone is deserving of a comendation who am I to criticize?Thanks to people like John Kerry.
When you get a Purple Heart for a scratch that requires only a band-aid, it cheapens the medal.
My, my, it's unkind to misrepresent what others sayNo, Mach -- thanks to people like you.
Conservatives say Purple Hearts are worthless, why then, it must be so!
I choose the honor the service of all who have served regardless of whether or not I agree with their politics. If the military states that someone is deserving of a comendation who am I to criticize?
So it's safe to say that you believe a scratch requiring nothing more than a band-aid is deserving of a Purple Heart?Go complain to the Pentagon then.
It's not for me to say. It seems that you have appointed yourself arbitor of what the military should do.So it's safe to say that you believe a scratch requiring nothing more than a band-aid is deserving of a Purple Heart?
No, Mach -- thanks to people like you.
Conservatives say Purple Hearts are worthless, why then, it must be so!
So it's safe to say that you believe a scratch requiring nothing more than a band-aid is deserving of a Purple Heart?
First off, he said "conservatives". I only represent me, not all conservatives. Second, I said they were a dime a dozen in the Vietnam era, and they were. Hopefully that has been corrected, especially after the exposure of how Kerry used Purple Hearts to play the system to his benefitYou stated they were a dime a dozen. That saying means something is worthless. He didn't misrepresent what you said.
Second, I said they were a dime a dozen in the Vietnam era, and they were.
It speaks of his character though. Better men with similar injuries didn't apply for Purple HeartsWhich doesn't change the fact that Kerry fit the criteria to get three.
My guess is that you have never been to college. I never had one professor pontificate on the immorality of the American military nor have ever had a profressor speak that far off topic in.
It speaks of his character though. Better men with similar injuries didn't apply for Purple Hearts
I can't recall hearing anything about the evils of the American military in my Differential Equations course. In fact many of my engineering professors were from the Middle East, yet all that I remember being taught was pure analytical engineering. Hmm... I must have missed something during those years in college. Perhaps, the equations we used were meant to unlock a secret Anti-America code. I guess I will have to hit the books once again.
And awarding them for minor scratches cheapens the medal.When a soldier is wounded during combat, the Purple Heart is an entitlement. A person is under NO ethical or moral obligation to not take it, just because YOU feel they shouldn't for what turns out to be no reason at all.
And awarding them for minor scratches cheapens the medal.
What's the current criteria for getting a Purple Heart?Like I've said twice already, there's nothing stopping you from complaining to the Pentagon about their criteria for their award.