Fort Hood attack victims closer to Purple Hearts

Associated Press ^ | Dec 12, 2014 8:23 PM EST | Nomaan Merchant

[Olog-hai]

The victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded moved closer Friday to receiving the Purple Hearts many say they are due.

Congress passed a defense policy bill Friday evening that includes a provision making victims of the attacks at the Texas Army post eligible for the Purple Heart. The award given to military personnel wounded in battle also offers increased retirement benefits.

The Department of Defense has denied the award to Fort Hood shooting victims, calling the November 2009 attack an act of workplace violence, not terrorism. That distinction has angered victims who say gunman Nidal Hasan committed a terrorist attack inspired by al-Qaida and an anti-American cleric abroad. Many victims still deal with lingering injuries and have struggled to find work after leaving the military. …

[doc1019]

Kerry gets a Purple Heart for a splinter in his ass and those killed and wounded by an admitted solder of Allah are denied theirs?

[TigerClaws]

Workplace violence?

[doc1019]

I think you missed the /s

[CIDKauf]

3 slinters in his ass

[Ciexyz]

Take care of our wounded veterans, you cretins.

[jespasinthru]

Support our troops, both past and present. Eventually we’re gonna need them to overthrow our tyrannical government.

[getarope]

14 deaths. They keep forgetting about the unborn baby.

[ex91B10]

Don't bet on their support.

http://www.disclose.tv/forum/soldiers-must-be-willing-to-fire-on-americans-t83545.html

http://www.henrymakow.com/would_american_troops_fire_on.html

[Gene Eric]

>> AP: 13 dead

14 dead

[Gene Eric]

The scumbags didn’t forget. They don’t give a damn about the baby.

[ronnie raygun]

Obama and holders work place violence victim is still on the American taxpayers payroll?

[trebb]

A friend got a Purple Heart in Viet Nam - he doesn't display it though. He was in a plywood/tar-paper/baling wire "saloon" when the area took some mortar fire. When it stopped, someone noticed a bit of blood on his forehead. He reached up to check and removed the thumbtack from himself and had another beer. Turns out the thumbtack had been holding a girly poster to the wall and had become a projectile.

Kerry would have milked it for a lot - a real warrior hides it because it was akin to a paper cut despite the circumstances...

[I want the USA back]

All because the murderer had dark skin and hated America.