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To: mass55th

I don’t know.

You seem to be holding DeSantis getting a Bronze Star against him. Just don’t see how that somehow makes him less of a candidate.


75 posted on 06/13/2023 11:05:29 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury
"You seem to be holding DeSantis getting a Bronze Star against him. Just don’t see how that somehow makes him less of a candidate."

I have a right to question someone getting a Bronze Star for simply showing up for work every day. My brother spent a year in the jungles of Vietnam fighting not only the enemy, but also dodging bullets and mortars from his own people. Did he get a Bronze Star for showing up for work everyday, being sent out on back-to-back operations without any rest in-between, sitting in rice paddies soaked to the skin for days? Of course not. The Bronze Star is for meritorious service. It shouldn't be given to someone just because they showed up for work each day. Not DeSantis, Not Biden, not anyone who did not do anything above or beyond what their job duties required. Kerry gave himself 3 Purple Hearts because as Swift Boat Commander, he got to write the after-action reports, and push them up the chain-of-command. Military medals these days are given out like candy, and they shouldn't be. It cheapens the seriousness, and the honor of the award.

76 posted on 06/13/2023 11:28:22 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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