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To: 2banana
"Death and injury by the enemy (the requirements for a Purple Heart)"

No, that's not correct. Here are the requirements for a Purple heart.

To include an attack such as this in the awarding of the Purple Heart, would be to devalue it, and lessen it's meaning to those who have gone before us, with un-impeachable entitlement.

When WE start playing loose with the rules to make our political points, then we can only expect, and not complain, when the other side does, also.

There should be a new Medal created and awarded for this. And in so doing, we could bring to light all of the extended reasons why this really was a terrorist attack by a muzzie fanatic.

John Freakin' Kerry would love to see this happen.

43 posted on 11/17/2009 2:31:13 PM PST by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: papasmurf
After 28 March 1973, as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of the Army, or jointly by the Secretaries of the separate armed services concerned if persons from more than one service are wounded in the attack.

Lifted from your source.

So you, along with this administration, don't believe this was a terrorist attack either?

51 posted on 11/17/2009 3:17:23 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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