The act of betraying the nation is treason.
Falsely wearing unearned medals is “stolen valor”. Fabrication of “degrees” that were not earned. It is its own crime.
True by definition (trivially true, for the more rigorously inclined). A is A. I do not recall denying that.
Falsely wearing unearned medals is “stolen valor”. Fabrication of “degrees” that were not earned. It is its own crime.
Please. There is a difference between an act being morally wrong and being a crime. If there were not, we would have to herd the whole human race into prison cells right now. If harm is done (fraud, perjury, or your example of treason) than it is to be punished as such. If not, then you worry too much.
Valor can not be stolen. One has it or one does not. It is not contained in a hunk of metal or a piece of ribbon. Credit or glory can be wrongfully demanded. In this, fabricated military actions are worse in degree, but not worse in substance than a fish story told in a local pub.