[stormer]

If politicians can lie about their own records of achievement or the records of their opponents in the course of campaigning, or lie about the consequences of action or inaction regarding policy decisions, there is no way anyone conflating, manufacturing, or embellishing a military record should be regarded as a criminal.

[jazusamo]

Because politicians do it doesn’t make it right. I’m for making it illegal for politicians to lie because they’re doing it for personal gain. Fat chance, huh?

[muawiyah]

Whatever award or recognition you get in military service it is sacred ~ if not to you, then to me ~ and quite frankly unless they want to devolve the ministration of punishment down to private individuals the Court should act to protect those awards much as the Constitution protects COPYRIGHT.

The lowest Private or Lieutenant should be secure in the knowledge that his awards are meaningful as much as ASCAP should be secure in knowing they can continue to collect fees from the commercial use of music.