[Pontiac]

"To award a Purple Heart, it has to be done by a foreign terrorist element," said McHugh. "So to declare that soldier a foreign terrorist, we are told, I'm not an attorney and I don't run the Justice Department, but we're told would have a profound effect on the ability to conduct the trial."

He should be on trial for treason.

He was a US Army commissioned officer who took up arms against his fellow soldiers in effort to give aid and comfort to a foreign enemy.

That is the very definition of treason!.

These wounded soldiers deserve the purple heart.

[norwaypinesavage]

"He should be on trial for treason."

No, he should have been SHOT for treason several years ago. Obama wants to prove his liberal bona fides by treating foreign terrorists as common criminals, giving them the full protections of the US court system. This precludes Purple Hearts and other war zone treatments for the victims.

An honest president would have allowed a quick military trial and swift death by hanging or firing squad.