Have you never seen the thoroughly undeserving be promoted ,receive awards that should have gone to someone else ?
Have you never seen lying supervisors take credit for the good while heaping blame for the bad upon someone else ?
Have you never seen self-promoters pull the wool over the eyes of distant superiors ?
Do you not realize how much those in authority loathe admitting to having been duped into making errors in awards or promotions ?
I,personally, made the mistake of bringing to senior management 's attention the VERY questionable activities of the store manager ----I was fired at once;a year later they finally moved to investigate the $100,000 inventory discrepancy and found their manager and those he hired were major thieves.It was kept quiet and out of the papers.
Whistleblowers usually get it in the neck.
This was a couple decades ago.
Are medals no longer good enough proof of valour?
Must we now ask the opinion of talk radio hosts and the opinon of websites before we respect a man's medals?
I will respect Kerry for any medals he has until my government tells me otherwise.