Posted on 09/22/2007 11:31:06 AM PDT by llevrok
Tonight at Daily Kos, the new mainstream voice of the Democratic Party, they’ve found a new angle from which to attack General Petraeus: Hey, MoveOn! Petraeus Wore Fraud Medal At Testimony.
Examining General Petraeus’s medals, his official bios and then comparing three reports of events on 3/30/2003 in Najaf, Iraq - two by prize-winning embedded journalists and one understood to be by Army personnel (which document this diarist will produce to a responsible party at any time) - this diarist cannot conclude other than that General David Petraeus wore a medal for combat valor in his testimony before Congress that was a sham, propaganda and a dishonor to his troops and nation.
I will be extremely surprised if there is anything to these charges, but it’s not my area of expertise, so LGF military lizards—please weigh in.
Come on everyone...lets just let this go.
For the record, I don’t think Boorda was a bad man. He was flawed. He might not have been the best CNO, but he certainly wasn’t the worst.
I do retain harsh condemnation for certain people who have brought dishonor upon the Naval Service...John Kerry;John Walker, and the like. I feel that way about Duke Cunningham as well, but in a different way.
Adm. Boorda is dead. Let’s let him rest in peace.
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WO's in the army warrant officer flight program sometimes (i'm NOT sure about ALL of the time) received the GCM at the same time as they received their warrants, with about a YEAR of total enlisted service.
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btw, i really MISS the comic book = "PM Magazine".
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BUT JOHN F-ING KERRY IS A WAR HERO!
(I thought they hated “war heroes”.)
Pathetic, scum-sucking, VERMIN! These pukes would kill their own MOTHERS to serve their purpose!
They already kill their own babies.....
Only award I recall that got handed out early in your career as a trainee was the National Defense Service Medal. I got my Good Conduct after I'd been out of active duty for about a year although my final orders (after two years of service) said I'd gotten it. Apparantly it had simply not been sent to me for some reason.
Looking at the criteria for the National Defense Service Medal I suspect the folks at Fort McClellan were in error when they started awarding it to NG and Reservists (summer 1967).
FLAMER....
further, in this case the LT was "black-birding" after airborne training & i think Physical Security & CBR (now NBC, unless they've changed the abbreviation AGAIN!!!) schools.
fyi, i personally KNOW that the 2LT lawfully received the GCM, as we "checked" his 201 file to ASSURE that he was actually entitled to wear it. fyi, he WAS so entitled.
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you might want to look into Haig’s silver star.
you might want to look into Haig’s silver star.
What BS.
Exactly! I'd lay a hundred bucks that Petraeus has even more awards that he is entitled to wear, but doesn't. I'd also lay a hundred bucks that the person making the accusation has never been in combat. If they're like the rest of the anti-war "veterans", they were little behind the lines clerks or peons. I'd like to get in one of these suckhole's faces and ask them how many awards THEY have, or Hillary has. Since she wants to be CIC, she should have shown some semblance of respect for the military. Her attack on the general to please her masters at DK and Move On should absolutely doom her as a serious candidate.
The problem is most diarists on KOS and DU extent of military knowledge comes from what they learned on their PS3.
I remember a few years ago there was some report of a shooting and they didn't believe it because they said they knew for a fact the gun in question couldn't inflict that damage. How did they know this? They posted some information from a video game's instruction manual. I am not kidding. I think there was even a DUmmy FUnny on this one.
I am convinced that the main thing that distinguishes some award recipients from other soldiers is how their recommendation for award was written (and what sort of mood the approval authority was in when they reviewed the form 689).
Just thought I repost your post in case any of the scumballs from Kos missed it -
He is wearing a name tag there, was he ever awarded that tag? //sarc
I had no idea of Petraeus’ resume. Thank God we have men like this fighting to keep us safe. And thank God the liberals are not in charge. At least for now. I don’t think I’d be able to sleep thinking about Hillary “commanding” a hero like Petraeus.
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