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Piece of rice in butt=Purple Heart. Okay, I won't bring it up because this is a serious column. Yes, I agree, these soldiers should be awarded the Purple Heart. Do I think the Army has the "stones" to do it? No.

[Travis McGee]

“Let’s not jump to any conclusions!”

—Traitor in Chief Obama

[TommyDale]

They were shot by an enemy Muslim Jihadist/Terrorist. Of course they should be awarded the Purple Heart!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I'd say they qualify for a number of reasons. However, getting our Government to RECOGNIZE THE ENEMY is going to be the hardest part: http://www.americal.org/awards/ph.htm

[muawiyah]

They were preparing for overseas deployment and got shot by a human "IED" ~ sounds like Purple Heart country to me ~

If this had been WWII and a shell from an offshore German submarine lurking up and down the Jersey shore had hit guys just standing watch on shore they'd gotten a Purple Heart.

It's not so much the "location" ~ we know that one ~ it's wherever Americans are ~ which is all of here and a lot of "there" ~ it's the "enemy action" that's at issue.

[armymarinemom]

Now that you mention this it occurred to me that the families of the fallen at Fort Hood do not even get a Gold Star Lapel pin. They troops were not deployed.

[bestrongbpositive]

If John “Freakin” Kerry can receive a purple heart for being a traitor then these guys/gals should get theirs wrapped in gold !!

[Cheetahcat]

Then in retaliation the Kenyan conman traitor will give the shooter the MOH

[Impy]

1 of the soilders was from my neighborhood. I saw her friends and family and the news. I’m sure they would appreciate her being awarded the purple heart.

Also I’m sure they’d like to rip out Hasan’s heart to see how black it is.

I bet Obama and the media would rather use this occasion to push for gun control.

[KarlInOhio]

Did the victims of sergeant Hasan Karim Akbar's grenade and shooting attack against his fellow soldiers in Kuwait in 2003 get purple hearts? To give any of the victims a purple heart would be to declare that either of these attacks is enemy action, and the military will not do that now and I doubt they did it in 2003.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Piece of rice in butt=Purple Heart. Okay, I won't bring it up because this is a serious column

Okay you won't but as a Nam Vet, I will

If a (self-admitted) TRAITOR--John "THE RAT SNAKE BASTARD" Kerry--can be awarded TWO purple hearts to which he was NOT entitled or deserved (and has been proven were NOT as a result of "enemy action" and were in fact BOTH self-inflicted) then by all means, these heroic warriors are entitled to same, or greater, recognition and commendation.

I was lucky: 18 months and not a scratch, but if I had earned one, I would be sending mine to one of the men/women who were injured in this enemy, combat, attack

PS: Less we forget, one of The Snake's purple hearts required the medic removing a SLIVER of shrapnel with TWEEZERS and then applying a BAND AID!

[GBA]

Purple Heart? I think so. And the Army needs to face a general court martial for the insanity that lead to this massacre.