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"Billy Preston" wrote in message news:2SVUc.7917$ni.2571@okepread01...
I spent 8 months in one [VA Hospital]in 1991. Been there done that. Didn't get any medal though (friendly fire). If you really want one, (and I'm not about to complain one way or the other) have you looked into this: http://www.purpleheart.org/Awd_of_PH.htm (6) It is not intended that such a strict interpretation of the requirement for the wound or injury to be caused by direct result of hostile action be taken that it would preclude the award being made to deserving personnel. Commanders must also take into consideration, the circumstances surrounding an injury, even if it appears to meet the criteria. Note the following examples: .... (b) Individuals wounded or killed as a result of "friendly fire" in the "heat of battle" will be awarded the Purple Heart as long as the "friendly" projectile or agent was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment. .... Though there were some changes to the criteria made in 1995 and 1996 (it is not clear exactly what) they were retroactive, in some cases all the way back to WWI. (Yes, One). -- FF |
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Howard Berkowitz wrote:
In article NRRWc.102826$Lj.19277@fed1read03, "sanjian" wrote: And Emporer (or is it king?) Moon is cheering for Bush. Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. But the Kennedy Administration named Moon a target, and the actual invasion was under Nixon. Ouch. Maybe that's where Kerry was, instead of Cambodia? |
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"sanjian" wrote in message news:NRRWc.102826$Lj.19277@fed1read03... LawsonE wrote: "sanjian" wrote in message news:wpEWc.99865$Lj.83312@fed1read03... Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "sanjian" wrote in message news:wNxWc.99388$Lj.5353@fed1read03... Anyone think we should get rid of every last drop of this campaign finance mumbo jumbo and just say "look, you can't have money from foriegners, and you have to show where it all came from"? Absolutely! Hell, I don't even care if a candidate takes money from foreigners, as long as there's full disclosure. Dunno... not sure I'd want North Korea, or China, or worse - France trying to influence our elections... at least any more than usual. (BTW, did you notice that Kim Jong is cheering for VietKerry?) And Emporer (or is it king?) Moon is cheering for Bush. Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. Interesting, that. I guess being able to fund lots of neo-con (and likely mainstream Democratic and Republican) endeavors gives you a LOT of political immunity in this country. The Washington Times has lost about $1 billion since it was founded. Since it primarily (or exclusively) touts a Republican point of view, we could call it a $1 billion advertising subsidy to the RNC. Kim Jong doesn't funnel a billion plus to support American interests, so he doesn't get the same lack of close scrutiny as Moon does, in fact American Congressmen are willing to participate in his crowning in US gov buildings. |
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"sanjian" wrote in message news:CNbXc.14348$ni.1055@okepread01... Howard Berkowitz wrote: In article NRRWc.102826$Lj.19277@fed1read03, "sanjian" wrote: And Emporer (or is it king?) Moon is cheering for Bush. Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. But the Kennedy Administration named Moon a target, and the actual invasion was under Nixon. Ouch. Maybe that's where Kerry was, instead of Cambodia? Allegedly he WAS in Cambodia in Jan/Feb 1969, but not during Christmas 68. Which is worse, that he wasn't there during Chritmas, or that he COULD remember the then current President talking about Cambodia? |
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Matt Osborn wrote in message news On 23 Aug 2004 20:51:31 -0700, (Fred the Red Shirt) wrote: As we have previously discussed, Kerry did not slander them though arguably it is slander to claim that he did. I'm not sure where you previously discussed this, but when Kerry claimed that I cut off heads, raped women, shot civilians, etc., I was slandered. You may wish to argue that Kerry didn't say that I committed war crimes, but in his own words he said that war crimes were 'not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command.' So were you *an* officer who was aware of these things (didn't see "all officers"), or were you one of the Winter Soldiers testifiers? Can't claim slander unless you were targetted, and the language was sufficiently vague that it didn't target everyone, by any means. |
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"sanjian" wrote in message news:CNbXc.14348$ni.1055@okepread01...
Howard Berkowitz wrote: In article NRRWc.102826$Lj.19277@fed1read03, "sanjian" wrote: And Emporer (or is it king?) Moon is cheering for Bush. Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. But the Kennedy Administration named Moon a target, and the actual invasion was under Nixon. Ouch. Maybe that's where Kerry was, instead of Cambodia? "I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border," O'Neill is heard telling Nixon in a conversation that was taped by the former president's secret recording system. The tape is stored at the National Archives in College Park, Md. See: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040826/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_critic_swift_boats_3 -- FF |
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"I was in Cambodia, sir. I worked along the border," O'Neill
is heard telling Nixon in a conversation that was taped by the former president's secret recording system. The tape is stored at the National Archives in College Park, Md. He may have been lying to Nixon--which sounds like one of those M C Escher prints. |
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In message , Tom Cervo
writes Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. It's only in the last few years that he started selling submarines to NK. 1994, if memory serves, and the submarines were more in the "liability" than the "lethal military asset" class. Old Foxtrot and Golf-class diesels. -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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In message , Tom Cervo
writes Unless I missed something, Moon has not been declared to be an enemy by any administration, including Clinton's. It's only in the last few years that he started selling submarines to NK. 1994, if memory serves, and the submarines were more in the "liability" than the "lethal military asset" class. Old Foxtrot and Golf-class diesels. Considering what Bush made out of old aluminum tubes and a helium van, I'm amazed he hasn't invaded NK. |
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