I wasn't talking about medals being awarded to those who didn't deserve them. first of all. Most folks I know have some of that bang bang bling if they did the deed between mid 60s to early 70s.
Now you and I both know that "The Medal of Honor" is, the CMOH, but when you and I see "The Medal of Honor" we think CMOH, and so do a helluva lot of people who haven't seen the end of the world do as well.
This (below) makes me angry, and it should you as well, as most people do not know exactly what the CMOH is. especially civilians and kids. I also think it does a disservice to the men listed, as I am sure that along with the honor, valor, and bravery which earned them these medals comes a large amount of integrity. I am absolutely certain that if someone claimed your silver star was the CMOH you would be the first to object and your honor and service should not put you in that position of having to object. You and I both know that that "gallantry in action" is pretty damn impressive.
I am not sure why [MENTION=35694]patrickcaturday[/MENTION] asked but this just made me angry, the hundreds of "American Jewish Recipients of
The Medal of Honor".
You know what I mean...
Hall of Heroes: American Jewish Medal Recipients
And I stand by what I said about people who join a foreign army and abandon their own country when is at war. I said that merely to explain why, if some people answer "yes" to the question "Do you think American Jews are more loyal to Israel than the United States?" why it isn't necessarily an indication of anti-Semitism, as Abe Foxman and the ADL claim.
Look, you and I may not get along, but I would never ever disrespect your service to our country. You and I were comrades in arms in that regard and I feel absolutely no need to seprate out the Catholic soldiers from the Christian soldiers from the Athiest soldiers from the Jewish soldiers. We are all in the same boat, or bird if you perfer, but this absolutely shame;ess self promotion just breed division.
How is this. There were more Canadian citizens from Canada who won the CMOH than jewish Americans and I am Irish and I believe you are as well, but we are American war veterans, not Irish American war veterans, and i like it that way yet somehow, I become an anti-Semite because i regard Jewish soldiers as American vets and not Jewish American vets.
Who else makes the distinction so obviously and ad nauseum...but if people of the jewish faith choose to make such distinctions and attempts to seperate jewish vets from other vets regardless of background, than they have no bisiness labeling me a "Jew hater" and "anti-Semite" for calling them on such lies.