Now this is disgraceful..
Thinkprogress:
On May 2, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that awarding the Purple Heart to veterans afflicted with PTSD was an “interesting idea.” “I think it is clearly something that needs to be looked at,” said Gates. Yesterday, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirmed that the department was considering the issue, but cast doubt that the policy would actually change:
MORRELL: You know, I don’t think it’s for the secretary to make a decision on. I think the question was broached to the secretary; he answered it as best he could. […]
I should point out they’ve looked at this before and they determined — the had determined that it was not appropriate to make PTSD a qualification for a Purple Heart. But I can tell you that the department is exploring PTSD as a qualifying wound through the DOD Awards Advisory Group. There is no timetable at this point for them to produce a recommendation. But that’s the status of it as of right now.
2 comments:
Yes, if its an injury not readily seen, the DOD doesn't want any responsibility for it!
Gates/Rummy not much difference, both louses to our soldiers
Just what any soldier who committed suicide would want a Purple Heart, now one might ask why not give he/she medical help with the problem so they could have lived but that's to expensive the medal is cheaper. When Americans find out what really has been going on in the pass 7 years all hell will break out. If you thought Walter Reed, Base bathrooms, unsolved murders of soldier was bad you haven't heard anything yet the worse is yet to come. The best news is from the soldiers in the field as they tell the truth.
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