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Dan Carr, a Marine who served 14 months in Vietnam, questioned whether such an honor should have been bestowed on a man who killed a retreating and wounded enemy soldier.

The Silver Star, at that point in the Vietnam war, were being handed out for a whole lot less than they were earlier in the war. The branch of service you served with in Vietnam also had some bearing, a Marine for instance, would have to do a whole lot more than Kerry did to receive the nations third highest award for valor. Same for a Navy SEAL and personnel serving in some of the other more elite fighting units.

What I still don't understand is that if he's admitting to being an eye witness to war crimes, and he didn't attempt to stop any of them (and the implication was this was more than once occurrence) then does that not make him at minimum an accessory to those crimes? I, for one, do not think we need an admitted war criminal for president.