Posted on 09/22/2007 11:31:06 AM PDT by llevrok
Tonight at Daily Kos, the new mainstream voice of the Democratic Party, they’ve found a new angle from which to attack General Petraeus: Hey, MoveOn! Petraeus Wore Fraud Medal At Testimony.
Examining General Petraeus’s medals, his official bios and then comparing three reports of events on 3/30/2003 in Najaf, Iraq - two by prize-winning embedded journalists and one understood to be by Army personnel (which document this diarist will produce to a responsible party at any time) - this diarist cannot conclude other than that General David Petraeus wore a medal for combat valor in his testimony before Congress that was a sham, propaganda and a dishonor to his troops and nation.
I will be extremely surprised if there is anything to these charges, but it’s not my area of expertise, so LGF military lizards—please weigh in.
Hillaryous!
Under President Bill C, anything and everything was possible. It was said Boorda used his son in laws pistola.
Lots of fallen bodies during the Clinton years.
What are you 12? ROTFLMAO!
Just, . . . wow. Most soldiers would be honored (and fortunate) to have just one of those.
Even if they are claiming you have to be under direct fire, read Rick Atkinson’s book, “In the Company of Soldiers,” and he relates an incident he witnessed in which Petraeus and some of his staff stopped a Humvee, spread out maps, and were looking at positions when they came under (as I recall) mortar fire. They did not take cover. After a minute, Patton-style, Petraeus pulled out his sidearm and went in the direction of the incoming. By that time, other soldiers had eliminated the threat.
Is it possible to imagine that in a 30 year career he might have just picked up the medal as a junior officer?
Of course 4 star generals usually wear medals that they never earned, especially when they are testifying to Congress and the world is watching.
What the heck do 4 star generals know about medals anyway?
We should all thank our lucky stars that there is Daily Kos to advise us on such matters.
You get an Article 15 or above and you get NO Good Conduct Medal - - all else qualify - - it’s for “good conduct.”
Lieutenant General DAVID H. PETRAEUS
United States Army
(May 2004- )
SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA
MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
Armor Officer Advanced Course
United States Army Command and General Staff College
Senior Service College Fellowship - Georgetown University
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
United States Military Academy - BS - No Major
Princeton University - MPA - International Relations
Princeton University - Ph.D. - International Relations
FOREIGN LANGUAGE(S) None recorded
PROMOTIONS DATES OF APPOINTMENT
2LT 5 Jun 74
1LT 5 Jun 76
CPT 8 Aug 78
MAJ 1 Aug 85
LTC 1 Apr 91
COL 1 Sep 95
BG 1 Jan 00
MG 1 Jan 03
LTG 18 May 04
MAJOR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS
FROM TO ASSIGNMENT
May 75 Jan 79 Platoon Leader, C Company, later S-4 (Logistics), later S-1 (Personnel), 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy
Jan 79 Jul 79 Assistant S-3 (Operations), 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Jul 79 May 81 Commander, A Company, later S-3 (Operations), 2d Battalion, 19th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
May 81 May 82 Aide-de-Camp to the Division Commander, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
May 82 Jun 83 Student, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Jun 83 Jun 85 Student, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Jul 85 Jun 87 Instructor, later Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Jun 87 Jun 88 Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe, Belgium
Jun 88 Jun 89 S-3 (Operations), 2d Battalion, 30th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division
(Mechanized), United States Army Europe, Germany
Jun 89 Aug 89 S-3 (Operations), 1st Brigade, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), United States Army Europe, Germany
Aug 89 Aug 91 Aide/Assistant Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, United States
Army, Washington DC
Aug 91 Jul 93 Commander, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Jul 93 Jul 94 G-3 (Operations)/Director of Plans, Training and Mobilization,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Aug 94 Jan 95 Senior Service College Fellow, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Jan 95 Jun 95 Chief Operations Officer, UN Mission in Haiti, OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
Jun 95 Jun 97 Commander, 1st Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
Jun 97 Sep 97 Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff, The Joint Staff, Washington, DC
Oct 97 Aug 99 Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC
Aug 99 Jul 00 Assistant Division Commander (Operations), 82d Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Commanding General, CJTF-Kuwait, (Forward), OPERATION DESERT SPRING, Kuwait
Jul 00 Aug 00 Acting Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
Aug 00 Jun 01 Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Jun 01 Jun 02 Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, SFOR, and Deputy Commander, United States Joint Interagency Counter Terrorism Task Force, OPERATION JOINT FORGE, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jul 02 May 04 Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky and deployed in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS Dates Grade
Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Jun 87 - Jun 88 Major
Commander Europe, Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Powers Europe, Belgium
(Cumulative Joint Credit)
Chief Operations Officer, UN Mission in Haiti, Jan 95 - Jun 95 Lieutenant Colonel
OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
(No Joint Credit)
Executive Assistant to the Director, The Jun 97 - Aug 99 Colonel
Joint Staff, later Executive Assistant to the
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Washington, DC
Commanding General, CJTF-Kuwait, (Forward), Aug 99 - Sep 99 Colonel (P)
OPERATION DESERT SPRING, Kuwait
(No Joint Credit)
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, SFOR, Jun 01 - Jul 02 Brigadier General/
and Deputy Commander, United States Major General
Joint Interagency Counter Terrorism Task Force,
OPERATION JOINT FORGE, Sarajevo,
Bosnia-Herzegovina (No Joint Credit)
US DECORATIONS AND BADGES
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster)
Legion of Merit (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Bronze Star Medal with “V” Device
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Metal
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Ranger Tab
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge
http://www.afsouth.nato.int/JFCN_Biographies/NTM-I/LtG_Petraeus/LtG_Petraeus.htm
“* Army Achievement Medal”
Found it. Bush’s failure in Iraq could not produce and achievement medal. Therefore it has to be bogus. /sarcasm
I just sent the Kos article to mnfi.webmaster “at” iraq.centcom.mil with the following explanation. Ah, for the good old days (early 19th century)—an officer and gentleman like General Petraeus could have simply demanded satisfaction (pistols for two and breakfast for one) from Eli Pariser and this Kossack. Of course, scum like Pariser (”Eli Parasite” is his new name) wouldn’t dare face any gentleman with so much as Super Soakers or Nerf bats.
Come to think of it, the New York Times (which ran MoveOn’s defamatory ad) has pretty deep pockets as well...
I thought this should be brought to General Petraeus’ attention. The Daily Kos is operated under “editorial control” (i.e. the site’s owners can and do delete content and ban users for posting particularly egregious content) so Kos could probably be held accountable for it. I am not a lawyer and I cannot provide legal advice, but this looks like libel (written defamation).
MoveOn.org’s advertisement was meanwhile not only inexcusable but incompetent. The ad itself said openly that MoveOn did not even wait to hear what General Petraeus had to say before it accused him of lying. This, as well as plenty of other things I have researched, says plenty about that organization’s character and integrity.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/19/22357/9565
I can’t get past the “new voice of the mainstream Demcorats’ in the first line without laughing. Talk about an oxymoron (Empasis on moron):-)
Try again? ExpeRtiSe.
The "V" is really called the "combat distinguishing device," which indicates on certain awards that can be earned either during combat operations or non-combat activities, e.g., the Bronze Star, Commendation Medal or Achievement Medal, that is was related to combat operations. The award states specifically whether the combat distinguishing device can be worn or not. I suspect that Patraeus won his Bronze star with a "V" during the Gulf War. The Daily Kos doesn't know what it is talking about. They are trying to make Patraeus into Boorda who was wearing the "V" device improperly, i.e., it wasn't authorized.
John Kerry had three PHs, all of them questionable, especially the first one, and none requiring any hospitalization. By virtue of having three PHs, Kerry was able to curtail his one year tour in Vietnam to just 4 1/2 months in-country using an obscure rule.
P.S. Kerry had a personalized MA license plate "PH3" on his car. He liked to advertise his "hero" status.
Wow, you have a lot of hatred towards a dead man. And the living too, apparently.
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