I must admit that I hadn't thought about it. But in a combat situation, when one of us is wounded, particularly with some seriousness (again, letting out John Kerry, since there is no award for self-inflicted wounds) one is awarded the Purple Heart.
I believe that the second Major Hasan made the decision to kill American soldiers he qualified as an "enemy of the United States."
That, to me, means that anyone killed or wounded by any terrorist attack, including 9/11, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States deserves the award and all that goes with it... and that includes the troops at Ft. Hood as well as the Little Rock Recruiting Station and the other fragging attack by an American Muslim, Sgt Hasan Akbar, that typically goes unmentioned.
a. The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of an Armed Force or any civilian national of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Services after 5 April 1917, has been wounded or killed, or who has died or may hereafter die after being wounded
(1) In any action against an enemy of the United States.
Although wearing the uniform of my Army, is their any doubt this scumbag became an enemy of the United States the INSTANT he made the decision to kill us?
We can come up with a dozen reasons NOT to award this medal.
But we can also come up with a dozen reasons TO award this medal.
And under the circumstances, when it comes to those who’ve shed their blood for this country at the hands of an enemy… ANY enemy… acknowledging that fact with this medal is the least we can do.
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