The news that campaign and gallantry medals will be stripped from a bevy of middle-ranking officers over allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, but that senior officer’s chest decorations were safe, was greeted with predictable contempt by many. As a former professional Army officer and Vietnam veteran, I share that contempt.
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