Wikipedia notes that "Petraeus did not see combat before his 2003 deployment to Iraq." But get a load of the ribbons -- what the military used to call "fruit salad" -- on Petraeus's chest! You'd think the guy had thrown the Wehrmacht out of France single-handedly. Do they now hand out massive military honors for being a career suck-up?
To think that Americans used to ridicule Soviet generals for being overly medal-bedecked. To show that Petraeus is no anomaly in his wall-to-wall decorations, take a look at the gleaming display that graces the manly chest of Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PaceMedals2005.jpg>
Carl
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