The Pentagon No Longer Awards This Medal

Amazing how much has been forgotten since this 1988 New Yorker cartoon…

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2 Responses to The Pentagon No Longer Awards This Medal

  1. The Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit July 23, 2010 at 9:28 am #

    Oh, they’ve learned the lesson. The problem is that they haven’t learned the RIGHT lesson.

    The lesson they learned was, “We can do better than the Soviet, British, Russians, Mongols, Alexander the Great, etc. etc. etc., despite all historical evidence – both personal and general – to the contrary.”

    There’s stupid. Then there’s “Army Stupid.” :D

  2. Kevin B July 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm #

    ironically, the military guy looks like David Petraeus.

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