Polytx/your money

Aren't Powell's recent anti-Administration remarks nothing more than Jamaican diplomacy? He did get a Purple Heart for "stepping on a punji stick in VN." In WWII, generals and doggies were fortunate to get 3-4 rows of ribbons. Today, officers and men often get up to 8 rows of ribbons. This WWII swab wonders if some of this avalanche of spaghetti sauce is for trivialities? This is not to badmouth the American Armed Forces to whom we owe so much for their selfless work in behalf of American citizens.