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Already got the highlights... and slicing up your wrists until you pass out is attempting suicide.

Couple that with a medal for valor, and color me confused. I guess he got it for all the rest of it... but since the last major thing he did in captivity before the medal was conferred upon him was his suicide attempt, I'd have thought that would have counted for something more than the other stuff he did.

So... you're saying that, had he succeeded and shuffled off his mortal (albeit beat to shit) coil, we'd still be honoring him? I think he'd be another one of the anonymous fallen.

I have nothing but respect for those who give their lives for their country... and nothing you say to "call me out" on what I have or have not seen/known/experienced will change my opinion. So keep it to the words and not the poster.