How it came that two German agents were awared US medals

GoldenRivet · 12-16-08, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

War is a reality, get over it, you are going to see one hell of lot more of it in your lifetime.

agreed

besides... bush is out within the next 20ish days... what on earth will the world bitch about when he leaves office?

August · 12-16-08, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frame57

War is a reality, get over it, you are going to see one hell of lot more of it in your lifetime.

agreed

besides... bush is out within the next 20ish days... what on earth will the world bitch about when he leaves office?

The leg humpers of the world will just switch to Obama...

AntEater · 12-16-08, 12:08 PM

Ok, from what I've heard in english language forums, everybody and his dog gets the medal they got.
German sources always assume somebody actually has to do something to get an award.
This is kind of funny as the federal merit cross is awarded quite inflationary.
I think the US is pretty much showering foreign units with awards, with pretty much every unit getting unit citations and whatever.
Kind of like the Russians who gave so many "Heroes of the Russian federation" to Caucasus warlords and other shady characters that they had to reinstate the czar era Cross of St.George in the Ossetian war to have a real war decoration.

What these two agents actually did was do some backup HUMINT for the US, but I doubt it was of decisive value.
The mere fact alone that officially registered german embassy officials could hang around near SAM sites and the likes in wartime shows how badly shaken the Saddam regime allready was.
It is nice to have some eyes on the ground, but if these two guys did anything, it was saving iraqui lives by giving last minute updates on targets.

Frame57 · 12-16-08, 06:29 PM

The way I look at it, when you have a rat infested world, you have start exterminating somewhere....

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AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok, from what I've heard in english language forums, everybody and his dog gets the medal they got. German sources always assume somebody actually has to do something to get an award. This is kind of funny as the federal merit cross is awarded quite inflationary. I think the US is pretty much showering foreign units with awards, with pretty much every unit getting unit citations and whatever. Kind of like the Russians who gave so many "Heroes of the Russian federation" to Caucasus warlords and other shady characters that they had to reinstate the czar era Cross of St.George in the Ossetian war to have a real war decoration. What these two agents actually did was do some backup HUMINT for the US, but I doubt it was of decisive value. The mere fact alone that officially registered german embassy officials could hang around near SAM sites and the likes in wartime shows how badly shaken the Saddam regime allready was. It is nice to have some eyes on the ground, but if these two guys did anything, it was saving iraqui lives by giving last minute updates on targets. __________________ Last edited by AntEater; 12-16-08 at 12:10 PM.

12-16-08, 06:29 PM	#4
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The way I look at it, when you have a rat infested world, you have start exterminating somewhere....