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Awarded to service members who hold their fire to save civilian lives

The US Military’s New Chicken Heart Medal for Naïve Restraint

By Jerry A. Kane ——--May 14, 2010

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A proposal for a new "combat" medal honoring “courageous restraint” is being floated around the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. The brain child of British Major General Nick Carter, commander for the Regional Command South of the ISAF, will be awarded to service members who hold their fire to save civilian lives, even if their lives or the lives of their comrades are at risk.
The new medal is being touted as a way to prevent civilian casualties. Now let this sink in: Brother O's politically correct military is actually proposing a combat medal for soldiers who make a conscious effort to avoid a combat action. Perhaps the military should call it the "Chicken Heart for Naïve Restraint" medal and award it in Brother O's name to those soldiers who have shown restraint by doing nothing during a combat action against an enemy of the United States hidden among civilians.
The Chicken Heart will be a heart-shaped medal within a yellow border, about 1 1/2 inches wide and contain the profile of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Above the heart will be the words "Peace in Our Time." On the back there will be a raised dove in flight carrying an olive branch in its claws with the words "For Courageous Restraint" etched below the branch. The ribbon should be 1 1/4 wide and consist of an 1⁄8 inch white stripe, a 1 inch yellow stripe, and an 1⁄8 inch pink stripe.
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Jerry A. Kane——

Jerry A. Kane is a retired English professor who has also worked as a journalist and technical writer. His writings have been featured at Canada Free Press and some have appeared at WorldNetDaily, American Thinker, and in daily and weekly newspapers across the country. His commentaries, news stories, and musings appear regularly on his blog, The Millstone Diaries.

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