Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
It was probably Petraeus's chest full of metals that weighted him down.

All the "hardware" that the Gen wears is well earned.

He is not a Third World AH toy soldier that issues himself citations and medals.

At the least? He should be shown respect for his 'fruit salad' and hardware- each and every little pin/flag represents a story about what he has done to make the grade during his career.