re: The Medal of Honor is a participation trophy now

Awards are very political. I just found out a fellow soldier of mine was awarded a silver star for an IED that blew up on his Bradley killing 3 soldiers in the back. I did the investigation into the incident. His squad leaders were the ones that managed the situation as he was in a half conscious state. Some how he was given the credit for setting up the defense and preventing further loss of life in the second wave of sporadic attack by direct and indirect fire.

Counter that with another soldier that rushed into a burning Bradley under direct fire multiple times to save 3 soldiers and him being awarded a silver star posthumously. I can't see how each of their actions warrants the same award. All I can think is the first is the son of a general that's going places and the second wasn't. Both are great soldiers so don't take this the wrong way. I just don't understand the way the army chose to award them similarly from significantly greater sacrifices and heroism at a specific event.