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I don't think that is the real problem - if someone is a real hero they deserve to be recognized.
The real problem that goes as far back as WWII is glorifing war. Sherman said "war is hell" and he was correct but we forgot that in the aftermath of WWII and started thinking that going to war over almost anything was some kind of act of heroism. Going to war is a failure of deplomacy.