Medal of Disapproval for military valor

Is there anyone who remembers Franco Piperno and Potere Operaio (Power to Workers)? Who remembers the 1970s in Italy, when judges, policemen and politicians fell under the hammer of ideologues, revolutionaries and peones of armed struggle?
The first were called "servants of the State".
The second were called "terrorists".
It was a small war and the State won, writing the history that we read today.
I do not want any of my 5 readers to think that I justify terrorism. I affirm rather strongly the principle enshrined in the wonderful Article 11 of the Italian Constitution: "Italy repudiates war as an instrument of aggression against the freedom of other peoples and as a means of settling international disputes".
I find this rather incomplete, I would gladly change it into: "The Italian people reject all forms of violence and offence as a means to resolve any dispute", without any hesitation!

Franco Piperno, interviewed on TV, said: "Morality is multiple. There are people who go to bomb a city, and are considered heroes, and people who shoot at a particular target, who are considered criminals. In the second case, only because they were defeated."
Some journalist has ridiculed this sentence.

Enrico Cialdini was a hero of the Italian independence movement. During the period of struggles against the brigands he was responsible for collective punishment and mass executions against entire populations of the south. But this has disappeared from history.
William Tecumseh Sherman was a hero of the American Secession war. During the Indian wars he was responsible for collective punishment and mass executions against entire populations of the plains. But this has disappeared from history.

Genghis Khan, Napoleon and Caesar, were they heroes or murderers? How many innocent deaths were they responsible for? How many innocent deaths were Stalin and Mao responsible for? How many innocent deaths were Roosevelt and Churchill responsible for?
Our leaders today, the major allies and enemies of our time, are they heroes or murderers? To know this we just have to wait for one to win and another to be defeated. The winner will write the history and will tell us.

Bruno Picozzi (in translation)