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Obama salute to Marines to be remembered as ‘Semper Latte’
Washington Times ^ | September 23, 2014 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 09/23/2014 7:46:21 PM PDT by grundle

President Obama returned a formal military salute by saluting with a coffee cup he had in his hand as he stepped off his U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in New York on Sunday.

A video of the gesture that some are calling the “latte salute” was uploaded to the White House Instagram account.

The salute is “the most important of all military courtesies,” says a manual, titled “Customs and Courtesies,” for Marine Corps officer candidates, The Daily Caller reported.

“In general, do not salute when… carrying articles with both hands or being otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impractical,” the manual says.

Mr. Obama did not appear to be carrying anything else in his hands when he made the unusual salute.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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The Commander-in-Chief of the world's most powerful military does not know how to salute, just as he does not know how to pronounce corpsman.
1 posted on 09/23/2014 7:46:21 PM PDT by grundle
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an earlier ...latte .. moment




2 posted on 09/23/2014 7:48:33 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: grundle

I spit on the day this SOB defiled our sacred house.


3 posted on 09/23/2014 7:49:02 PM PDT by servantboy777
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The Emperor's only loyalty (and documentation)
has been with his Moslem Brotherhood.

4 posted on 09/23/2014 7:49:55 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: grundle

Just started a war.
No respect for the military who risk their lives for this country.
No respect for this country.
Upset that he has to sink down to the level of a mere POTUS.
Thinks he deserves better.

5 posted on 09/23/2014 7:50:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: grundle

Just more evidence of Obama’s disdain for the military. Those Marines standing there would die to protect him and yet he doesn’t give a crap about them. Worthless POS


6 posted on 09/23/2014 7:50:58 PM PDT by BibleGunClinger
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To: grundle

And he can’t speak Austrian.

What a klutz.

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7 posted on 09/23/2014 7:51:59 PM PDT by Mears
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To: grundle

Too bad he didn’t spill it down his back.


8 posted on 09/23/2014 7:52:30 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: grundle; Diogenesis; ClearCase_guy; BibleGunClinger; Mears; servantboy777; MeshugeMikey

9 posted on 09/23/2014 7:54:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: grundle
Just another panhandler trying to cop a little change from the guys that keep our Nation safe.



America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

10 posted on 09/23/2014 7:56:04 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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To: grundle

Soon some FReepers will show up to tell us why this is no big deal and we’re making ‘WAY too much out of it.....


11 posted on 09/23/2014 7:58:09 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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"Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition"

12 posted on 09/23/2014 7:58:20 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The cup salute annoyed me,the umbrella holding absolutely enraged me.

What a pathetic piece of humanity.

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13 posted on 09/23/2014 7:58:24 PM PDT by Mears
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To: grundle

Obama needs to find those two men standing at the bottom of those stairs and apologize to them. I know that the narcissistic in chief would never do that but it would be the right thing to do but of course Obama does not know right from wrong


14 posted on 09/23/2014 7:58:47 PM PDT by BibleGunClinger
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We see how he values the meaning of a salute. Since I did not serve myself, I don’t know how I would handle returning the salute since I don’t feel I would be deserving of the one offered by the Marine in the first place.


15 posted on 09/23/2014 7:59:06 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: MeshugeMikey

 

Found on Twitter

16 posted on 09/23/2014 8:03:29 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Ha!


17 posted on 09/23/2014 8:07:45 PM PDT by M1911A1
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To: servantboy777

Ditto

Pisses me off every time I see a Marine salute the prick.


18 posted on 09/23/2014 8:15:35 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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...and yet he doesn’t give a crap about them. Worthless POS

I disagree. I think you're giving him too much credit. Not kidding, not satire.

19 posted on 09/23/2014 8:16:16 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Mears

Lots of things to get enraged about... thats not one of them. Do a google search. Plenty of examples of Presidents, Democrat and Republican, having umbrellas held for them by uniformed service members.


20 posted on 09/23/2014 8:18:05 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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