Posted on 09/23/2014 3:14:36 PM PDT by seanmerc
President Barack Obama saluted a pair of United States Marines on Tuesday while holding what appeared to be a styrofoam cup in his saluting hand, a breach of military regulations that won't win him fans among veterans and servicemen.
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“A Major General once returned my salute left handed.”
It is appropriate for a salute to be rendered with the left hand if the right hand is occupied or unusable. Obama had the opportunity for a left handed salute, but it appears that he was too lazy or just ignorant of the rule.
Contempt.
He’s pissed, he figures this far into his planet saving rule, all would kneel before him, not salute..
Sophomoric b@stard!!!!
This idiot couldn’t find his ass in a lighted room with both hands.
Along with everything else.
Love the tweets and comments!
“So is the obamasalute a tall, a grande or a venti?”
“Did he ever tee off with a cup in his hand?”
Goddamn Right!!
He wouldn’t have passed the background check.
OMG!!! What a CHILD he is that he can’;t go without drinking from his SIPPY cup for a while!!!
he’s a classless POS that doesn’t know better..OR, it’s another one of his purposeful slams to the military ....like trading 5 terrorist for a deserter
“Uhhh, isn’t that what you say with a drink in your hand — ‘Salud’ ??”
Make no mistake, this is NOT my guy. But the truth is that you do not salute when when you are not in uniform. Yeah, I know there is no uniform for this guy as CinC, and if there were, IMO, he doesn’t deserve to wear it. When I went through boot, we were taught, you do not salute when not in uniform and you do not salute when you are uncovered as indoors. Even your CO gets one salute upon first greeting of the day, and then it is no longer necessary. I speak for the Navy and the Marine Corps. I am not sure what the other services do. Yes, I know, George Bush returned a salute when leaving Marine 1. But he was not in uniform and should have acknowledged the salute in some other way.
Too bad he didn’t trip down the helicopter stairs while giving this insulting salute and land face down on the tarmac. Maybe the ghost of Jerry Ford will make that happen someday.
It’s not like he doesn’t know that he is going to receive a salute. He’s just not smart enough to remember that he has two hands.
It is appropriate to return salute even when not in uniform.
The only ones upset are the ones that expect him to change. I don’t expect him to ever do anything right so nothing he does ‘shocks’ me.
He probably laughs at the ‘outrage’ over his actions, he doesn’t care what we think of him, so why should we care when he does little things like this?
People on tv will make a big deal out of this and the ILLEGAL ALIEN children are still coming over the border and being deposited all over the country.
Especially if you are the Commander In Chief.
“It is appropriate to return salute even when not in uniform”
Well, if you are speaking as an active duty person or as a veteran, then all I can say is...Too many years have gone by, because that’s the way it was way back when. Again, I speak as a Navy veteran.
What do you expect from an ignorant military-hating homosexual muslim community organizer?
Greta is discussing the “latte salute” at this very moment. Her talking heads are dismissing the affront as a minor thing, way down the list of his major flaws. To me, it’s a very big deal, an inexcusable sign of deep-seated disrespect for the military he commands.
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