I never said I agreed with this idiot... I am pointing out that many people are ignorant of facts and tend to gut react on what they think to be fact.
I agree if you are going to do it do it right, but honestly I find no problem with the CIC not saluting the military back, it is a very important distinction that our President is not military, and is a civilian.
There are so many things to get truly upset about, this one is just fodder nothing more. This is just hey, here something to stir up the converted... its bread and circuses.
HJ,
I am somewhat in agreement. Coming down a rolling stair from an aircraft with your hands full and then realizing you have a coffee cup what is he going to do. Stop on the stair blocking others, set everything down on a small tread, change the coffee cup to the other hand and then return the salute with his right hand? Either he does what he did, an inelegant perfunctory gesture of returning the salute, or he ends up a bigger dofuss dropping his briefcase etcetera.
This guy has bigger items beyond his awkwardness and throwing like a girl in mom jeans. He is a walking chain of destruction and focus on this makes real and valid criticism have less impact.