[Chieftain]

Man, am I happy to know story behind this photo! When I first saw it on another thread, it really made me explode with anger! Hanoi John talks mucho crap, and tried to USE those Marines for his campaign, and the Marines made the truth known!

I could tell that Marine was PISSED OFF. As a retired Marine myself, I know that if you start poking your finger at a Marine, you are gonna come away without that finger, IF YOU ARE LUCKY!

OOORRAAAHHHH!! Semper Fidelis, Devil Dogs - You kept your honor clean!

[RightWingMama]

You don't have to me a Marine to hate that gesture. That is so rude!
Look at the Marine's hand. Looks like he wants to punch that POS.

[SerpentDove]

I hope that Marine had a few choice words for the traitorous worm.

[RightWingMama]

BTW, what he SHOULD have done is bought their meals and thanked them for their service.

[Guillermo]

I wonder if he accused them of being war criminals, as all he would be doing is expressing the views of his base.

[Stellar Dendrite]

The other guy didn't even get up!!!! They don't respect lurch.

[Quilla]

Wonderful response, Chieftain. I ran across the following story at snopes.com. The status in undetermined as yet, but I suspect it will be proven true. I enjoyed it immensely and hope you do as well:

The following was forwarded to me from one of my old Navy buddies who got it from an aviator friend on the carrier Abraham Lincoln. The email below explains briefly the procedure of a plane approaching a carrier for landing.

The pilot is asked by the air controller to "call the ball".

For those not familiar with naval aviation lingo. There is a visual aid used on carriers to let pilots know if they are on the proper glide slope to land on the deck. The part that moves up and down depending on how you're doing on the glide slope looks like a ball or "meat ball". The fact that you have a visual on the approach aid dictates a call to the roller on the ship.

The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following: In this case the standard response from the pilot of plane carrying the President would have been "Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, Roger Ball" meaning I have the ball in sight and am on glide path (for a safe landing — the weight is given for setting the correct braking tension of the arresting gear cables).

No wonder the military appreciates and likes the man! The President's recent approach to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln resulted in the following:

"Navy One" was on final approach for trap aboard CVN ABRAHAM LINCOLN . . . the President making the radio call said:

"Lincoln, Navy One, 12,500 lbs, I have the balls,"

His call brought down the house on the carrier.

[UpInArms]

if you start poking your finger at a Marine, you are gonna come away without that finger, IF YOU ARE LUCKY!

I was thinking the same thing. It just shows how out of touch he is to risk such a gesture. That Marine is the gentlemen.

[Dan from Michigan]

I know that if you start poking your finger at a Marine, you are gonna come away without that finger, IF YOU ARE LUCKY!

If I'm running for office, any office, the last thing I'm going to do is point my finger in someone's chest. You just don't do things like that.

You can tell that Marine is PO'ed too. Look at those eyes.

[Mamzelle]

Good grief--what's the deal with the finger? This man is one stupid campaigner...

[Frapster]

Could you point me to the real story behind this photo? I missed it.

[afnamvet]

The marine should be decorated for patience. I would have liked to hear what the other patrons had to say after seeing this "exchange".