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.
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I spit on the day this SOB defiled our sacred house.
The Emperor's only loyalty (and documentation)
has been with his Moslem Brotherhood.
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.
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
And he can’t speak Austrian.
What a klutz.
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Too bad he didn’t spill it down his back.
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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.....
The cup salute annoyed me,the umbrella holding absolutely enraged me.
What a pathetic piece of humanity.
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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
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.
Found on Twitter
Ha!
Ditto
Pisses me off every time I see a Marine salute the prick.
I disagree. I think you're giving him too much credit. Not kidding, not satire.
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.
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