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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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Semper Latte.........what a POS


42 posted on 09/24/2014 2:54:05 AM PDT by Einherjar
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According to NYT in 2009, Obama is the best “president” in history when it comes to saluting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/opinion/01winfrey.html?_r=0

“Presidents . . . began returning salutes relatively recently. Ronald Reagan was thought to be the first, in 1981. He had sought advice on the matter from Gen. Robert Barrow, commandant of the Marine Corps . . . General Barrow told the president that as commander in chief he could salute anybody he wished.”

“Mr. Reagan’s successors continued the practice, and I continued to be conflicted — believing that when it comes to salutes (and one or two other matters), presidents deserved to be cut some slack, but also feeling a little uneasy about the whole thing.”

“My ambivalence came to an end last week . . . Mr. Obama stood ramrod straight and saluted as six soldiers carried the coffin bearing the body of Sgt. Dale Griffin of Indiana off a C-17 transport aircraft and into a waiting van. His salute, it struck me, was impeccable in every way.”

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Obama worship has passed six years of pure insanity. The author claims to be a Marine. My guess is that those who say there is no such thing as an ex-Marine would change their minds after reading about this guy’s crush on Obama.


43 posted on 09/24/2014 3:11:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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