ElMonoDelMar
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Why should Obama follow military etiquette and return a salute?
Just because he is commander in chief?
You expect Obama to follow etiquette like every other president has done?
What are you? A racist?
LOL
Uno
Why should Obama follow military etiquette and return a salute?
Just because he is commander in chief?
You expect Obama to follow etiquette like every other president has done?
What are you? A racist?
LOL
Uno
Why should Obama follow military etiquette and return a salute?
Just because he is commander in chief?
You expect Obama to follow etiquette like every other president has done?
What are you? A racist?
LOL
Uno
OP have you ever served?
Oh and posting in another unhinged John Conner thread.
This, exactly.Better to have return the salute rather than not doing so. When I was in the Navy it wasn't uncommon to receive a halfassed return salutes from a senior officer. Admirals were the worst.
To the OP, save your outrage for something worthwhile.
Don't see what service or lack thereof has anything to do with it. I served and it doesn't bother me, but I can understand why someone else might be annoyed.
If I were the POTUS advisor I'd have him invite the Marines in question to join him for a cup of coffee at the White House. "Apologizing" that way when he really doesn't have to will make for good PR and would be a great tribute to the Marines.
I wouldn't even acknowledge this "controversy." It's manufactured outrage and simply makes people, like the OP, look like unreasonable and insane loons.
There are so many things that people might have legitimate issues with the President and his policies, but then choosing to pick this to bitch about? It's insane.
You know that, as a civilian, the Commander in Chief is not required to return the salute right? So there is no etiquette to follow. As for "Every other President has done" well, it started with Reagan so..... Rage on.
Well you see that's the problem. The Tea Party has made being an insane and unreasonable loon an acceptable thing for the far right.
Etiquette its just for the little people...
LOL
He should have just ordered a cup of rage.
here ya go.
You live in the right wing media bubble so I'm sure you think that's true. That's a testament to how far in a bubble you are and how distorted your view is.
The vast majority of people in the military don't give a shit about any of this. They just want to go to work, get paid, and not get killed or sent on some pointless deployment. The quality of a president's salute? Who gives a shit.
Actually a ton of military people are frothing at the mouth over it. Every military social media group that I follow has posted this story and the responses have been very negative.
I think it's funny coming from the same people who probably get out of their car at the commissary and survey the area in order to plan a salute free route to the front door (like me.)
President Bush then put the dog down, went back and properly returned the salute. True story.