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A lot of patriotic bowels in an uproar over the President's coffee cup salute. Definitely not the way it should be done. But not the most important issue of the day, either. There is a war going on and people are dying. It would have been better if the President had ignored the salute entirely, but he would have been criticized for that, also.
Obviously, the President has other things on his mind and forgot he had a cup in his hand and got caught by the camera. Not one of his finer moments but not the end of the world.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)As you stated, in the greater scheme of things, this isn't even a blip on the radar.
Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)And it the latest attempt to redefine the President as "the other" Crow the size of turkey will get served up on this one
clydefrand
(4,325 posts)into the army (1953). I was at Ft. Knox for basic and had been to the PX. I had only been in service for about a week, and I was return from the PX carrying a bag in my right hand. As I passed an officer. I saluted with my LEFT hand. He took about 10 steps before he hollered at me and asked how long I been there. I told him a week. He then ripped me for having saluted with my left hand. He told me to never carry anything in my right hand. I MUST always salute with my right hand. I didn't think it was funny at the time.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
jwirr
(39,215 posts)thinking about some of the things that are happening in the world.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)But we have a civilian government and it controls the military -- and that fact is blurred with this new saluting custom.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)If the President does not salute, the soldier holds his salute until the Commander in Chief is past, then he drops his salute. If the President wants to return the salute, that is up to his discretion. You are right, the whole BS was started by Reagan.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)only made movies about being in the war..