On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:57:11 -0800, Bill Noble
wrote:

On 12/1/2010 3:27 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:


Truth is, the CIC doesn't have to salute anybody if
he doesn't want to.

And apparantly he chooses not to salute even a soldier receiving the
country's highest decoration. Some CIC!


Coward In Charge?




it is astounding that you militaristic bigots feel that receiving the
medal, along with a speech honoring his actions is insufficient, and
that a civilian must give a gratuitous and unnatural hand gesture to
appease YOUR misplaced sense of honor. The good sergeant can speak for
himself if he feels offended. I honor his actions. You are attempting
to impugn his honor and this country with trivialities. Perhaps you
have forgotten that at this time we are a country governed by civilians.
If you want a country where salutes are mandatory, there are countries
where the military is in charge - take your idiocy there and begone.

You were obviously never in the military. The hand salute is an
obligatory gesture when an enlisted man meets an officer, but it is
intended as a gesture of respect rather than obsequience. Military
courtesy requires the officer return the salute smartly and correctly.

Perhaps the President, while being CIC but having never served
himself, may have felt that he did not deserve or was not qualified
to render the hand salute to a heroic soldier.

Or perhaps, in his role as Commander In Chief, he regards himself as
above military courtesy to the soldiers under his command.

He does seem to know how to bow to foreign dignitaries.