On Dec 2, 12:06*am, Don Foreman wrote:
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.- Hide quoted text -

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As did Bush and Cheney...when they weren't kissing butt.

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