Would you call that a salute?

[BloodEclipse]

This can be a "Caption this pic as well"
So is that a salute?
Mr. President let the Women show you how to do it.

 

[cox7215]

yea, that was a weak salute..........

 

[ihateiraq]

yea, thats a horrible salute. and it looks like hes aged horribly the last 2 months...

 

[ATM]

Looks like he's just trying to not make eye contact with that fine fellow who is saluting him.

 

[RogerB]

I don't see any salute.....looks more like a "yeah whatever" look of disgust to me.

 

[Dogman]

Well he's got his newspaper and along with the look on his face it looks like he needs to get to the throne room in a hurry.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

In all "fairness"... What do you expect from someone who's never served in the military in any way, shape, or form?

 

[ihateiraq]

well for someone in his position, id at least expect someone to give him a real quick class on the hand salute. thats embarrassing, no matter who you are.

 

[Joe Williams]

I've had worse from active duty officers.

 

[ihateiraq]

haha. true. i had an ensign return a salute with his left hand...

 

[HICKMAN]

"Hold on, I've got something in my eye"

 

[bft131]

Yea, I noticed the lack of eye contact with our Marines also, GW 99% of the time ususually always made eye contact with them when he got on or off Marine 1.

Again, what do we expect????

 

[clt46910]

We use to salute new officers with our left hand. When they would call us back, we would turn back salute them with our right hand and ask "Yes, Sir?"....Normally was just told never mind...LOL You should have seen some of the looks of confusion...LOL

 

[ihateiraq]

lol. i usually dont bother unless its a captain or above. had a lt rip into me once for it...so next time i saw him i made it a point to salute him...in downtown Tikrit. that came with an ass chewing AND a counseling statement. oh well.

 

[dvcr8tor]

Well, he's come along way from this which is just horrible. I'm pretty sure I've seen him do better on a quick clip on the evening news, but can't find it right now. I'd assume that some General would pull the new POTUS aside and give them a quick tutorial on saluting as well as general military customs and courtesies. I think it would be even better if they brought in a young Drill to do the training. Could you imagine that assignment? :-)
http://www.blackfive.net/main/images/2009/01/20/obamasalutemayinoregon.jpg

 

[SavageEagle]

That's sad. But when you show the upmost indisscret hatred for the military, I guess that's how you act...

 

[ATF Consumer]

In all "fairness"... What do you expect from someone who's never served in the military in any way, shape, or form?

I noticed this the other day, I replayed a video clip of him coming out of Marine 1 and I showed my wife what a terrible salute he had...

The problem with this is that he has since been "trained" on how to properly salute, yet he can't get it thru his thick head how important it is to do it properly. He shows no pride in his salute what so ever.

 

[josterman]

I figure if someone wants to be the President of the United States they should at least go threw the Boot Camp and MCT before going into office. At least this way they will understand what our men and women do everyday of their lives.

 

[SavageEagle]

I figure if someone wants to be the President of the United States they should at least go threw the Boot Camp and MCT before going into office. At least this way they will understand what our men and women do everyday of their lives.

I'd have to go through the course, errr, a crash course in the time it took me to get elected to the time I got sworn in. I'd ask to anyway. Probably be told no we have more things to do or some crap!

 

[Annie Oakley]

It is pathetic. My 9 year old grandson could do it better. Just one question.....where did you find that picture of me? I'm the one in the middle......wishing. lol