jc456
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well duh, the President wasn't going to salute, he extended his hand to shake the officer's hand. the officer saluted. you're just too naive to understand the rest. you're simply a punk and will always be a punk. you have no education value to anyone here.no, the dude saluted first. that would have been an insult. period. I quoted a military officer that agrees. bTW, that isn't any small deal. you'd never know cause you have no respect for military or the president. it's ok, you can stay a schmuck your whole life. no skin off my back. everyone will just see you as a punk.there are protocols and courtesies that are part of the president.He doesn't need to prove a point, he just needs to expose you and your failure to *prove points*.
Rocky is the one who stated he knew about military protocol about saluting, when pushed to show that he does he fell well, well short.
I'm sorry you don't understand how this whole prove your point thing works, go troll someone else, you're obviously not here to debate.
White House: Trump Salute of North Korean General Is 'Common Courtesy'
"Former Air Force Lt. Col. Rick Francona told CNN that it was probably a "little awkward" for Trump in that the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, leaving the U.S. and South Korea still technically at war with North Korea.
However, "not to return a salute would be insulting," Francona said. "I think the president was erring on the side of not causing a cultural incident.""
For starters your link is neutral on the issue and you didn't bother to quote the parts you disagree with. Especially the part about this incident being used in a North Korean propaganda movie.
So to my fellow conservatives, the leftist on here wanted trump to insult the NK Military officer and the Dude he wanted to do a deal with. He simply was gracious and courteous and returned a salute. He did not initiate the salute and it is different. and it is different from bowing to a head of state like obammy did. not even in the same book.
No, not insult, just shake the guys hand like a normal president and not salute our enemies. Doesn't mean you have to be rude, that general didn't look like he expected a salute in return anyway.
The general saluted, by the time Trump was saluting the general was already holding his hand out for a handshake. You're right, it's not a small deal, when you treat your allies worse than your enemies it sends messages to both.
At this point it's getting close to where we can't depend on our allies and they can't depend on us for much of anything. Whether that be holding sanctions against enemy countries, going to war if need be or even providing additional support such as sharing intelligence. If we keep going down this road and shitting on our democratically elected allies then we're not going to have a choice but to lean closer to the regimes of China, Russia and North Korea.