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Victor_c3

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7. He is the only general I met who I didn't like

Sun May 28, 2017, 07:39 PM

May 2017

I was a junior officer on some sort of an escort detail. He walked by me, I raised my hand to salute him, he made eye contact and just kept on walking. He totally ignored my salute.

A salute is a two-way symbol of respect. The lower ranking guy makes himself vulnerable to a superior and the superior acknowledges the presence of a subordinate by raising his hand in salute. Perhaps I took the saluting thing too personally when I was in the army, but his willingness to just blow off a junior officer - a guy he could feasibly send to his death while he sits in an air conditioned office safe and in the rear - told me everything I needed to know about that guy.

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H.R McMaster [View all] TEB May 2017 OP

He has no honor and he cares not about his country. onecaliberal May 2017 #1

There's an OP,earlier today, addressing this. furtheradu May 2017 #2

He's becoming one of them atreides1 May 2017 #3

I think McMaster is in a quandary. He spent many years in the military where you obey orders democratisphere May 2017 #4

Hope you're right. awesomerwb1 May 2017 #5

Ithink he is one of them otherwise he would resign blueinredohio May 2017 #6

He is the only general I met who I didn't like Victor_c3 May 2017 #7

Telling Story TomSlick May 2017 #8

I understand I'm former 11B TEB May 2017 #10

I only remember one time not being saluted by a subordinate Victor_c3 May 2017 #11

Yes TEB May 2017 #12

The only honorable thing I can think of is that McMaster is playing out line. denbot May 2017 #9