Obama et le "latte salute"

En quittant l'hélicoptère présidentiel (Marine one) le président a salué un Marine en tenant un verre de café. En aurait-on parlé si un tel incident s'était déroulé de notre côté de la frontière? Le geste n'a pas échappé à certains républicains...

 "It's become tradition for presidents to salute the military officers he encounters when boarding the official helicopter, a tradition that is widely understood as begun by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

A U.S. Navy manual on customs and courtesies, cited by the Daily Caller, says saluting in general is "the most important of all military courtesies."

"The salute formally recognizes the officer as a military superior, and returning the salute expresses the officer's thanks for the junior's support," the manual reads. It recommends not saluting when one is "carrying articles with both hands or being otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impractical."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html?hpt=hp_c2