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Why does Obama not solute the flag?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

He absolute does. Harvard men aren't given to saluting any thing. They see it as retrograde, a simplistic act of patriotism. That's the cause much of the trouble the world has seen. When you attend Harvard you are taught to consider yourself a citizen of the world and that patriotism is a refuge for scoundrels and fools. The flag is just a symbol of failed ideas. Throwing ROTC off the campus, that's the stuff that makes a Harvard man. Joining the military is not for the Ivy League. Senator Obama does salute the Flag. There is a lot of question though as to what to do or what Senator Obama does, in reference to the flag, when the National Anthem is being played. The etiquette is: to either hold ones hand over their heart, or clasp and hold your hands down in front of you. Either is correct, I do the latter.

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