[ARC5] Flag salute by veterans okayed!

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

C'mon, guys.  Don't shoot the messenger.

The "rules" are/were in US Code and I simply
followed the USAF regulations.  I have always
thought it was more than a bit stupid, but I
complied.

I'm just glad that one of my state Senators
decided to do something to set things "right."

G'night!

Mac, USAF Retired




----Original Message Follows----
From: "Michael Tauson" <kongomt at gmail.com>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Flag salute by veterans okayed!
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:04:46 -1000

Hi, Mac,

On 8/7/07, D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:

 > BUT, as my Senator Inhofe pointed out, the current rules have always been
 > interpreted by the military services to be that only uniformed personnel 
were
 > permitted to salute!

That "interpretation" is done in the Pentagon by folks who don't have
anything better to do much like the laws are made folks in in cushy
offices, not by the people out fighting and bleeding and dying.  (I
think Clausewitz had something to say about that but the quote's just
not coming.  The idea was that decisions made in chambers are often
ratified on the battlefield, though that's someone else's restatement
of the concept.)

I haven't answered to the Pentagon or any of its representatives for
42 years, of which 37 were spent getting them to acknowledge my
disability claim (I'm rated 100% now) so I don't feel any great
responsibility to them or their interpretations of much of anything.
I salute the flag as I always have and, through doing so, I honor
those who didn't come home, came home in a box or came home someone
different from who left, be it physically or psychologically.  I know
I'm not the only vet who thinks this way too ... aside from Greg who
already spoke up.

Best regards,

Michael