Looks like it’s happening. Trump wants a grand military parade.

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FIVR

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This parade is a great idea. The last thing the Trump supporter-infested US military wants to do is parade around in costumes for Trump. We must make the military and its members understand that supporting russian puppets has consequences.
 

[DHT]Osiris

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...s-poll-majority-oppose-trumps-military-parade

An informal Military Times poll found that vast majority of the publication’s readers oppose the idea of a military parade in Washington, D.C.

The publication, an independent news source that covers the armed forces for service members and their families, published the results of its poll, which was launched on its website Wednesday. The poll asked readers, "Should there be a parade showing troops and military equipment in Washington, D.C.?”

Eighty-nine percent of Military Times readers responded with, “No, it’s a waste of money and troops are too busy.”

Just 11 percent responded by answering, “Yes, it’s a great opportunity to show off U.S. military might.”
The publication noted that more than 51,000 readers had voted in the poll as of Thursday afternoon.
There's so many issues with the notion of a military parade, I hardly know where to begin. The cost involved detracts from other places where funding is short, both within the military and without. To me, that parade represents unarmored HMMV's, insufficient training, and overworked personnel. It represents someone else being denied medicaid coverage, or yet another year of no SSDI increase. It's just stupidity.

Add to that, it makes us look goddamned weak on the world stage to even be TALKING about it, much less going through with it.
 

Amused

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Amused

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So what do we have here?

The American people don't want it.

The military rank and file don't want it.



The Pentagon doesn't want it.


Congress doesn't want it.


Are we seriously going to have a dick tater style strong arm parade to appease one man???

Seriously?

When will Trump supporters finally say "enough?"
 
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Moonbeam

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The conservative brain defect will love a military parade because the practiced and precision conformity to authoritarian rule are visual reminders of how they were conditioned as children and how the cheering and enthusiasm for such reflexive genuflection was it's only reward. Mindless marching morons are a beautiful thing to behold. The conservative brain will also love puppet shows. The reptile brain is at home on a march.

Hup two three four
Hup two three four
Now your mind is empty of thought
you can just relax
Now your mind is empty of thought
you can just relax
Hup two three Four
I'm a mindless killing machine
Hup two three Four
I'm a mindless killing machine

Too bad the vet hospitals are full of folk suffering PTSD when they discovered that even profound military indoctrination can't really totally suppress the fact that we are human and not mindless killing machines, that for most people conscious in inborn and can't be eradicated by any means. We can't get rid of guilt either, but we can discover that our conditioning isn't our fault, that it was inevitable and we all capitulate to it if to the varying degrees it was applied.
 

zinfamous

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"Anyone who has to remind people that they are king, is no king."
"Anyone that has to remind people they are president, is no president."
"Anyone who has to tell people that they are number one, is not number one."
"Anyone that has to tell people that they are the, like, smartest with the best words, is not the smartest and certainly does not have the best words."
"Anyone that has to tell people that they have all the power by brandishing their weapons, doesn't have all that power."

It's why we don't do it. We don't need to do these things. Parades like this are nothing more than the craven ego-stroking of pathetic despots. It has been so in every single case, and it will never be seen any differently if some shitface US president becomes the first one to do it.
 
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Puffnstuff

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It's why we don't do it. We don't need to do these things. Parades like this are nothing more than the craven ego-stroking of pathetic despots. It has been so in every single case, and it will never be seen any differently if some shitface US president becomes the first one to do it.
When I was on active duty I used to dread a change of command ceremony because we had to put on a parade.
 
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HomerJS

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...s-poll-majority-oppose-trumps-military-parade

An informal Military Times poll found that vast majority of the publication’s readers oppose the idea of a military parade in Washington, D.C.

The publication, an independent news source that covers the armed forces for service members and their families, published the results of its poll, which was launched on its website Wednesday. The poll asked readers, "Should there be a parade showing troops and military equipment in Washington, D.C.?”

Eighty-nine percent of Military Times readers responded with, “No, it’s a waste of money and troops are too busy.”

Just 11 percent responded by answering, “Yes, it’s a great opportunity to show off U.S. military might.”
The publication noted that more than 51,000 readers had voted in the poll as of Thursday afternoon.
ooops
 

Vic

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The final takeaway here is that Trump saw a military parade in France celebrating Bastille Day and then decided he wanted a military parade in the US to celebrate himself.
And therein lies the disconnect with the Trumpies. If the reason for this parade was to celebrate the 4th of July, or some other national holiday, or veterans returning from war, or even the military itself, most Americans would be onboard with it. But none of those are the reason for it, and all you Trumpies know that.
 
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Meghan54

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Really? Pence doesn't see the blatant hypocrisy in this?

Pence slams North Korea's military parade, but praises Trump's call for a US one

Vice President Pence on Friday bashed North Korea's military parade the day before as a "provocation," while simultaneously praising President Trump's plans for military parade in the U.S.

"Make no mistake about it, what we witnessed in Pyongyang, and we witnessed again yesterday, on the eve of the Olympics ... was once again an effort on the part of the regime in Pyongyang to display their ballistic missiles, to display a military that continues to make menacing threats across the region and across the wider world," Pence told reporters in South Korea, where he is leading the U.S. Olympic delegation.

But when asked if the U.S. had given up its "moral high ground" with Trump's plan to hold a grand military parade, possibly through the streets of Washington, D.C., Pence praised the concept.

"I think any opportunity we have to celebrate the men and women of the armed forces of the United States is a great day," Pence said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...rumps-call-for-a-us-one/ar-BBIVKIV?li=BBnba9K
 
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urvile

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Pence is such a suck ass

Comes with the territory doesn't it? The moment pence disagrees with dear leader he will be out on the street. In fact the cult of trump seems to be built around the lofty ideal of performing fellatio on right wing extremists. You don't have to look any further than the postings of our very own tajbot to see it in action.
 

werepossum

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So were you for or against the idea of a grand military parade when Schumer proposed it? Or (and this is much more likely IMO) were you not even aware that Schumer had ever made such a proposal until that talking point was just recently spoonfed to you?
And have you stopped to ask yourself why a military parade never happened when Schumer proposed it? That obviously couldn't have been because of Republican opposition to it, because Republicans are for it now, right?
I don't recall even hearing about that; if I did, I certainly didn't commit it to memory. (But props for referring to inconvenient reality as a "talking point". Mmm, tasty tasty Kool-Aid.) I wouldn't be surprised if the Pubbies were violently opposed to it at the time; that's how DC works. (Or if you will, how D.C. doesn't work.) I haven't any strong feelings either way about either proposal, I'm just laughing at the hysterical hypocrisy here. For myself, I tend to dislike parades, but I do know patriotic people who would love it. Personally I'd leave it up to the military leaders if, when and what form such a parade would take. I would suggest that such a parade coincide with the last forces pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan so that such preparations don't compete with training and deployment; other than that, I shan't care.

And double props for suggesting that such a parade would be to humble the People [sic] into submission. That's not only amusing, it's completely in line with your side's desire to grant government a monopoly on deadly force.
 

trenchfoot

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When I was on active duty I used to dread a change of command ceremony because we had to put on a parade.

Exactly this. I'd much rather be spending quality time with family and friends, which often doesn't happen while on active duty.

Trump wants a parade? Have his base, his sycophant brown nosing Repubs from his cabinet and the legislature and those Nazis and KKK folks dressed up in their ceremonial Sunday finest parade around the White House chanting how wonderful and glorious and smart and brave he is (as they see him, apparently) and uhhh, no folks of color allowed to participate of course.
 

Vic

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I don't recall even hearing about that; if I did, I certainly didn't commit it to memory. (But props for referring to inconvenient reality as a "talking point". Mmm, tasty tasty Kool-Aid.) I wouldn't be surprised if the Pubbies were violently opposed to it at the time; that's how DC works. (Or if you will, how D.C. doesn't work.) I haven't any strong feelings either way about either proposal, I'm just laughing at the hysterical hypocrisy here. For myself, I tend to dislike parades, but I do know patriotic people who would love it. Personally I'd leave it up to the military leaders if, when and what form such a parade would take. I would suggest that such a parade coincide with the last forces pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan so that such preparations don't compete with training and deployment; other than that, I shan't care.

And double props for suggesting that such a parade would be to humble the People [sic] into submission. That's not only amusing, it's completely in line with your side's desire to grant government a monopoly on deadly force.

I'm not sure who my side is, but my own personal opinion is that being opposed to a parade in celebration of the government's monopoly on deadly force is EXACTLY in line with my personal belief against said pre-existing government monopoly on deadly force.
 
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