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Trump says he wants a massive military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on July 4
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Yeah, that's what I remember. Something about the roads not being able to withstand it.
The majority of those on parade are real fighting soldiers, but there's also ceremonial units mixed in too like the Foreign Legion Sappers and the Paris Fire Brigade (they're in the parade because they're technically part of the Army).
Gabriel_Logan
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I can't wait until he mandates the goosestep!
nephilimdj
Member
You think with all the rape, genocide and horrors going on due to Frances miliary action in Libya, a fucking parade would be last thing anyone would want to emulate
France fucked up bad, and its army ran away as soon as they overthrew the goverment.
France fucked up bad, and its army ran away as soon as they overthrew the goverment.
I'm fine with it. It's unnecessary but the idea of it doesn't instantly make me cringe like it does to apparently a lot of people here. One of my favorite things each summer growing up would be to go to air shows with my Dad and sister and what is an air show but an aerial military parade?
Mr. Poolman
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I can't point my finger on where I could have seen something like this.
Nah, it must be nothing.
Nah, it must be nothing.
I mean hey, if Trump wants to authorize the billion plus DC's dilapidated infrastructure needs and forces it through congress, i'd be all for it. You just tell him his parade would crush the yellow and red lines and boom, we can finally drag Metro out of the 70s.
Technosteve
Banned
Man Trump really wants to show the world his tiny penis
Yekshemesh
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His dumb as shit supporters are also suckers for chicken hawk shit like this.
Trump just got more money than he asked for in increasing the Pentagons budget and money for operations in overseas wars.
Guess how many senators voted no? 7. Pretty good representation of right and left in those 7 too. Good luck with the resistance. It may feel gross and icky to see this shit marching down the street, but we are marching it down our neighbors streets without a second thought. At least the politicians we keep voting in on both sides of the isle don't seem to give it a second thought.
Guess how many senators voted no? 7. Pretty good representation of right and left in those 7 too. Good luck with the resistance. It may feel gross and icky to see this shit marching down the street, but we are marching it down our neighbors streets without a second thought. At least the politicians we keep voting in on both sides of the isle don't seem to give it a second thought.
Knuckle Sandwich
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Aww the little guy wants to see all his shiny toys all in a row. Precious.
Exactly. He's done this bit before, sometime near the Inauguration. Has already been told that it can't be done, due to the weight of the tanks. Now, I guess that doesn't mean that he couldn't do it sans tanks, but he can't do it in the original fashion he wanted it in.
DC roads aren't even built to withstand Honda Civics.
Netherscourge
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He wants a Victory Day parade in DC?
What a fucking tool.
May as well invite those Russian Hookers to watch it with him.
What a fucking tool.
May as well invite those Russian Hookers to watch it with him.
andrerobot
Member
I came in to shit on military parades (we have those in Chile), but <winston>That Was Awesome</winston>.
KojiKnight
Member
We don't exactly keep a lot of tanks and military equipment besides planes near DC do we?
Our military bases are thousands of miles away... We can't make a full military showing without huge huge costs.
Our military bases are thousands of miles away... We can't make a full military showing without huge huge costs.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Yeah, a fully-loaded 18-wheeler causes 10,000 times more wear on a road than a car and it has rubber tires. A tank must really fuck it up.
Shadow Puppetry
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I'm a bit surprised he didn't try to get one this past 4th of July.
CassidyIzABeast
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Why? We've shown our military might everyday in the middle east for the last 16 years.
It's the day we beat back the alien threat
Expensive most certainly. On the Military side of things, while DC itself is smaller in terms of traditional ground forces, the Army alone has quite a few installations nearby in Virginia alongside a few in Maryland and the USMC isn't much farther away in the Carolinas.
But it doesn't change the fact that a military parade in D.C. is a dumb idea and I don't know a single Military member that likes the idea of parades.
I live down the goddamn street (in relative terms) from a military base for almost the entire 30-something years of my life.
I have literally never seen a military parade come through here, nor have I even randomly seen a military vehicle out and about.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Can't he just go to an Air Show or something
Jeffolation
Banned
It's time to put the fear of god into the homeland for a while.
bobnowhere
Member
Yep, Generalissimo Trump can't be far away.
"Sure it does, Mr President. And it's made with a very special fabric..."
travisbickle
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Like Rocket Man?
BrassDragon
Member
I'm trying to picture Kelly, Mathis and McMaster juggling the balkanization of Syria, a nuclear-armed North Korea, Russia putting pressure on US allied border states and the failing government of Afghanistan... and then being told by their Commander in Chief to get on this parade thing.
They must have the best poker faces.
They must have the best poker faces.
What could possibly go wrong?
What's your country?
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