All you poo-pooing this and talking about "goosestepping" and "North Korea", first shut the hell up because you have no clue what you're even talking about.

Secondly, we need MORE of this! Look at the pride our CiNC has for our troops, he's so happy to snap that salute up.

Do any of you see goosestepping here? NOPE.




I do agree with others here that unlike the Brits especially, our troops do very little marching after Basic/Boot and it really shows. Some of the troops in that video need some practice.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
All you naysayers- tell me how you feel when you see the parade.

With respect...not the point. Of course it would FEEL good, but it won't accomplish a thing beyond making people that already love this country feel good for a couple of hours.

You've missed my point and I'll tell you and everyone here that I have the flu and I am in a very bad mood.

Do both of us a favor and just forget it. If you need to be convinced that there is no harm whatsoever in having such a parade, let someone else besides me convince you.

1.) HELL YES! Roll those tanks!

2.) Sorry, Para. The FLU sucks. Hope you get better soon!

Those of you who are just so sure that this is a bad idea, you have allies. Here ya go. These are your brothers in arms against this oh so horrible idea:

DC Democrats mock Trump's military parade, will try to stop it

You guys should get together to work on strategies to stop this obscenity, huh?

I love this idea. It hearkens back to a better time when America was proud of herself, when she put self-interest above global "diplomacy," it brings the military into the forefront of American culture, as it should always be, it alerts not only our external foes that we are an armed and dangerous society built on freedom and conservative values, but our internal enemies as well, and it celebrates the martial history for which America is known. Hope it happens.

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Originally posted by Monk:
I love this idea. It hearkens back to a better time when America was proud of herself, when she put self-interest above global "diplomacy," it brings the military into the forefront of American culture, as it should always be, it alerts not only our external foes that we are an armed and dangerous society built on freedom and conservative values, but our internal enemies as well, and it celebrates the martial history for which America is known. Hope it happens.

Exactly.

Do it!!!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I have the flu

I hope you are able to get some rest, that your wife isn't sick, too, and that you feel better soon.

I'm not a fan of this. First of all...most units in CONUS are manned 50-70% of authorizations to get the day-to-day mission accomplished, in addition to training/preparing for a deployment, deployed, or returning from a deployment.

This is a waste of money best used towards preparing for the next fight.

I'm all in on the parade. It's a fine idea and we need to foster some pride in our military.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion...ght-thing-to-do.html

President Trump wants a parade celebrating our military and troops. It’s a great idea, and is a perfect event symbolizing the fact that America is getting back on her feet after eight years of a commander-in-chief who reveled in complaining about America and decimating our military.

The hysteria the proposed parade has provoked among Democrats and leftists provides even more proof that it’s the right thing to do.

Who could argue against a parade that highlights the Americans who defend our freedom and make everything else possible? A military parade would be fun, would honor our vets and would remind the world that America is a superpower and proud of it.

For eight years, President Obama’s administration worked hard to tell the world that America was done. He slashed the military’s budget and withdrew us from the world. Horrifically, on foreign soil he apologized for and chastised his own country.

President Obama gave the impression, through word and deed, that he thought the U.S. was the problem in the world.

The result was abject chaos, terrorist groups spreading around the world like cancer, economic stagnation, North Korea getting atomic weapons, and a worldwide refugee crisis the extent of which had not been seen since World War II.

Critics of President Trump’s parade idea complain that only tyrants and strongmen want military parades. But President Trump’s inspiration was the Bastille Day celebration and military parade he viewed in France – a Western nation with a democratically elected government that no one could accuse of being an oppressive military dictatorship.

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., warned in a statement: “A military parade like this – one that is unduly focused on a single person – is what authoritarian regimes do, not democracies.”

Newsflash for Rep. Smith: a military parade celebrating our military is about … our military and the brave men and women who proudly and patriotically defend our country, as their predecessors have done for nearly 250 years.

To say this parade is about President Trump is absurd.

"Donald Trump has continually shown himself to have authoritarian tendencies, and this is just another worrisome example of that," retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, of the group Vote Vets, said in a statement, as reported by the New York Daily News.

What the story doesn’t say is that Vote Vets is admittedly ‘progressive’ and that Eaton is, essentially, a leftist activist.

Rep Jackie Speier, D-Calif., laughably called President Trump “a Napoleon in the making” on CNN. I wish Democrats would make up their minds about the president. Is he a dumb puppet who was installed in the White House by the Russians, or a modern-day Napoleon?

Maybe President Trump isn’t a puppet, or a tyrant, or Napoleon, or a fascist. Maybe he’s a wildly successful businessman who loves and understands the country and the American people. Along with that love, he shares American appreciation for, and pride in, our military.

“Tanks, jets and other killing machines painted olive-drab and tan could be rolling the routes of the nation’s capital later this year for a peacetime parade inspired by President Trump,” barks the first sentence in the New York Times’ coverage of the story.

And that’s the difference, isn’t it? Leftists and their legacy media see the military as a menacing “killing machine” to be isolated and shamed.

The legacy media might be interested in knowing that most Americans view the tanks, jets, and other equipment their loved ones use in service of this nation as part of an entity that helps us keep our country, families, and future, safe and free and worth living in.

You can hear the naysayers’ contempt hiding under a cover of faux respect in the arguments against a parade, but most share one thing: a revulsion at the idea of military hardware being seen and celebrated. For other whiners, it’s being against anything they think will make President Trump even more popular.

Ultimately, the attitude that having a parade is dangerous or bad sends a specific message: that Americans can’t be trusted, that we should be ashamed of ourselves and embarrassed by our strength.

And there is another important reason to have a parade: to signal to the world that America is indeed back, our hands are untied, and we are again standing up.

After eight years of the military being hamstrung and saddled with a commander-in-chief who preferred apology tours to making America great again, it’s time we embrace our strength, and enjoy a celebration of our military and all those great Americans who serve.

Maybe a waste of training time/dollars.

Maybe also a morale booster.

Definitely good training for all the logisticians who will have to get all that crap to DC. And good news for whoever makes Pepto.

I don't know if anyone has asked yet, but do you know if they will have 1 or 2 aircraft carriers in the parade ??!!! God Bless

I had a patient the other day who came in with sever abdominal pain. Painful Gallstones but no infection. He’s been through this like 5-6 times in the last year. Been waiting that long for the VA to schedule his “elective” surgery. I’m sure he would rather see the money go to the VA rather than to some parade.

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I had a patient the other day who came in with sever abdominal pain. Painful Gallstones but no infection. He’s been through this like 5-6 times in the last year. Been waiting that long for the VA to schedule his “elective” surgery. I’m sure he would rather see the money go to the VA rather than to some parade.

I'm sure since everyone has such grave misgivings about it, that it can be funded in such a way as to not take away funding from the VA for vets dying of cancer.

Remember, Mexico's funding the wall. It can all be done. It's not a binary situation, having parades or taking care of vets, both can be done. And if it pisses off the liberals, hey, I'm all for it.

Dusty, partner, that's a ridiculous stretch. Give me a fucking break, huh? Stow the bullshit. Good grief.

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Originally posted by Monk:
I love this idea. It hearkens back to a better time when America was proud of herself, when she put self-interest above global "diplomacy," it brings the military into the forefront of American culture, as it should always be, it alerts not only our external foes that we are an armed and dangerous society built on freedom and conservative values, but our internal enemies as well, and it celebrates the martial history for which America is known. Hope it happens.

I absolutely agree. I'm 35 and was at an impressionable age when I got to watch our recent veterans of the first Iraq war come home and march in the parade through downtown El Paso. I took pictures and couldn't have been more proud to be a young American. The sidewalks were packed with people of all ages and races and we were all cheering our service members. I saw proud troops on foot, in jeeps, in Humvees (brand new awesome shit at the time) and in Bradleys. I want to say there were Abram's tanks, but that could just be childish memory. It was a formative moment. I'm sorry some of you never got to have that.

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
I don't know if anyone has asked yet, but do you know if they will have 1 or 2 aircraft carriers in the parade ??!!! God Bless

I need to double check my tow package rating, but I will be glad to pull one if my vehicle can handle it.



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Originally posted by parabellum:
You've missed my point and I'll tell you and everyone here that I have the flu and I am in a very bad mood.

Para, I am sorry you are dealing with the flu. I just got over it myself about a week or so ago. I hope you feel better soon, my friend.



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Every time Trump attempts to emulate the tin pot dictators of the world I am reminded how much he has failed as a leader of the American people.
Many here love him, but none of you can claim he has united us as a people.
How far we have fallen...

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Originally posted by MTJbyrd:
Every time Trump attempts to emulate the tin pot dictators of the world I am reminded how much he has failed as a leader of the American people.
Many here love him, but none of you can claim he has united us as a people.
How far we have fallen...

What an inane statement.He has reached out to unite Americans. He is restoring our economy, rebuilding our foreign policy and removing our energy dependency from nations who are run by despots. He has raised the incomes of average Americans and provided record levels of employment to African Americans and Hispanics.

Of course the fascist Left here will have none of it. They are the dividers; led by Obama.

Why are you here?




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