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[rambis]

Because if military members appreciate anything, its being forced into another parade or formation of some sort as a prop.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I'm not one to be on the "it'll probably not be so bad" on Trump in general, but everyone realizes of course, some very reasonable countries do have military parades as well, right? It's not WWII Germany, North Korea, Putin's Russia, and then the USA all of a sudden. India has them and doesn't invade shit. South Korea has them. Etc etc.

Everything else we know about Trump's character is causing me not to want to give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

This has to be deliberate now holy shit

 

[Forerunner]

Maybe it's a California thing? Miramar marine base just did a show in September.

That’s an air show, not a parade. They are different. An air show is a great way for the community to come together. There are also civilian performers at it. It’s more of an event than a show of military force. A military parade is just a show of force.

 

[Cake Boss]

Sounds like an expensive fucking waste of time and resources

*Conservative*

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Maybe it's a California thing? Miramar marine base just did a show in September.



Ok, maybe it depends on the base. I knew I wasn't crazy in my thinking these happened.

The only type of military showing off is the air show parade, but the military doesn't even march in it. They only show off the planes and helicopter on a separate day.

 

[Nivash]

South Korea has mandatory conscription rather than a professional army, and does parades primarily as a show of strength to intimidate their neighbor.

The equivalent for us would be re-instituting the draft and having parades in Poland.

OK then, how about France? They hold some pretty large ones on Bastille Day.

To be fair though, my first reaction when reading the OP was also "fuck you, you fascist piece of shit" because even though the parade itself can be innocuous, it's part of a very disturbing pattern with Trump.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Watching his interviews from the 80's & 90's, Trump seemed pretty normal and rational? Like how can a person just get like this? When was his transformation to who he is today? He's a completely different person when he was interviewed by Opra in the 80's

It has to be dementia.

The man is clearly unfit to run the country.

 

[tbm24]

It figures Trump would spend time thinking of ways to piggyback on others to try and celebrate himself instead of doing the job at hand. For all the shit Obama has gotten, I'd love to read the defense for him wasting time with a military parade over doing the job.

 

[daveo42]

Time to roll out those ICBMs to show the world our military might.

 

[Pizza con salsiccia]

France has a really big military parade in Paris for Bastille Day so it's not just dictatorships that do it....

Still a horrible idea though

Shhhh, don't tell them, they might get spooked.

Only Russia and DPRK do military parades, got it?

 

[jstripes]

I wasn't aware there was this strong of a dislike for military parades.

I don't really care about it either way, but it might look very cool.

Military parades are symptom of a deeply insecure leadership. They have to openly display to the world how strong they are. It's essentially screaming at the top of your lungs "Respect and fear me! I am powerful and great!"

 

[off duty ninja]

"Make America...uh...North Korea...Again?!"

EDIT (for those that think this is hyperbolic): Between Trump's own theme song, his Nuclear ambitions and his desire to strengthen (and to increase visibility of) the military (among many other traits) I can't help but draw parallels to Kim Jong Un. I imagine Trump "Greatly admires" his ability to lead North Korea given his desire to imitate his leadership style.

 

[Polari]

Plenty of countries have big military parades.

lol dictatorships though, because that's the level of discourse we're at. What fascist totalitarian do you think put on the parade below?

 

[PopeReal]

The "it is just a parade, it might be cool" and "other countries do it" responses are terrifying in a couple ways.

One, it means you don't gave a fuck about wasting money. Two, you don't give a fuck about what it actually means.

 

[Hippolnareff]

That is asking for trouble.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

It figures Trump would spend time thinking of ways to piggyback on others to try and celebrate himself instead of doing the job at hand. For all the shit Obama has gotten, I'd love to read the defense for him wasting time with a military parade over doing the job.

I imagine his surrogates would defend it as "showing appreciation for our armed forces" while ignoring the elephant in the room known as our abysmal treatment of veterans.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

India has them and doesn't invade shit. South Korea has them. Etc etc.

India and SK have had decades-long border disputes though.

 

[bengraven]

I just let out a really long, frustrated sigh.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

He wants to be like his daddy Putin so bad

 

[SJRB]

Trump's theme is probably Red Alert's Hell March.

 

[commedieu]

Plenty of countries have big military parades.

lol dictatorships though, because that's the level of discourse we're at. What fascist totalitarian put on the below parade do you think?

Wow polari. It's as if you think people are talking about this in a vacuum, and not combined with his intentions, and people he surrounds himself with.

But.. not shocking that we go straight to the technicality, as if people are making ultimate statements, to give a fascist power hungry greedy man child, an out.

Lol.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Nevermind.

 

[Rembrandt]

Nah, fuck that shit.

 

[Apathy]

This is some red dawn shit right here. Some people might be too young to have seen the USSR red army having marches as a showing of power. Hell, north Korea does it now. This is crazy

 

[Nemesis121]

United States of Dictatorship...

 

[jstripes]

Plenty of countries have big military parades.

lol dictatorships though, because that's the level of discourse we're at. What fascist totalitarian do you think put on the parade below?

That parade is to celebrate the French Revolution.

Trump's parades are, in his own words, to demonstrate strength.

 

[Skatterd]

 

[Any Questions]

https://youtu.be/argh8anOJQA

Edit

How you imbed YouTube video on mobile is something I need to learn

 

[PopeReal]

We already see the payed trolls and Trump defender so called moderates starting up their snark and lecture machines in this thread.

Deflect, defend, minimize, mock.

Make sure to point out when someone like me is too mean when I go after you guys. Make sure to get those same twitter bot and Fox talking points.

 

[JP_]

Plenty of countries have big military parades.

lol dictatorships though, because that's the level of discourse we're at. What fascist totalitarian do you think put on the parade below?

Did they start that tradition after some nutty new leader had been talking about invading other countries to take their oil, bombing children, torturing people, and being hostile to the press?

 

[FeenixRising]

Oh, like that's going to go over well in the military community.

 

[WhateverItTakes]

My Dad has a comic called 'Give me Liberty' by Frank Miller, way back when. He pulled it out this Christmas to remember the panels I'm gonna post.

This is total hyperbole but we're in a world of hyperbole these days. Bigly.

 

[Blizzard]

FFS.

CIA, you have 1 day, come on!

I see you clarified, but yikes. That sort of thing gets people sent to your house.

 

[BarringGaffner]

Trump will make idiots extremely happy.

 

[djplaeskool]

Not sure which is darker...

Heh.

"The Last Day of the Republic" indeed.

 

[Ghostshark]

I wasn't aware there was this strong of a dislike for military parades.

I don't really care about it either way, but it might look very cool.

Let's ignore the horrifying historical parallels and thinly veiled threats to other nations for now.

This would be an absurd waste of money. Our military makes up a gigantic portion of our budget. Having parades instead of funding the VA is pure insanity. I'm sure it would feel fantastic for a homeless veteran to see a parade rather than eat or get medical help.

Our military would be marching in parades rather than doing their actual jobs. They would have to train specifically for parading and have to relocate for events. These are people that are trained to defend our lives, not entertain.

Our current "jets flying overhead" during sports events is fine if we want to display our military for the public.

 

[Ghostofst4rm4n]

At this point I'm just waiting for sanctions on internet usage, and food ration tickets. If anyone outside of the U.S. would like to sponsor a young African American couple, shoot me a PM. This has gone from just being annoying, to legit nightmare fuel. How is anything like this considered remotely acceptable? Where's the JLA when you need them?

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Great Leader Trump, we thank your glorious leadership

 

[Dartastic]

I'm becoming more and more convinced that we're heading towards some sort of internal armed conflict. This isn't helping.

 

[Jeels]

Hope the military can just refuse to show up.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

If there's any way to show respect to those ready to die for their country, it's to make them parade up and down the streets in order for people to know how great you are.

 

[Imperfected]

That parade is to celebrate the French Revolution.

Trump's parades are, in his own words, to demonstrate strength.

And more to the point, it was instituted during a period of extreme political upheaval and foreign aggression as a show of force by an embattled revolutionary government (the Directory).

The parade took on most of its modern context in the post-Napoleonic and post-WW2 periods, it was very much originally intended as a show of force. A military parade that's existed through a hundred years and multiple cataclysmic upheavals can take on cultural significance and become more than jingoistic flexing, but you can't really leapfrog that period just by having good enough intentions.

 

[Matty77]

LOL at those comparing this to remembarance parades. If he was making one huge event for the next Memorial Day while cost might be bitched about me and many others wouldn't be saying this.

But parades through different cities to cheerlead the country and keep America great doesn't sound like remembering a war or our fallen soldiers does it?

 

[jstripes]

Hope the military can just refuse to show up.

The military and the Republicans are like peanut butter and jelly.

 

[Sunster]

When is he gonna begin construction on a giant plaza like the one here?

 

[Guy.brush]

Trump of the Will.

 

[Adam_Vania]

Sounds like an expensive fucking waste of time and resources

so it's in line with the past 50+ years of US military policy in general

 

[BeforeU]

He just wants the attention and whatever that makes him feel important

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

My Dad has a comic called 'Give me Liberty' by Frank Miller, way back when. He pulled it out this Christmas to remember the panels I'm gonna post.

This is total hyperbole but we're in a world of hyperbole these days. Bigly.

The Martha Washington-universe's Surgeon General would fit right in the cabinet.

Also, Milo in the top right panel.