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In reply to the discussion: What Would Happen If The Pentagon Refused Trump's Request For A Parade?..... [View all]Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)27. It is the epitome of un-American given the reason for it and who is calling for it.
Orders are orders, personnel will do what they are ordered to do, but the parade could not be more un-American given the circumstances.
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What Would Happen If The Pentagon Refused Trump's Request For A Parade?..... [View all]
global1
Feb 2018
OP
OK...fine. Emporia, Kansas. Pop. 24, 816. Not exactly the hub of the US government
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2018
#18
Don't disagree with anything that you have said . . . but, while not a tradition,
DrDan
Feb 2018
#26
On what objective measure do you predicate that military parades are American?
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#13
It is the epitome of un-American given the reason for it and who is calling for it.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#27
trump & the military appear to be in lockstep..and he knows more than the generals
spanone
Feb 2018
#3
We just spent 20 years making sure some idiot couldn't drive a tank down Penn Ave...!
hexola
Feb 2018
#16