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Ferrets are Cool

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29. Standing for the anthem didnt used to be a requirement

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 7, 2018, 03:02 PM

Feb 2018

for NFL players, but now its treasonous not to do so. This is THE new Murica.

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What Would Happen If The Pentagon Refused Trump's Request For A Parade?..... [View all] global1 Feb 2018 OP

they won't - he is CIC and they follow orders DrDan Feb 2018 #1

I Understand He's The CIC But I'm Asking A What If Question Here..... global1 Feb 2018 #4

Some Generals love the grandstand as much as Trump. C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #7

Answer: they would be court-martialled for refusing a legitimate order brooklynite Feb 2018 #24

AFAIK, those Soviet-style ego parades are illegal meow2u3 Feb 2018 #10

That is really a stretch - no one would support that claim DrDan Feb 2018 #12

What makes you think the top brass wouldn't want the parade? onenote Feb 2018 #2

Because its un-American.... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #5

a military parade is unAmerican? DrDan Feb 2018 #9

What he wants is something that has never happened to my knowledge A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #11

no tanks on a street in the US . . . . hmmmmmm DrDan Feb 2018 #15

OK...fine. Emporia, Kansas. Pop. 24, 816. Not exactly the hub of the US government A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #18

I NEVER said I thought it was a good idea - but I am quite confident it is not DrDan Feb 2018 #22

LOL! So I'm not in control of my faculties? A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #25

Don't disagree with anything that you have said . . . but, while not a tradition, DrDan Feb 2018 #26

..... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #30

That was really a crappy thing to say - I apologize DrDan Feb 2018 #36

I got over it. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #41

then there is this . . . DrDan Feb 2018 #17

OK, again,, fine. One other parade 27 years ago! A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #20

ok - so lets move those goalposts DrDan Feb 2018 #23

And it was celebrating our victory in a war to boot TeamPooka Feb 2018 #37

Just because you don't recall something doesn't mean it hasn't happened onenote Feb 2018 #39

Alright, I stand corrected. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #40

Standing for the anthem didnt used to be a requirement Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #29

On what objective measure do you predicate that military parades are American? LanternWaste Feb 2018 #13

common sense DrDan Feb 2018 #14

It is the epitome of un-American given the reason for it and who is calling for it. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #27

Because it will cost several million dollars. Angleae Feb 2018 #38

trump & the military appear to be in lockstep..and he knows more than the generals spanone Feb 2018 #3

LOL, yeah he knows more, great callback. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #28

Clearly military service should have disqualified Kennedy and Eisenhower mythology Feb 2018 #34

This is the problem with ex generals in the administration. HopeAgain Feb 2018 #6

This is about "strategery" MichMary Feb 2018 #8

We just spent 20 years making sure some idiot couldn't drive a tank down Penn Ave...! hexola Feb 2018 #16

How about a congressional resolution stopping it. How about a CENSURE. UTUSN Feb 2018 #19

Something Please! Capperdan Feb 2018 #31

A 71 year old rolling on the floor, kicking and screaming, holding his breath until he turns blue? tanyev Feb 2018 #21

What would happen? yallerdawg Feb 2018 #32

Some observations matt819 Feb 2018 #33

it happened in '91 - 8000 troops - military HW DrDan Feb 2018 #35