CNN: Pentagon May Solicit Donations For Trump's Military Parade

[sarge43]

61. FWIW, the Pentagon isn't being stupid.

No one there wants this. Sooo...release an embarrassing statement and make Moron look stupid and selfish for demanding that critical funding be diverted for his dick wave. Get the media and the tax payers on your side and with luck and a few other tricks, order will wind up composting in a file cabinet in the basement.

Yes, the vast majority of service personnel apparently think this is major suckage; however, unless things have changed a 180 since I was manning the paper pump, no one gets a vote on any superior's decision. One can argue against it (sometimes) or try to find a way around it (see above), but in the end at minimum one goes through the motions. Otherwise, at best a career killer report card and a ticket to a hell hole assignment. At worst, thrown out with a really bad report card. In short, the military isn't a democracy.