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TomSlick

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9. Military people know the real cost of a parade.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 01:02 AM

Feb 2018

Days - DAYS - would be spent in spiffing up tanks to be parade ready. Training time would be used to rehearse for the parade instead of skills needed to stay alive on the next deployment. It's more important to soldiers that they be ready for the next deployment than marching and practicing a snappy eyes-right.

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Military Times poll: Majority oppose Trump's military parade [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2018 OP

Few things garner 89% agreement from military members but opposing that colossally bad idea does. LonePirate Feb 2018 #1

Lol... Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #2

Hot Damn! This part of the BackFiring Cha Feb 2018 #3

Most sentient humans of any political persuasion do. efhmc Feb 2018 #4

Too bad they can't boycott an order to BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #5

Yeah...Until Rush Lumpy On Armed Forces Radio Degrades Them... Grassy Knoll Feb 2018 #6

Mother of all fucking distractions right here ... Meanwhile attacks on environment, workers mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #7

But if they don't, Donny will have a sad. tclambert Feb 2018 #8

Military people know the real cost of a parade. TomSlick Feb 2018 #9

As a former member of the armed forces jimmil Feb 2018 #10

Honor them by forcing them to work so chicken hawks can be entertained and feel tough JI7 Feb 2018 #12

Absolutely! I don't know of anyone that liked getting parade duty. SeattleVet Feb 2018 #15

Who are the idiots that say it is a great idea? LiberalFighter Feb 2018 #11

The usual suspects think its a great idea. Shipwack Feb 2018 #14

Headline correction: "Massive majority of military opposes Trump vanity parade". Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #13

But they will stand prouldly with in in his viewing box riversedge Feb 2018 #16