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Trump Asks Pentagon to Plan Military Parade
Wall Street Journal ^ | February 7, 2018 | Julie Bykowicz

Posted on 02/07/2018 6:34:25 AM PST by reaganaut1

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Defense is planning a military parade at the request of President Donald Trump, White House and Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

After observing the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris last year, Mr. Trump said he wanted to hold a similar parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, perhaps to celebrate the Fourth of July.

The French parade last July, which also marked the centennial of the U.S. entry into World War I, featured more than 6,000 service members, tanks and planes overhead in an elaborate display of military might. French President Emmanuel Macron invited Mr. Trump to watch the parade beside him.

“It was one of the greatest parades I’ve ever seen,” Mr. Trump said in September at the Lotte New York Palace hotel. “And to a large extent, because of what I witnessed, we may do something like that on July Fourth in Washington, down Pennsylvania Avenue. I don’t know. We’re going to have to try and top it.”

The Washington Post first reported the Mr. Trump had asked the Pentagon to arrange an event in the Bastille Day style. Pentagon officials said late Tuesday that plans were in their infancy.

On Wednesday, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, acknowledged the parade plans while traveling in Asia. “I’m aware of the president’s request and we are in the initial planning stages to meet the president’s direction,” he said during a stop in Bangkok.

The White House said the decision demonstrated Mr. Trump’s support for the military.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; likefrance; likenorthkorea; likerussia; parade; pentagon; trumpdod; usmilitary
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To: Night Hides Not

Those who have never endured a parade have no idea of the preparation time it requires. It’s one royal PITA for those participating, but feel free to disagree with me.
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I disagree with you. As a youngster and as a teenager, I marched in many parades on the fourth of July. Year long drilling and hard work and practice as well as sore feet and blisters were the rewards of continued effort towards perfection. LOVED being a part of something great. NEVER regretted the problems incurred in practicing. Seems my generation was more given to honoring our country than the wimps of today.


161 posted on 02/07/2018 9:32:42 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Lopeover

Would you rather we spit on the military or throw them a parade? Just who’s side are you on anyway?


162 posted on 02/07/2018 9:34:53 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: crz

LOUDER!!!


163 posted on 02/07/2018 9:36:15 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: central_va

I find a lack of basic patriotism deplorable.
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So do I. A great pity some on here are unwilling to stand up and be counted as patriots.


164 posted on 02/07/2018 9:40:11 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Poor Night Hides Not appears to be at odds with the terms of service.


165 posted on 02/07/2018 9:40:54 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: conservativeimage.com

OH THE HORROR! Heaven forbid that we should all get to see something like this is BROAD DAYLIGHT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orep9ONLgzQ


166 posted on 02/07/2018 9:41:42 AM PST by crz
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To: crz
They have guns mommy! DX

And knives! DX

It's too loud! DX

167 posted on 02/07/2018 9:48:10 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: conservativeimage.com

OH MY GOD! Its the GD Army!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSrzPmdBw08


168 posted on 02/07/2018 9:48:59 AM PST by crz
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To: conservativeimage.com

Actually, the thing would make for a fine military tattoo and they have just about enough around DC to do a fine parade without hauling all the hardware in there.

Although I would like to be the one on a Abrams to spin a few pissies on the grass.


169 posted on 02/07/2018 9:51:33 AM PST by crz
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To: Mollypitcher1
Strange! If you have a problem with bragging, what are you doing claiming you’re from Texas?

I'm not claiming I'm from Texas, as that is a fact. Being proud does not mean you have to be classless.
170 posted on 02/07/2018 10:01:01 AM PST by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: crz

I grew up in the ‘90’s cutting pictures out of “Mach 1” magazine and putting them on my school books. My heart skips a beat at the sound of jet and rotor noise. Later when I got older I realized that there is a volunteer up there making it happen, fighting for people who couldn’t fight for themselves. I’m always looking for a chance to say “Thank You.” It’s just a bit of hero worship. Please. Allow me the opportunity to say thank you.


171 posted on 02/07/2018 10:02:46 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I agree. Bring it! A super way to skyrocket morale and well deserved recognition for our armed forces who have been fighting so tirelessly for us since 9/11.

I’d walk to D.C. to see this!


172 posted on 02/07/2018 10:04:20 AM PST by KyCats
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To: central_va

The general is retired, head of a defense advisory board. He did not contradict the C-in-C. He explained the difference between a working military and a show military. He ended it with “if the president wants a parade the military will give him a parade.”


173 posted on 02/07/2018 10:05:01 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: TexasGunLover

An American military parade is not classless. Look at the video links crz has been posting. WTH!?


174 posted on 02/07/2018 10:06:09 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

This thread is a jaw dropper.


175 posted on 02/07/2018 10:08:34 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Lopeover

Oh Really? So you assign military parades only to the axis of evil? How dare you! Obviously you are ignorant of the MANY military parades which we have held in America throughout our history! What about the Inaugural Parades of President Eisenhower in which TANKS rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue? Were you there? I was!


176 posted on 02/07/2018 10:15:35 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I’m with you - make it a deal to honor vets and current military....


177 posted on 02/07/2018 10:18:05 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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To: Lopeover

What’s wrong with Flexing Military Might? You would prefer we continue to be weaklings and lead from behind like Obama has brainwashed so many in our country? Time we reminded the world of WHO WE ARE!


178 posted on 02/07/2018 10:18:33 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: conservativeimage.com

The Brits march the boys, and girls, all the time in town squares. But then again, some bastards on here think the Brits are a bunch of..

I really would like to see a good military parade so we can all see how really great they are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRVS4XxSn9Q


179 posted on 02/07/2018 10:21:33 AM PST by crz
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To: taildragger

BRAVO!


180 posted on 02/07/2018 10:21:59 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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