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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: reaganaut1

Bad, bad idea.

Unlike the Marxist and 3rd World dictators we have no need to display our military prowess in a martial parade.


21 posted on 02/07/2018 6:51:37 AM PST by Wuli
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To: central_va; reaganaut
I'm with you: a good old-fashioned military parade on the 4th of July would be outstanding.

On another note, why have we got all these service-avoiding/draft-dodging types on the Free Republic?

22 posted on 02/07/2018 6:53:03 AM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: NRx

The USA runs Trillion dollar trade deficits annually just like the the third world because of Free Traitor™ globalists so why not a parade? You globalists can KMA.


23 posted on 02/07/2018 6:53:13 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: NewJerseyJoe
It’s a propaganda stunt

Yes, and it will drive the Left absolutely frickin bonkers.


24 posted on 02/07/2018 6:53:22 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: reaganaut1

Military parades are not part of American tradition. The thought reminds me of the USSR, China and North Korea’s Military parades that I have seen on TV. Communist parades, displaying missile bombs on trailers. Not appealing.


25 posted on 02/07/2018 6:53:47 AM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Chainmail

Jim Robinson needs to clean house. There are a couple on this thread that need the zot badly.


26 posted on 02/07/2018 6:54:17 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: reaganaut1
Maybe they can call it the All-Star Baseball Pre-Game Show.

-PJ

27 posted on 02/07/2018 6:55:04 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: reaganaut1

(I have 2 kids on Active Duty - Army and USMC)

Initially, my reaction was negative.

But then I started thinking: maybe this is a Trump gambit to bring Kim Jung Un to a shared reality with the rest of the world.

A grand US military parade might jolt him into an understanding about how quickly we could annihilate both him and his country.

Just my $0.02


28 posted on 02/07/2018 6:55:22 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: reaganaut1

This is NOT a bad idea.

It is long overdue.

Can yo imagine a DEMOCRAT ever wanting to do such a thing?

Carter?

Clinton?

Obastard?

.......................


29 posted on 02/07/2018 6:55:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Just consider it an expanded flyover.

-PJ

30 posted on 02/07/2018 6:55:47 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Lopeover
Military parades are not part of American tradition. The thought reminds me of the USSR, China and North Korea’s Military parades that I have seen on TV

Your feinting couch is ready.


31 posted on 02/07/2018 6:56:03 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Army Air Corps
A number of 1st World countries do something rather similar. You should see the Fleet Reviews of the UK and the Commonwealth.

We're trying to emulate those socialist nightmares now?
32 posted on 02/07/2018 6:56:32 AM PST by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: DoodleDawg
Why?

Because Strong Safe and PROUD.

If that doesn't resonate then there's a problem.

33 posted on 02/07/2018 6:57:22 AM PST by conservativeimage (Lock and Load, Ready to Roll.)
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To: pabianice
> Flying tanks? Rewrite! <

Try to keep up with advances in technology, pal. Here's one the Rooskies are working on.


34 posted on 02/07/2018 6:58:34 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: central_va

That’s the best you got? Some flippin’ French provincial daybed? Heck I am the one here NOT wanting to copy the frenchies.


35 posted on 02/07/2018 6:58:38 AM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: Red Badger

I can imagine doing it except they would prefer to be using enemy troops or blue helmets.


36 posted on 02/07/2018 6:59:08 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Lopeover

Did your momma make you sit to pee?


37 posted on 02/07/2018 6:59:34 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Joe Dallas

Armed Forces Day! I would love it. Would travel to see it.


38 posted on 02/07/2018 7:00:38 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Ace McCain: The tumor is a rumor but the boot was a hoot.)
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To: central_va

So funny misogynist turd.


39 posted on 02/07/2018 7:00:43 AM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: TexasGunLover

You do understand that the Fleet Review is a tradition that predates the current political climate in the UK.


40 posted on 02/07/2018 7:00:49 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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