Akivah
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Yes, Trump has faults. The issue I have is when Trump is maligned and cast as unique for something that many other presidents have also done.
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Draft Dodger Wants Military Parade
- Thread starter Altfish
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Altfish
Veteran Member
OK, but Russia, North Korea, China, etc are.
Also the French one started under Napoleon - who was a dictator - and has continued since as a tradition.
I don't know anything about the Canadian or Australian parades but I take your word for it.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
I'm wondering what kind of military parades Canada is supposed to be having? I haven't seen one.
Annual Battle of Britain parade for the Royal Air Force.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
The purpose of the ceremony is to commemorate an event in history (like Remembrance Day), rather than just as a display of military might, such as Trump's idea of a military parade.
Fourth of July is an event in history.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
Then they should have a ceremony for it.
So Canada can have a parade as a ceremony but America can't cause Trump sucks? LOL Classic
Altfish
Veteran Member
IIRC these are multiple small events to commemorate (not celebrate) The Battle of Britain. Never seen one, it gets little publicity.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
I'm trying to point out to you that the Canadian commemoration of the Battle of Britain is a ceremony. LOL
I found it.
Altfish
Veteran Member
No, not at all.
If it is a veterans parade, remembering the dead it would be fine. But I suspect Trump has a d*ck waving parade in mind. I just hope it is very windy.
Again it comes down to we hate Trump and America. They can't have a parade it's douchey. LOL And remembering the dead is Memorial Day not Fourth of July.
How about we talk about the current reality, instead of Trump's supporters changing the subject to ex-politicians?
Like you're doing here with your " many other president's have done".
We are talking about Trump. The President. Obama is not president any longer. Hillary never has been. Why do Trump's supporters refuse to talk about him? Why do they keep changing the subject?
Tom
@Akivah has a point here. If we are critical of Trump for doing things that are relatively normal, our criticism appears to be nothing more than hypocritical partisan hysteria. This was done frequently by the Right when Obama was in office: “omg he’s signing executive orders!”, when in reality, that’s absolutely normal and he signed less than most of his predecessors.
The problem is that it hasn’t been established (afaik) that it is normal for Presidents to seek bombastic military parades... or most of the other things that Trump has been criticized for.
Akivah
Well-Known Member
Actually the listing is from Wiki, not me.
Category:Military parades by country - Wikimedia Commons
But since you're unable to look them up, here's an Australian military parade.
File:Royal Navy ratings marching with the Royal Marines Band Service marching in Sydney (8955165461).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
And here's a Canadian one.
File:Changing of the Guard parade Ottawa.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
Akivah
Well-Known Member
If you don't want to discuss history, then don't make statements that Trump wants to do something that has never been done before.
I've already said that I think a military parade is a good idea. I'd like to see our soldiers and tanks rolling down a street in a ceremonial manner.
Altfish
Veteran Member
Those photographs are a) old or b) fairly minor.
Akivah
Well-Known Member
So now you're qualifying the evidence and moving the goalposts. Previously, it was simply that non-despotic regimes don't have military parades.