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Trump's birthday parade was a failure
What's actually sad about this is Trump made it about him, but they were going to do this parade anyways, which means the failures are our military and our government. Because you know, those Russian and Chinese parades are pretty fucking insane. Like you might not be for the military doing their little elephant march but you gotta admit especially the Chinese they do that shit in style... the pageantry is on point.
I, for one, want to believe that there are people responsible for this parade that deliberately pulled punches so we don't go down that path. What was on display was more akin to a living history exhibit, like the Smithsonian itself hired a bunch of costumed actors for the day. If we consider for a moment what an "American-style" propagandized display of full-on military might would actually look like, I am very relieved that the events of the 14th were very, very far removed from all that.
Yeah air shows are our displays of military might
The problem is that pageantry is all that it is. The other dictators that do this may say things like it is just a show of their patriotic pride, but it is, in reality, an indulgence, flexing their power, showing everyone when they jump, they better give me an amazing spectacle, not just jump. Also, behold our arms!