Thread: Trump orders tanks for Independence Day parade

Originally Posted by SKkin

There you have it..

and most of the telephones are iphones

Tanks and parades in US history...

JFK Inaugural Parade:



Eisenhower's:



FDR's:




Pics of tanks on the streets of DC won't load here, but they're from:

Jingoistic Military Fetishization Is As American As Bald Eagle McNuggets
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/j...s-bceb80186db2

And the fact that it’s mostly Democrats kvetching about this parade is especially absurd, given that in 2019 they’ve somehow managed to become even more hawkish and jingoistic than the Republicans. This is the same crowd that just the other day was attacking Trump for having the audacity to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the same crowd that’s constantly accusing Trump of being weak on Syria and Afghanistan, the same crowd that’s made heroes of the US intelligence community and the “grownups in the room” generals in the administration, and the same crowd that’s been shrieking hysterically for the last three years demanding greater and greater escalations against a nuclear superpower because something-something Putin’s cock holster. The biggest problem with Trump’s tank parade will be that male Democrats in attendance will have trouble hiding their erections.

Americans are the most aggressively propagandized people in the world, and US service personnel are the most aggressively propagandized people in America. That’s the group that all this special reverence and fetishization has been attached to: a bunch of kids who’ve been manipulated into killing and dying for plutocratic investments and the mommy-shaped hole in John Bolton’s heart. That’s what this parade is meant to manufacture even more support for in a culture that is saturated past the brim in a relentless barrage of war propaganda.

Face it, America. Trump’s tank parade isn’t in any way alien to anything you’ve ever stood for. The only way to make it more American would be to add a few monster trucks and a Kardashian. This parade is your reflection. This parade is you.

Jingoistic Military Fetishization Is As American As Bald Eagle McNuggets

I've always thought it was a bit odd.

All that 'thank you for your service / protecting us' stuff can be cringey considering they're usually invading poor countries and killing poor people in order to 'protect' Americans.

Originally Posted by SKkin

Tanks and parades in US history...

That was a completely different era. During and WW2 and then the Korean war the with JFK it was the height of the red menace and the cold war. In all a brief 20 year period in American history. It didn't exist before or after until this orange moron.

Putin and Kim must be absolutely laughing themselves silly at this stupid little wannabe trying to copy real dictators.

What a fucking bald orange prick.

Originally Posted by naptownmike

^ It is hard to believe that people still support him.

They the most troubling part of this whole thing.
trump will be gone soon,(not soon enough) but this idiots will remain. I think they are a greater problem than trump. trump is a symptom .......

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

All of the above have with their service earned it, trump has not.

True...but he's not the first Prez who avoided military service. The others may not have pushed for tank parades though.

However the glorification of interventionism and militarism does have a long history here in the US. I've pretty much had my fill of it no matter who is serving as President.

so facilitating close up photos of the latest military equipment is not treason ?

Originally Posted by docmartin

I suspect that there are times when this artist should not be operating machinery

That reminds me I haven't checked out the latest offerings from that loon Ben Garrison for a while. He always pens Trump in a fetishistic Übermensch way and notably reduces the fat cnuts girth each time:



And here he is depicted as preventing Bolton & Co., you know those he appointed and is ultimately responsible for, from starting a war.

It doesn't stand up to scrutiny and make zero sense but Trumptards:



And this one... ? Well it's not funny or amusing in any traditional sense I guess, just seems to be flat-out homoerotic worship:

^

Classic propaganda horseshit.

Originally Posted by bsnub

^

Classic propaganda horseshit.

Which belong over here.

https://teakdoor.com/speakers-corner/...cs-thread.html

American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
45% are "extremely" proud, the second straight year of sub-50% readings
22% of Democrats are extremely proud, down 10 points in one year

Americans most proud of U.S. scientific success, military; least proud of politics

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001. While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans, this includes fewer than half (45%) who are "extremely" proud, marking the second consecutive year that this reading is below the majority level. Democrats continue to lag far behind Republicans in expressing extreme pride in the U.S.

These findings are explored further with new measurements of the public's pride in eight aspects of U.S. government and society. American scientific achievements, military and culture/arts engender the most pride, while the U.S. political system and health and welfare system garner the least.

Decreasing Percentage in U.S. Are Extremely Proud to Be American

U.S. adults' extreme pride in being American has been steadily weakening in recent years, and the current reading, from a June 3-16 Gallup poll, marks the lowest point to date. However, the latest two-percentage-point decline from last year's 47% is not a statistically significant change.

The highest readings on the measure, 69% and 70%, were between 2002 and 2004, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when the American public expressed high levels of patriotism and rallied around the U.S. government. Yet, since the start of George W. Bush's second presidential term in 2005, fewer than 60% of Americans have expressed extreme pride in being American.


Line graph. % of Americans who are “extremely proud” to be an American -- currently 45%, a new low; plus % extrem./very proud.

Read more
https://news.gallup.com/poll/259841/...al-system.aspx