President Trump wants a military
parade. The United Sates and the world, for that matter, do not need a military
parade.
A military parade, believe it or not,
would not celebrate the military. Instead, it would celebrate U.S. power,
anger, violence, and war—or at least the threat of war. It’s probably being
thrown to celebrate the Trump administration and its world agenda, as well.
The world needs to celebrate
brotherhood, nonviolence, peace. It needs to come together and engage in mass
mutual support and mutual respect.
A military parade will only stoke
feelings of anger and could ultimately lead to violence.
If we need to militarily defend ourselves,
we should, but we should not be brandishing U.S. power every day of the week.
How about a peace parade? Or is
someone crazy enough to be opposed to that?
Craig R. Bayer, 2/8/18
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