People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night
Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf.
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It's called Deterrence and it works a lot better if the bad guys know what's waiting for them
Trump Wants Pentagon To Stage Military Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue
The Dhmikrats and the Rinos had NO PROBLEM with a 'pussy march' ...a bunch of people wearing goofy hats and costumes which represented vaginas..
They seem to have a problem with a military display.
That's the way that they are.. I suppose it tells us a lot about them.
Come the midterms.....every politician running for re election should face a primary first. Each and everyone one of them...especially RINOs.
"a bunch of people wearing goofy hats and costumes which represented vaginas"this is a good word. enough about it @everittdmickey
I guess the Democrats can go on record saying our troops are not worth it.
they've done that.
being in the military when a dhmikrat is the president is NOT any fun.
been there..done that.
All these snowflakes love to forget who is defending them
Anyone failing to grasp this really really easy concept, has never had experience of life on the coal face...
....and have no argument. They are naive at best, and need to get life experience before pontificating..
not a chance.
at the first sign of violence they'll wet their pants and want the guberment to protect them.
I think you've got a pretty one-sided view of what you're saying here.
What about all the people that are losing sleep because there are rough-men doing violence to them?
And at the very least, I would think it's probably a little bit easier to sleep if there aren't loud steel tanks rolling down the neighbourhood, either for show or an actual act of aggression.
This isn't a personal attack on you, but I believe what he is saying is that...
Militias are required, and sometimes a military parade is all it takes to nurture patriotism and fellowship among the people... I personally am more than ready to be able to be proud of my country... for too long we've felt ashamed of being American, and we cannot progress without at least some confidence and pride in who we are.
Not only all the above, but a military parade is also a way to honor and appreciate the sacrifices that our soldiers and their families have made... regardless of how we feel about policy, these soldiers deserve recognition and national appreciation besides their free Veteran's Day meal at Golden Corral once a year... (yay!)
Edit: that Golden Corral bit was sarcasm in case anyone missed it LOL... but seriously, we have to do better by our Veterans, and a parade in their honor is a perfect way to do so.
To your points above (and I'll preface this with the fact that I am not American, so take from that what you will):
For what it's worth (and I apologize for the long winded post) -- I believe that if more nations had mandatory military service (like South Korea or Israel for example), the populous would have a better understanding of what these forces go through, are asked to do, and they'd all probably be a little bit more politically involved at one scale or another.
Thanks for taking the time to have a bit of a discussion. I appreciate it.
Oh, @mstafford, I'm glad I didn't offend you, I was afraid I had, and if I did in any way I apologize.
Us Americans are on edge, like lots of the planet at the moment, as I'm sure you know. :) I agree with, or at least respect, everything you've said. The military industrial complex is definitely real and is one of the nastiest things to have ever happened to our planet.
But, maybe what outsiders don't understand is that we have a morale problem of sorts over here, half (or more) of our population has literally lost their minds and it's getting tough to deal with.
We need something to rally patriots together because the psycho DNC & Co. have failed at their soft coup, and the next phase is an armed coup. I really believe that is their plan. They will not just give up, they've made that clear. We need solidarity now - we haven't needed it this much since the Revolution.
We don't want war, but we cannot allow a rogue faction to overthrow our duly elected President, regardless of how we personally feel about him. And they will resort to violence, they have before. I personally am anti-war!! And I'm not a conservative, although I sound like one at times, I'm very much a textbook classic liberal, just slightly right fiscally.
I hope this helps outsiders understand, over here we're not worried about a foreign war so much at the moment, as we are a civil war.
This is what I love about Steemit, civil conversation :)
well said...better than I could
Hence the need for rough men to protect you.
Protection of and aggression to are two different things, not to be conflated.
yup..and THAT was the whole point.
I'm glad you caught it.
so many didn't.
I understand the original point. Maybe it's because I'm not an American, so I don't see things in the same light as those that are -- but it seems to me that if a nations military forces are engaged in conflicts in other countries, then there's a pretty strong possibility that a large number of people would see the foreign military in their country as an aggressor. That's all I was trying to say -- no more no less.
There's no doubt in my mind that protection of things requires aggression to things, at times -- certainly not every time.
Yes this is aggression, not protection....
(I'm not a colonial either lol)
All fine and dandy, but who will protect us from thieving corrupt government of corporate oligarchs?
different subject (a logical fallacy too)
has nothing to do with a parade.