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Originally Posted by AJF_41
President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare a grand military parade in Washington DC.
what is wrong with this fuck?
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I have no problem with infantry marching down DC. Pencil pushers aside these men and women work far harder than any member of the government could.
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Originally Posted by cazzie34
In other news, it seems like the liberal media doesn't care about holding the RNC's feet to the fire regarding Steve Wynn's donations. Double standard?
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I genuinely think this is solely because he has no name recognition, I had not even heard of the guy until about a week ago.
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Originally Posted by cazzie34
It will cost millions. It takes away from training. Can the roads in DC handle the heavy artillery rolling through? What's the point?
There are 4 reasons.
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Mattis is not dumb, you will likely not see any tracked vehicles rolling through DC, it would ruin the roads.
Not sure what the price tag would be but since these troops are already employed the cost will be largely in security.
A few hours off will not really effect training at all and I doubt any elite units will be sending their shooters, just the pencil pushers and shavetails.
I think the trooops who are home on leave deserve some recognition for their service to our nation.
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Originally Posted by recentlyJTR41
It's like people in the military are free to express themselves or something
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Yeah, they cannot complain because if they do they are in violation of article 88 of the UCMJ.
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Originally Posted by ExistenceNow
I've never understood the appeal of a parade.
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Nor I, I have been to 3 in my life. My parents brought me to a 4th of July parade when I was about ten in my hometown. When I was 18 I went to the Yankees Championship parade in NYC and swore I would never go again and then when I turned 31 I went to a St. Patrick's Day Parade in NYC and was disgusted with all the drunken fools who could not handle their liquor. So yeah, it has been nearly 19 years since I last attended a parade and I doubt I will ever do so again.
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Originally Posted by BTBaboon
It's the only way to get a vote before the deadline in March. It seems unlikely at this point that Trump would extend the deadline.
And after March 5th, you'd basically have ICE deporting Dreamers - and they're easy to find since they know where they are because they registered when they signed up. That's why there's urgency.
DACA has large bipartisan support in the Senate and in the American public, the Dems have been onboard with bipartisan legislation that included border security funding and limits to chain migrations; and the WH or alt-right hardliners have balked and tanked multiple deals. There's no reason it isn't getting passed outside of Trump being pushed by hardliners to tank it. They don't want DACA, and they want mass deportations, unless they get a full $30B for a border wall.
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I do not care about a wall, it is a waste of money. As for the dreamers, not sure why this is a pet issue of the dems to be honest, they are putting their duty to actual citizens behind that of those who entered the nation illegally. Dems need to compromise better on this, if they want a DACA extension they need to stop chain migration, get rid of the anchor baby sham, limit legal immigration, get rid of quotas for each country and stop with this constant push for amnesty time and time again.
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Originally Posted by Climb2safety
So if DACA Is so crucial why not trade it for the wall? Principles/politics aside.
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To hell with the wall, see above.
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Originally Posted by cazzie34
It's not just the wall anymore. Hardliners want to also reduce immigration by 50% in exchange for DACA.
It's also not good negotiating tactics to trade something that most americans want (DACA) for something most americans don't want (wall and tough immigration laws)
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I think you are overestimating support for DACA by the citizens, the politicians keep saying we need it but in reality DACA is is a back burner issue because we have far more pressing matters to attend to.
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Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984
Yeah. Although it took me a few hours to commit to the $247 a pair.
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Good thing you will likely get a tax break or bonus!
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Originally Posted by rconverse
Both groups fall for all kinds of ridiculous stuff.
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Yup, they do. The constant amnesties are about as ridiculous as it gets and both sides seems to think it is some sort of imperative to grant citizenship to people who unlawfully entered our country.