Bad optics, even though the intentions may be good.
It doesn’t have to be defence porn, IOW tanks tearing up DC’s potholed streets.
It could have representations of military personnel throughout our history, marching bands, flyovers...
I think this could be great. I hope we do it.
I just think the money could be better used elsewhere as far as defense spending goes.
The last non-Commie parade I remember was Iran back around 1971-72. We were still on good terms with the Shah in power. Then Jimmy Carter got elected and it all went to hell in a handbasket.
“This is the kind of stuff you saw in the old Soviet Union and see today in North Korea.”
The Pentagon put on a much more severe type show for Ronald Reagan, in case you forgot.
That’s where I am too. It’s too ... Soviet.