I think it was probably in protest. However they can, I guess.
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“A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.”
– Soviet observation during the Cold War
The band played "Fortunate Son". They all knew exactly what they were doing.
If shit ever does hit the fan full send (I very much doubt it) he doesn't have the army.
Imperial March would have been dope
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From what I'm hearing from coordinators and people inside its not that they can't march. It's that nobody wanted to. They had to be there. So they phoned it in. Malicious compliance.
Like the squeaky tanks. That was a choice made in the motor pool. They could have greased them up and tested to make sure they were smooth. But they made a different call.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but i do find it hard to believe. I think most people that take pride in their jobs won't half ass it.
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These soldiers spend their days doing important work to defend our nation.
The U.S. military has done nothing to defend their "nation" for over 100 years. They ONLY defend the corporate oligarchs' ability to steal resources and use slave labor in third world countries.
Lmao yet Ukraine still stands thanks to American intelligence and military apparatus.
I'm not even an American but this kindergarten sentiment on Lemmy is so exhausting.
Are you suggesting that kindergarten political thought is somehow less valid? You must hate children!
And then promptly fucked right out of peace negotiations immediately after signing the resources deal. Fits perfectly well with
They ONLY defend the corporate oligarchs’ ability to steal resources and use slave labor in third world countries.
Lmao yet Ukraine still stands thanks to American intelligence and military apparatus.
Which they provide exactly as long as they profit exponentially from it. Dont pretend like the US would provide foreign aid out of generosity.
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Yeah you get a lot of these 'moral purity absolutists' with all the nuance of an edgy teen. Some of them, or course, are edgy teens, but 100 years is a super odd choice even so. You'd think by the time they were 13 they'd have heard of at least one war that came pretty close to defense against a malign hegemonic power with ambitions of global domination....
It really reminds me how I felt when I was an edgy 16-year old but luckily for me social media wasn't really a thing yet so it didn't bother anyone.
It's possible that you're overestimating the US contribution
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On a fucking Saturday too. They wanted to be with their loved one probably.
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Russians be like "they can't march, maybe they can't even clean a toilet bowl with their fork or fuck and tortue a child, we totally win"
They deliberately half-assed the parade because they don't like the way Trump treats them. Trump calls them "suckers and losers." He cuts their benefits Why would you show any loyalty (or enthusiasm) to someone who treats you like that?
More Trump quotes: "You fucking generals. Why can't you be more like Hitler's generals?" 2017
On the burial of US Army private Vanessa Guillén: "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!" December 4, 2020. Trump has denied having made the remark.
"We're not going to support that loser's funeral." August, 2018. Trump has denied having made this remark.
re: John McCain, who was captured and tortured for five years: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you." July 18, 2015.
"But, you know, during the Vietnam War, I got very lucky. I had a very high lottery number." November 9, 1995.
On the 1,800 US Marines who died at Belleau Wood in France during World War I "Suckers." November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On US soldiers in World War I "Who were the good guys in this war?" November 11, 2018. Trump denies having asked this question.
"I don't get it. What was in it for them?" November 11, 2018. Trump denies having made this remark.
On disabled veterans "Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded." September 30, 2019.
"Look, I don't want any wounded guys in the parade. This doesn't look good for me." Summer 2017.
I can understand why someone would ask who the good guys were in WW1.
It's a question that shows a childlike understanding of war in general, but that's how war is often sold. A team sport with body bags.
That said, WW1 is hard to pick a "good" side. It was a mess of a war, but no side was particularly vile when compared to the others...
But for a US president, there's only one valid answer.
A US president can admit that Vietnam was not a shining moment is US history, but the world wars? No.
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I am surprised at how many people do not get it. In military you cannot not comply with the orders, especially whan there is clearly nothing criminal with it. The guys doing sloppy marching is pretty much the only agency they have and the only way to protest and boycot that ridiculous parade.
In military you cannot not comply with the orders
What i find surprising is that even after making this claim you still believe these people are down to protest and boycot their superiors.
There was a brass band that was resposabal for playing to state visits. if a foreign visitor came who was not popular they would play the national anthem out of tune and out of time. The visitor would have to stand or salute while seeing there song be murdered infront of them.
Malicious compliance
This. NATO has us troops stationed all over europe. They marched just fine during european parades.
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If I could march in a brass band after very limited practice, these guys can. They just didn’t want to.
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gotta stroke shitler's ego.
I was only in marching band. 25 years later, I promise I could still do it with zero practice. This was on purpose.
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Yeah! They need to do important stuff!
Like point guns at me while I'm going to the grocery store!
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The way the marines, in particular, marched… no. That was sloppy and looked intentional.
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I think the way they marched says more about trump than it does their ability to march. I very much doubt they forgot how to do it.
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