When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, President Eisenhower responded:
“Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”
“Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”
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Back when you didn't really think about the gov't coming with storm troops.
Pathetic.
If media report - no clicks. NONE.
Wrap your hands in goalie gloves if you have to but NO CLICKS.
Believe it was Eisenhower who once warned about risks of the military industrial complex ahead. He had seen war as numbers as Generals must, so knew them well.
After campaigning on rooting out government fraud and wasteful spending, Bonespurs decides to celebrate with a parade.
That’s like going on a diet, losing 2 pounds, and then celebrating by eating a “works” pizza!
He is an embarrassment.
It is here I am not a bird of the same feather, for I & a minority are the only ones trying to discuss the ACTUAL problem: the American people + their selfishness.
Trump reduced us to a chaotic laughing stock just so he could have a military parrade for his birthday
How many people have died from US bombs because their leader was too extreme to be trusted with nukes?
We're next.
It’d be a kamikaze mission but they would be an instant sensation for standing up to his audacious stupidity.
Absolutely goddamn pathetic. Empty ports and soon empty shelves at the grocery stores for the Americans, but Donald gets his parade.
It's time to STOP serving Evil Billionaires!
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address
Ike he will never be.
Then, orange rapists should listen.
Apples and Oranges people.
This is what happens when you elect a weak pathetic leader.
From Eisenhower’s 1953 The Chance for Peace speech:
"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully
equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people."
Pulling Trump n his sycophants out of power.🙏
William Henry Harrison.
Also, I'm reading into this, and... Uh. Eisenhower played his part for sure. Also kiiiiiinda wild that the Mexican gov't was pressuring the US to enforce the border harder.
Turns out, concentrated terror, panic, resentment, and a good dose of upscale racist humor- cycled 24/7 by "all-me" white men- will, in fact, turn you into a mindless Russian asset. 🤖🇷🇺
https://bsky.app/profile/chedo-b.bsky.social/post/3lookuvduuk2z
Can't believe our D.C. streets (and mall filled with memorials to men and women beyond Trump's capacity to appreciate) will have military vehicles and soldiers desecrating them to honor "him!"
I came here to say exactly that.
Thank you for this.
The quote is accurate.
Eisenhower was not asked about all military parades, which were occasionally held to commemorate the end of specific conflicts.
He was condemning any boastful show of military might for its own sake: the sort of Soviet […]
who is going to pay for it?
who will repair the streets destroyed by the tanks
If he were really a strong and effective president he wouldn't need all too this stupidity
With Trump's golfing and everything else I think he has already drained petty cash
But if Congress does nothing then he most certainly can have his parade
Essentially.
Is this is a direct quote, tho? Nah.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/eisenhower-military-parades/
Reboot
Tech Billionaires Plan
Step 1. Run on Autocracy
Step 2. Remove All Government Employees
Step 3. Ignore the Courts
Step 4. Co-opt Congress
Step 5. Centralize Police & Powers
Step 6. Shut down Elite Media & Academic Institutions
Step 7. Send People to streets, Martial Law
Character & Intellect
What a combination
Too bad Republican's favor the opposite
Dumb Dictator
“The Supreme Court has spoken, and I am sworn to uphold the constitutional process in this country; I will obey.”
Today's Republican Party is the modern day John Birch Society.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/03/viral-image/did-eisenhower-say-military-parade-would-make-us-l/
has made us weak, because he is weak. Weak men need parades and praise.
Stalin: https://youtu.be/pr-aDM1ibts?si=h_eZu0IOGEg3Tegw