Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 90th Edition. Parade and Protests.

 

Yesterday the much discussed extremely expensive Washington D.C. parade occured.  

I had not intended to watch any of it, but when I came home from work, after fixing the exhaust on my Jeep, I came in from the 90F weather and there wasn't anything on as I drank a beer.  Being fasciated, obviously, with things military, I turned it on until the nightly local news came on.

I don't know how much of the spectacle I saw.  When I turned it on there were troops marching in World War Two combat uniforms.   They looked pretty sharp.  There was a collection of World War Two rolling stock, and it looked good, although based on the passengers, I'm dead certain that the equipment, from Jeeps to tanks, were the property of private parties, not the Army.  The Army keeps old armor on display, but their vehicles are just that, on display.  A working Sherman tank is probably pretty difficult to turn up in the Army.

I watched through the Korean War, which was interesting, and again, at least while I was watching, mostly rolling stock.  When the Vietnam War era was depicted, some wag programmed in Fortunate Son for the background music.  The protest song famously is aimed at people like Donald Trump.

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate one, no

I wonder if he recognized the tune?

I concluded at some point after they reached the modern Army.  Troops were marching in their BDUs.  Some were out of step pretty badly. A few were overweight.  A small contingent carrying the latest small arms looked grossly overburdened by the weight of their arms.

I thought it was probably just me, as I'm not a Trump fan whatsoever, but it isn't.  Net comments, including some from Europeans where armies fairly routinely put on large parades, noted the same thing.

And what they really noticed is how empty the stands were.  People didn't turn out. That's a real indictment of Trump.

They did, however, turn out across the country for No Kings protests.

That really says something as well.

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