# US Military Parade

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 7, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-parade/808340 "2018-02-07T01:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-parade/808340/89 "2018-02-08T04:01:11Z")

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I will just drop this quote in here,

> [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/16491):
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> I like Ike’s opinion on that:
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> [Trump Wants Pentagon To Stage Military Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue : The Two-Way : NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/07/583903933/trump-reportedly-wants-pentagon-to-stage-military-parade-down-pennsylvania-ave)
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> > [@](#):
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> > Beschloss points to the 1950s, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev presided over large military parades showing off the latest in Soviet military might. Beschloss says some in the White House approached Eisenhower, himself a decorated military general, suggesting the U.S. do the same, to show off American might.
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> > “Eisenhower said absolutely not, we are the pre-eminent power on Earth,” Beschloss says, recalling Eisenhower’s response. **“For us to try to imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”**

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