>Points to a board full of gays, which are notorious for loving parades
lmao like poetry. Dont worry mr chud, you and your gay equivalent can gawk at strong inshape boys together
If China is weak then why do the USA fear a buildup of their capabilities?
Are the US weak too?
No its not because russia does it than it mean its true
France is the 2nd army in the world moron
>France is the 2nd army in the world moron
Huh, no. It could be though with less moronation and just a little bit more money, but no it isn't.
t.french
>If China is weak then why do the USA fear a buildup of their capabilities? >Are the US weak too?
Need to justify funneling money to the military industrial complex somehow
Because the US' military protocol is about damage mitigation. That means securing every possible opportunity for overmatch. It's like when people ask "did a Black person with a knife really warrant 30 cops magdumping with ARs?" The goal wasn't killing the Black person, the goal was keeping unionists alive while doing it.
While true, we also do other things to show off our military while also having fun. Military bases do open houses for the locals to show off equipment. Like the ones in japan where the U.S. military holds events and let japs inside the base and hang around with the troops.
>but muh projection theory
Only based countries do military parades because they want the citizens to be proud. Most americans forget how strong the US military is until they hear about a new drone strike on a family while the media tells you to be afraid of countries on the other side of the planet pretending to be relevant.
finland has a yearly military parade but it's more of an independence thing than a military thing, being on the independence day and being called "the independence day parade"
it is however of note that the fdf is seen as the ultimate guarantor of independence in finland
The US also has 4th of July Parades which work in a similar basis ideologically, though the military parade aspect is 99% historical stuff and the modern forces don't do much beyond sending a squad or two in dress uniforms to carry the flag interspersed between all the civilian floats.
> Is it true only weak countries do military parades?
It has more to do with the leadership than the military themselves. Military parades is a way to project strength, real or imaginary.
>Transnistria has a restored T-34 they use explicitly for the purpose of leading parades
It's cute! And certainly not a flex which is what most of the above parades are about.
I mean, the parade is probably a flex, trying to say that they're a real country with an army and everything but the T34 leading it isn't, it's like a mascot or something.
>Is it true only weak countries do military parades?
Not weak but perhaps authoritarian. Whatever else China is, it's not weak.
I want to say that they're a feature of dictatorships but then I'm not quite sure how to explain picrel.
It doesn't feel the same since aside from anything else, they invite everyone else's military to come join in. I'm not sure that the Marine Corp silent drill troop get invited to Red Square or Tiananmen Square.
France also has their big Bastille Day parade, so it's not solely a feature of authoritarian nations either. I think it's more a result of nations having a founding mythos in near history where the military played a key role. The US hasn't had an existential war since the Civil War, and even that one was a strange thing that everyone wanted to bury to get back to business as usual once it over, while countries like France and Britain may have old history but saw a huge moment in their history during WWII and most dictatorships are even younger then WWII in one way or another.
Almost exclusively. The strong don't need to convince themselves they're strong - they just are. Weak nations need to appear strong, so they put on a show.
You do not realize how much the US bulked up for the war. They weren't that strong until the war forced them to become a powerhouse.
After the war, they no longer had the need for parades.
Authoritarian countries do military parades to remind it's citizens/subjects how much hard power government has at it's disposal - as both intimidation and as an attempt to strengthen the herd instinct.
>a bunch of homosexual vets act like homosexuals
yeah this shit isnt even official its just gays being gays but instead of drag its larping as a "REAL MAN!!!"
>"Marines", wearing all that army shit >the sleeves on the far right >fat blob hot wheels in the back >everything else
literally what the entire frick is going on here
>Pretend to be strong when you are weak >Pretend to be weak when you are strong
First one explains the military parades in Russia/China/NK etc.
Second one explains the blunders in the US Army like the troons/lgbt there
FACT: the only countries that should be allowed to hold military parades under international law are the ones with drippy ceremonial uniforms that they can't show off on the battlefield for obvious reasons
Post drippy ceremonial uniforms
Every country with a royal guard does this anon
Atleast it's a Colt C7, an actually decent weapon unlike some other countries i could name coughpicrelatedcough
>join military to protect your country >dress up and learn a choreography
Lel. The amount and size of military parades is Anti-proportional to the strength and liberty of a country
Military parades are an outdated form of performing statehood, the performance of statehood is the reason almost every nation has a similarish flag, a similarish nation anthem, etc.
To be recognised as a nation you have to play by the already established rules, and one of the rules of the past was that nations did military parades, some more conservative nations have simply failed to let go of this practice
Considering Russia is losing in Ukraine, maybe.
But Ukraine also does parades.
Just the dick waving challenge.
No one sensible is argument their military is strong, just competent enough to hold on
That's why we had to send them a bunch of hand me downs
Yes
Next slide
No. Pure boomer sophistry to suggest so.
Simplest and most beautiful form of 'community engagement'. The citizen must see who defends them, and how. The soldier must know who they fight for.
>Simplest and most beautiful form of 'community engagement'
Autspergies who crave display are not the community. You just like parades because mental illness.
>You just like parades because mental illness.
Sorry, the board for parading mental illness is over this way
That's not /misc/
When the US still held military parades it was winning wars. Funny how as soon as they stopped holding them they have only lost wars.
top kek
>Points to a board full of gays, which are notorious for loving parades
lmao like poetry. Dont worry mr chud, you and your gay equivalent can gawk at strong inshape boys together
You have 0 imagination. Just let kids play with army stuff on holidays, it's not complicated.
>Simplest and most beautiful form of 'community engagement'.
>Setting up a military parade is simple
>Russia
>China
>N.Korea
>Various African shitholes
>France
Yep.
No its not because russia does it than it mean its true
France is the 2nd army in the world moron
in the african world maybe
If China is weak then why do the USA fear a buildup of their capabilities?
Are the US weak too?
>France is the 2nd army in the world moron
Huh, no. It could be though with less moronation and just a little bit more money, but no it isn't.
t.french
>If China is weak then why do the USA fear a buildup of their capabilities?
>Are the US weak too?
Need to justify funneling money to the military industrial complex somehow
Because the US' military protocol is about damage mitigation. That means securing every possible opportunity for overmatch. It's like when people ask "did a Black person with a knife really warrant 30 cops magdumping with ARs?" The goal wasn't killing the Black person, the goal was keeping unionists alive while doing it.
Regularly, yes.
I think the last one we had was the victory parade after the Gulf War.
The US doesn't really do military parades, but air shows are sort of a replacement for them.
While true, we also do other things to show off our military while also having fun. Military bases do open houses for the locals to show off equipment. Like the ones in japan where the U.S. military holds events and let japs inside the base and hang around with the troops.
>but muh projection theory
Only based countries do military parades because they want the citizens to be proud. Most americans forget how strong the US military is until they hear about a new drone strike on a family while the media tells you to be afraid of countries on the other side of the planet pretending to be relevant.
Statistics say no
We have a thread up with that happening right now.
but it already was?
Czechoslovakia was doing mil parades all the way up until we (both) joined NATO.
....... and that's all you really need to know about this question, really
finland has a yearly military parade but it's more of an independence thing than a military thing, being on the independence day and being called "the independence day parade"
it is however of note that the fdf is seen as the ultimate guarantor of independence in finland
The US also has 4th of July Parades which work in a similar basis ideologically, though the military parade aspect is 99% historical stuff and the modern forces don't do much beyond sending a squad or two in dress uniforms to carry the flag interspersed between all the civilian floats.
Military parades are the marvel/dc goyslop of the third world
> Is it true only weak countries do military parades?
It has more to do with the leadership than the military themselves. Military parades is a way to project strength, real or imaginary.
>VHS filter over a VHS recording
I fricking hate zoomers so much
yeah, the image quality of actual VHS or Beta videos from that era wasn't as bad as those stupid filters, specially seen in a CRT
Transnistria has a restored T-34 they use explicitly for the purpose of leading parades
Checkmate
>Transnistria has a restored T-34 they use explicitly for the purpose of leading parades
It's cute! And certainly not a flex which is what most of the above parades are about.
I mean, the parade is probably a flex, trying to say that they're a real country with an army and everything but the T34 leading it isn't, it's like a mascot or something.
Parades that are about showing off historical equipment are cool. It's like a car show.
>Is it true only weak countries do military parades?
Not weak but perhaps authoritarian. Whatever else China is, it's not weak.
I want to say that they're a feature of dictatorships but then I'm not quite sure how to explain picrel.
It doesn't feel the same since aside from anything else, they invite everyone else's military to come join in. I'm not sure that the Marine Corp silent drill troop get invited to Red Square or Tiananmen Square.
France also has their big Bastille Day parade, so it's not solely a feature of authoritarian nations either. I think it's more a result of nations having a founding mythos in near history where the military played a key role. The US hasn't had an existential war since the Civil War, and even that one was a strange thing that everyone wanted to bury to get back to business as usual once it over, while countries like France and Britain may have old history but saw a huge moment in their history during WWII and most dictatorships are even younger then WWII in one way or another.
the aphorism is "small dogs bark the loudest". not "only small dogs bark".
>military parades are uhh...LE BAD
nu/k/ is pathetic
I think a whole bunch of gays got sour grapes after Trump suggested a military parade in DC, but it never came off.
Yes.
Who are you? Vlad or Chang?
Every country has military parades, genius.
Mutt cope, becuase they cant march.
Just because national pride is shamed in America doesn't mean you have to put down people who are proud of their country.
Bugmen can't feel pride
Not that kind of pride, sorry.
Almost exclusively. The strong don't need to convince themselves they're strong - they just are. Weak nations need to appear strong, so they put on a show.
The strong regularly held parades until a special ethnic caste decided it reminded them of Nazis so much and got the country to go against them.
You do not realize how much the US bulked up for the war. They weren't that strong until the war forced them to become a powerhouse.
After the war, they no longer had the need for parades.
Authoritarian countries do military parades to remind it's citizens/subjects how much hard power government has at it's disposal - as both intimidation and as an attempt to strengthen the herd instinct.
Authoritarian countries usually are weak.
America does them, though. So that fricks your argument.
These aren't military parades in sense in which most of the world undestands it.
This is what Russia fears.
This is what gives Putin nightmares.
This is what makes pol cry.
>a bunch of homosexual vets act like homosexuals
yeah this shit isnt even official its just gays being gays but instead of drag its larping as a "REAL MAN!!!"
>"Marines", wearing all that army shit
>the sleeves on the far right
>fat blob hot wheels in the back
>everything else
literally what the entire frick is going on here
>Pretend to be strong when you are weak
>Pretend to be weak when you are strong
First one explains the military parades in Russia/China/NK etc.
Second one explains the blunders in the US Army like the troons/lgbt there
every single fricking country that has anything that can remotely classify as a military does military parades
I swear butthurt belters who are obsessed with russia are something else. google your shithole + military parade, congrats you're weak now
Whatever makes you sleep better at night
that would be presence of your mother's ass right next to my penis
Is that what you fantasize about before jacking yourself off to sleep? Cute
I aren't think so
FACT: the only countries that should be allowed to hold military parades under international law are the ones with drippy ceremonial uniforms that they can't show off on the battlefield for obvious reasons
Post drippy ceremonial uniforms
>some ancient 18 century garb and modern rifles
holy mother of cringe
Every country with a royal guard does this anon
Atleast it's a Colt C7, an actually decent weapon unlike some other countries i could name coughpicrelatedcough
>Fancy ceremonial uniforms
>AR15
>No bayonet
These pics remind me how much Poles are Japs of Europe, with their sword culture.
*pic
It is considered gay if rifle at least doesn't have bayonet in public places
Any military pageantry that involves heavy vehicles is gay and moronic.
Americans can't march, Euros try too hard. only the British can do it right
>join military to protect your country
>dress up and learn a choreography
Lel. The amount and size of military parades is Anti-proportional to the strength and liberty of a country
No, countries that have nothing to be proud of.
Military parades are an outdated form of performing statehood, the performance of statehood is the reason almost every nation has a similarish flag, a similarish nation anthem, etc.
To be recognised as a nation you have to play by the already established rules, and one of the rules of the past was that nations did military parades, some more conservative nations have simply failed to let go of this practice