(02-07-2018 03:41 PM)illiniowl Wrote:  But I still struggle to grasp why, if you believe parades--and let's just be honest, Russian/Chinese/North Korean-style parades, as those are obviously the inspiration here--would not cause/forebode war (which I would agree with), you think they can prevent or are somehow some kind of judicious alternative to war. There is, rather, no connection. And you might remember that we will still be at war while this parade is going on (if it comes to pass), the nonwarmonger in the Oval Office not having gotten us out of any of the ones we are in.

If he doesn't start any new wars, or escalate the ones we're in, that would be an improvement. Can he win a peace prize for that?

As for the connection between parades and military aggression, I have to admit that the correlation between military aggressiveness and military parades is only somewhat negative - not enough to prove anything.