WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.759 We survived the parade. I wasn't sure whether we would 2 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:07.440 be able to or not. And I do confess I 3 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:10.080 think I've said this publicly. I think I've said it 4 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:12.359 on there. I know I've said it to friends that 5 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:16.679 I had a little I was worrisome about the pearete 6 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.440 the parade. Does everybody know what parade I'm talking about. No, 7 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:25.160 I'm not talking about the No Kings bull crap. I'm 8 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:29.199 talking about the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday celebration 9 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:33.759 parade that took place along Constitution Avenue in front of 10 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:38.399 the Ellipse in Washington, d C. Over the weekend. And 11 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.399 I confess that I thought either one or two things 12 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:48.560 might occur. I thought one that it might be and 13 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:53.079 could easily fall into the trap of be a gigantic 14 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.320 birthday celebration for Donald Trump, and therefore it would be 15 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:02.719 perceived as, particularly with the cabal, it would be perceived as, oh, 16 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.079 it was nothing more than this, you know, Trump using 17 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.040 you know, the military to celebrate his birthday. I really 18 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.439 was concerned about that. I was concerned that some of 19 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:16.400 the people surrounding Trump might turn it into that. But 20 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.799 I was more concerned that the cabal would turn it 21 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:25.799 into that, because if the cabal has the opportunity to 22 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.719 take anything that is good and decent and turn it 23 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:32.680 into crap, the cabal will do that. If the cabal 24 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.079 has any opportunity to take anything that is just fairly 25 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:42.680 routine political discourse or debate or arguments in this country 26 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.519 and turn it into a full fledged, you know, World 27 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:49.319 War three, they will do that. So I got to 28 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:54.400 watch the beginnings of it, some coverage of it. Then 29 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:57.519 obviously I saw highlights, because you know, I'm not gonna 30 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.439 sit around watch it in the entire time because I've 31 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:03.319 got other things to do. So I watched the beginning, 32 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:06.120 then I watched bits and pieces, and then of course 33 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:10.240 then doing show prep yesterday. 34 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:10.319 I saw even more of it. 35 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.840 Well, Trump's decision to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth 36 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.919 anniversary of the United States Army with this military parade 37 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.800 in Washington turned out that it was not a political stunt, 38 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.840 and it was not an exercise in pomp and circumstances. 39 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.120 I would describe it as a moral act of national 40 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:37.919 restoration after years of demoralization, as exemplified by the inability 41 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:46.639 to meet recruitment numbers through politicized mandates. You know you 42 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:51.759 you know DEI requirements, lowering the standards for the military, 43 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:59.039 device EVE ideological training, a pure institutional neglect, just truly 44 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:03.479 neglecting the military. That parade offered a chance to remind 45 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:08.240 Americans who we are and what the Army has long 46 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:13.800 stood for duty, honor, and country, and it was presented 47 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:21.240 in a way that was actually now the Obviously I 48 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.960 was watching watching it on Fox News, although I would 49 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.960 occasionally flip over to CNN and MSNBC to see what 50 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.439 their coverage was, and when I would, I would find 51 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:36.000 that most often or more often than not, they weren't 52 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:42.800 showing the parade, and they weren't carrying the the sound 53 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.560 of the parade announcer in said they had some talking 54 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.400 head talking about something. So then I go back over 55 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.719 to Fox because I wanted to see the parade and 56 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.120 I wanted to hear what the announcer was saying, because 57 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.000 the announcer was doing a what I would would say 58 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:01.759 was an extraordinary job talking about the history of what 59 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:05.719 was being presented in front of those along the parade route, 60 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.319 what they were seeing. Now, I know the critics are 61 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:16.519 goring to scoff and as I was fearful it could 62 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.240 it could, it could have turned into one of these 63 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:25.240 authoritarian relics, signs of militarism, uh, signs of the you know, 64 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.720 the the old Red Square, and all the Soviet Union 65 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.920 leaders from Gorbatchov back to Khrushchev and others standing on 66 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.120 the walls of the Kremlin as the tanks and the 67 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:39.240 missiles and all the armaments were presented, and they all 68 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:46.600 stood and saluted, you know, reigning over their military. But 69 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:53.319 one that didn't occur. But that objection completely collapsed under 70 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:59.480 the presentation of the history that was presented, and it 71 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:05.959 got me to say, military parades and democracies. For example, 72 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.839 I over the weekend I casually mentioned that in my 73 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.800 hometown we have what's called Pioneer Days. It's usually, I 74 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.120 think the first weekend in May. I haven't been to 75 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:17.800 it in ages, but I remember as a kid watching 76 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.160 it all the time. And of course there would be floats, 77 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.560 there would be you know, marching bands, there would be 78 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:29.800 horses and cows. People would march, you know, they would 79 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.920 bring the longhorns, long horn steers in from some of 80 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.120 the ranches around and people would march, you know, steer 81 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.199 and cattle and cows whatever. They'd march along, and of 82 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.439 course the horses and the horses and the cows are 83 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.120 all pooping, and I would think to myself, oh my gosh, 84 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:45.839 how many cows, I mean, how many cows do you 85 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:50.879 have to see? Because there's there wasn't any history. 86 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:51.560 To the cattle. 87 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:56.560 Now, some of the parade floats would present the history 88 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.240 of the Oklahoma Panhandle, and so there would be you know, 89 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.879 there would be floats that would talk about the dust 90 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:08.279 Bow or you know, certain periods of time, and it would, 91 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.720 you know, go up and it'd be sponsored by you know, 92 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.519 local merchants or you know, the Chamber of Commerce or 93 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:17.759 different organizations. Churches would have floats and they would have, 94 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:19.720 you know, maybe a little bit of history of their 95 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.120 church on the float. 96 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:27.439 Well that's kind of what this was. Now. 97 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.160 It wasn't a bunch of steers, it wasn't a bunch 98 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.879 of cows. There weren't too many horses, and there wasn't 99 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.959 a lot of poop left on the streets. But it 100 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.000 made me realize that really a military parade in a 101 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:44.959 constitutional republic is not an expression of tyranny. What we 102 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:51.000 saw on Saturday was actually an affirmation of gratitude. It 103 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:57.240 was thanking those and you could tell from the faces 104 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:01.519 of the people that were in the parade that they 105 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.199 were actually enjoying themselves. They were kind of relishing in 106 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:08.519 the attention that they were getting, and I think rightfully so. 107 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.319 And it also served another purpose. It reminded us that 108 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:17.439 freedom has always had a cost, and that someone's son 109 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:22.160 or daughter was willing to pay for it. I can't 110 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.800 take I can't take credit for finding this. It appeared 111 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.959 on my X speed yesterday. By the way, if you're 112 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.399 not following me on X, I don't know why you're not. 113 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.920 You should be at Michael Brown USA. Let's go back 114 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:42.160 to June eighth, nineteen ninety one, the CBS Evening News 115 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.959 with Bob Scheffer. Bob Sheefer, who I think just passed 116 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:52.160 away recently. But Bob Schefer, who was with CBS News 117 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:57.199 probably his entire career, was not a Walter Cronkite. He 118 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.279 was not an Edward Ard Murrow. Bob she He for 119 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:07.720 truly was a die hard liberal. He was a fanatical liberal. 120 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.319 But here he is as the anchor of the CBS 121 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:16.000 Evening News on June eighth, nineteen ninety one, I'll let 122 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:19.000 you figure out the importance of the date. 123 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:24.040 Poy good evening. Well already they are saying tonight. It 124 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.639 was the biggest military celebration in the nation's capital since 125 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:31.160 World War II, as Washington today honored the U S 126 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.759 servicemen and women who fought in the Gulf War, both 127 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.679 those who returned and those who died. Two hundred thousand 128 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.559 enthusiastic spectators watched a parade of troops and their weapons, 129 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:44.440 all part of the National Victory Celebration. 130 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:46.639 Eric Kingbert has our report. 131 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:51.000 It was a day for saying thank you to heroes. Kiddingly, 132 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.399 it began with those who did not come back, Hey 133 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:59.519 todd Man Arlington National Cemetery. President Bush placed a wreath 134 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:06.080 at the two of the unknowns and fighter planes passed 135 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.200 over in the Missing Wingman formation to honor the men 136 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:12.440 and women who died in the Gulf War. The President 137 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:15.919 choked back tears several times as he spoke directly to 138 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:17.720 loved ones of those who die. 139 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:23.440 We celebrate the fact that each person we commemorate today 140 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:29.000 gave up life for principles larger than each of. 141 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:33.559 Us, which is something that everyone who joins the United 142 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.679 States military knows that that may be the ultimate thing 143 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.600 that they have to do, is to give up their life, 144 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:46.720 to sacrifice their life for a principle that is greater 145 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:52.039 than all of us, and that is our freedoms and 146 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:53.399 our liberties. 147 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:58.799 Principles that at the same time form the muscle and 148 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.360 strength of our national heart. 149 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.240 Aileen Rawlins said her son Jeffrey, killed in the desert, 150 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:06.840 would have liked the ceremony. 151 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:08.720 Jeff was total military. 152 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:09.879 He left the service. 153 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.720 He loved his country. 154 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:14.679 Fay Hawes's son Jimmy, died when a missile hit his tank. 155 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.960 He loved what he was doing, and he died for what. 156 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.639 He believed in. 157 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.600 On the wide boulevards, just a few blocks from the 158 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:29.759 White House, eight thousand Desert Storm troops were moving out, 159 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:33.080 and once again it was General Norman Schwarzkopf who sept 160 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:36.799 the cadence, leading the way as far as the Presidential Box, 161 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.679 where he spent the rest of the parade as cheerleader 162 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:46.159 and spot her for a clearly delighted George Bush. So 163 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:49.679 much military hardware was moving that at times it appeared 164 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:53.720 Washington was under attack. The Stelf bomber, oddly shaped to 165 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.799 deceive radar, led a fleet of eighty two planes over 166 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.240 the parade route. The Patriot missile got the what is 167 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:05.559 the applause of the day. Several hundred thousand spectators lined the streets, 168 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:08.039 most with the same message. 169 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.240 We're here just to say thank you and to celebrate 170 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:11.799 our victory, but to say thank you to all the 171 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:12.799 men and women who serve. 172 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.360 In the armed forces. 173 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.559 I think that this is a wonderful occasion, but we 174 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:17.960 don't want it to happen again. 175 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:20.399 Enterprise, we don't want war. 176 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:21.200 Peace. 177 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:25.120 Activists had protested against today's celebrations, but they drew only 178 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.840 a few protesters to their rally. A Harrier jetfighter on 179 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.080 display near the parade was splashed with blood, and the 180 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:37.080 protesters were arrested and taken away, But the overall mood 181 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:42.519 BOB was overwhelmingly celebratory and upbeat. And now on Washington's Mall, 182 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:46.600 several hundred thousand people have gathered for a USO show tonight, 183 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.399 which will be capped off by what they say will 184 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.519 be the biggest fireworks display. 185 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.279 In Washington history. 186 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:53.919 Derek. 187 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:57.120 This of course, was called a celebration to honor those 188 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.279 who fought this war, but in many ways it was 189 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.600 also in honor of the people back home. 190 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:04.039 Must I think that's. 191 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:06.840 Right, Bob. I think that we sent one of the 192 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:09.919 most professional armies in American history to fight the war 193 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.799 against Addam Hussein. They didn't expect any parades on the 194 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.960 way back. They just felt that they had done what 195 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.320 they were told to do and had accomplished their job. 196 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.960 But I think the civilian sector of the country, the 197 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:25.720 Americans who remember Vietnam and the divisions of that era, 198 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:29.039 all wanted to make sure that the mistakes that happened 199 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.399 at the end of that war weren't repeated, and that 200 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:33.639 these troops were given a hearty thank you, and that 201 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:34.720 was all accomplished. 202 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:39.639 Today this is the cabal now. 203 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:45.279 Granted it's nineteen ninety one, but my, how they have changed. 204 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:49.360 Can you imagine that kind of reporting from any place 205 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:54.399 other than say, Fox News, Newsmax or Away in today? 206 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:55.600 Thank Aarin. 207 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.759 Marching isn't always fun, but for these soldiers and today's 208 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.919 the experience was one big love feast. Pentagon. Correspond to 209 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.600 Jim Stewart, now with that. 210 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.679 Than you you help that you deserve it. If it 211 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.200 was in uniform today, it got hugged, kissed, saluted, and 212 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.240 cheered because the American military experienced an outpouring of affection 213 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:24.120 not witnessed here in forty five years. Fantastic is huge. 214 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:25.200 There's so many people. 215 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.080 I ain't seen as many people in my life. It 216 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.960 was a day in search of superlatives. It's a spectacular. 217 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.840 I think it's great. 218 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.000 Fantastic, breathtaking is nice. 219 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.679 Sortas think this a nice little key. You don't legacy it, 220 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:36.240 don't get an a. 221 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:39.039 Credit to a day for the heroes of Desert Storm 222 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.720 to struct their stuff. Right now, listener Hummus is telling 223 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:46.000 me that the weapon is Plessinger, a day when soldiers 224 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.679 became celebrities. I may autograph it three or. 225 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:52.879 Four does now you're trying to get the writer's cramp. 226 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:55.320 Had a hereby for me. I've had people give me 227 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.360 shirts T shirts. Well, I had one lady in particular, 228 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.960 in an airport in Law. 229 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.600 I was in the uniform and she started crying and 230 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:04.279 she was just welcoming home. 231 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.080 And it was very overwhelming for me because I just 232 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.440 didn't expect anything like that. 233 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.600 No one quite expected anything like this. 234 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.159 I felt it Thos, you know, I could feel the 235 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:16.440 electricity throughout the crowd as we were marching through. 236 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.759 Good Maybe good town or a little small town in 237 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.080 your hometown have prayed for you, but nothing like this. 238 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.720 I think it's fantastic. 239 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:29.919 I was also in Vietnam and we didn't have. 240 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.840 Anything like this coming back. 241 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.279 I think it's great. Everyone, it seemed, had that other 242 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.600 war on their mind as well. 243 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:38.799 Today everyone's a little guilty about the Vietnam that they 244 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:39.679 didn't have as. 245 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.440 Much recognition that it's a way of showing that we're 246 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.960 sorry and let's. 247 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:48.360 Start all over again. Work and some did thank you, 248 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:55.120 welcome home. I owe you, thank you. Jim Stewart's CBS 249 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.320 News Washington. 250 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.440 Can you imagine that report today? 251 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:06.320 You know? Often Trump has referred to the French parade 252 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.399 the Bestille Parade every year since eighteen eighty. The French 253 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.840 of line the champsy Lese on July fourteenth to witness 254 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:19.120 the Bastille Day Parade in twenty seventeen. It featured thirty 255 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:22.399 seven hundred soldiers, two hundred eleven vehicles and callous aircraft, 256 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:26.440 and not a sole accused France and descending into fascism. 257 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.120 Instead. 258 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:33.879 In twenty seventeen, then and now French President Emmanuel Macrone 259 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:37.399 stood shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, in recognition of 260 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:42.759 shared Western values and the marshal traditions that protect him. 261 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:47.440 In Great Britain Trooping the color that's been held annually 262 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:54.879 since seventeen forty eight, celebrating the monarch's official birthday, over 263 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:59.720 fourteen hundred soldiers participate, two hundred horses, four hundred musicians. 264 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.440 Controversy of the prey and Great Britain is beloved. It's televised, 265 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:06.360 attended by the royals, embraced by Britain's across the entire 266 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:09.799 political spectrum. So why do these nations France, Britain, Canada, 267 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.279 and yes, now the United States hold military parades because 268 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:16.279 we know that a nation that forgets its defenders is 269 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.000 a nation that is going to be conquered. In fact, 270 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:24.320 is saying to the world we can be conquered. Civic rituals, 271 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:33.200 however grand, however humble, help reinforce our identity. And despite 272 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:39.039 the bleeding of the of the academicians, the protesters, all 273 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:43.000 of the goobers on the other side of the political spectrum. 274 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:48.360 I think the average American understands the difference between reverence 275 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:54.519 and nationalism run amok, and they're not just symbols. I 276 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:59.039 think what we saw over the weekend had a material 277 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:06.480 psychological impact. It helps increase civic engagement, national cohesion. It 278 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:11.279 fosters pride among civilians and veterans alike, and it counters 279 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:16.960 the alienation that some service members feel. And economically, of course, 280 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.440 is a boom to tourism, which brings us to the towns. 281 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:27.279 Un In America in more than nineteen thousand incorporated places. 282 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.440 Thousands of parades like this take place annually, and of 283 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:35.720 course generally over the fourth of July. So when Trump 284 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:38.359 called for that parade to honor the Armies two hundred 285 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:42.119 and fifty on their versary, he's not calling for a spectacle. 286 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.519 He's calling for a renewal. 287 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:49.279 He's saying enough is enough, enough to the forced injections, 288 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.839 enough to dei struggles, enough to see unfit officers promoted 289 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:58.759 because they checked the right boxes. The parade was not performity, 290 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.480 it was security. It was an antidote to demoralization, and 291 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:06.039 I think it accomplished everything. 292 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.559 Good morning, Michael and Dragon. 293 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.720 I'm not sure if it's back yet. 294 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.880 Oh this is your favorite jew goober, and I would 295 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:15.880 like to tell you that when I was back in 296 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:18.759 high school, I was at RGC and I was in 297 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.599 the parade on the Veterans Day Parade, and it was 298 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:24.400 awesome walking down the sheet and everybody's waving at It's 299 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.319 pretty awesome. And I was watching the parade myself and 300 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:31.039 it was just amazing. It was said, goose bumps down 301 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:35.640 my spine. So yeah, hey, have a good week. 302 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:41.640 Mad dog? What mad what? Mad dog? 303 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:46.000 At the you you're a nice angry dog in the background. 304 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.880 Oh, I couldn't hear. 305 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.240 I didn't. 306 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.119 I didn't notice it. 307 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.640 You didn't hear the growling. 308 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.079 No, I'm just used to listening to our what he claims. 309 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:55.599 He thinks that he's our favorite jew, but he doesn't 310 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.799 realize that we have several Jews in the audience. 311 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.640 And listen close this time. Okay, it was just amazing. 312 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:04.240 It was it was bumps down my spine. 313 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:09.359 So yeah, well there is something in the background. I'm 314 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.480 not quite sure what of it. Angry dog growling here. 315 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:18.519 I boosted it, demon dog. He hasn't been fed yet. 316 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.319 They don't. 317 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.519 I don't know why they they they'd rather talk to 318 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:25.680 us than you know, feed the poor pets. 319 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.119 That's just how good of a show. 320 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.759 This is. 321 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.279 Exactly right. And he got hungry cat. 322 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:35.640 Quite frankly, I'm hungry. So there you got that too. 323 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.920 So this parade is and I think the reason I 324 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:44.519 want to emphasize the parade even though it's over with, 325 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:52.160 is because it is not performative at all. I would 326 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.640 argue that it was actually kind of curity. It was 327 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:59.519 an antidote to the demoralization that for nearly four years, 328 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:03.359 the not just the army, but the entire military has 329 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:08.119 had to I mean, they just had to apologize for existing. 330 00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.839 Soldiers. 331 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:16.000 Well, your masculinity is toxic, your traditions are exclusionary, they're 332 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:18.079 spree to core. Well, it must have been to the 333 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:22.559 altar of intersectionality. In other words, they were trying to 334 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:28.759 take something that's supposed to be uh, uniformed, disciplined, you know, 335 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:33.480 has a singular mission, and trying to fit it into 336 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.319 all of the bull crap cultural stuff that goes on 337 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:43.480 in our society. They you know, imagine, imagine having to 338 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:49.799 sit through a lecture on gender fluidity, white fragility. And 339 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:54.119 as I said earlier, the recruitment recruitment numbers just fell 340 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.000 to the worst levels in the history of the military, 341 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:01.759 and our readiness continued to decline. So you end up 342 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:04.680 with the crisis of morale and a crisis of trust. 343 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:12.319 Now just compare and contrast that with what Trump presented yesterday. 344 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:19.119 I thought one of the most significant moments. Imagine the honor. 345 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.720 I mean, you enlisten in the military, and you know 346 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.400 you get sworn in, but this time you get sworn 347 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:29.640 in by the commander in chief, the President of the 348 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:35.920 United States of America swears you in. That that's Trump's vision, 349 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:42.119 a vision of a proud, strong, and unapologetic army marching 350 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:46.079 through the United States capital, a country that loves them, 351 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:49.880 and he that loves them also, and not because they're 352 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.880 ponds of policy, but because they are the guardians of 353 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:59.119 our liberty. What I find interesting is that many of 354 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:04.759 the cabal would argue that he's politicizing the military. But 355 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.599 that's actually an inversion of what's really going on. It's 356 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:12.440 not politicizing in this case, in particular the army. It 357 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:17.839 depoliticizes it. It replaces identity politics with national unity. It 358 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:22.880 replaces bureaucratic jargon with sacred tradition. It allows the soldier 359 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.640 to actually be a soldier, not a test subject, not 360 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.720 a social experiment. 361 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.680 And moreover, it sent. 362 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.839 A message not just to the world. But to us, 363 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:36.279 it reminded us of our history going all the way 364 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:39.920 back to the Revolutionary War. And of course all of 365 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:44.359 our adversaries are watching it too, and they see that 366 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:50.559 that American spirit that was probably, if not dead, at 367 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:54.920 least on life support for the past four years, the 368 00:22:54.960 --> 00:23:00.680 Republic has not surrendered to cynicism. And even within a 369 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:07.440 philosophical tradition, there's always precedent for public ritual We have 370 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:14.440 customs and rituals that well. Aristotle taught that habituation forms character. 371 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:19.559 A parade habituates a nation to gratitude. It reminds people 372 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:23.559 of forgetful people, the people that are isolated and tend 373 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.680 to be divorced from the military, that there is real 374 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:31.920 courage out there, that sacrifice is noble, that freedom is 375 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:35.799 never free. That was not a call to arms. That 376 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.319 what I saw on Saturday was not a call to arms. 377 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:43.839 It was a call for a moment of appreciation, the 378 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:48.279 revival of a civic rhythm that unites rich and poor, red. 379 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.279 And blue, urban and rule. 380 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:53.720 All the divides that exist. We can come together in that. Oh, yes, 381 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:57.000 all of you know, somebody posted on my right. They 382 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.440 didn't post, but I saw my timeline. 383 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.440 Pictures. 384 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:06.759 It was a side by side of the No King's 385 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.119 group somewhere I don't know whether there doesn't make any difference, 386 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:13.200 and over here was a picture next to it, side 387 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:17.720 by side was a picture of the soldiers marching in 388 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:21.640 the parade, and it has some snarky comment and so 389 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:25.599 I reposted and simply said, you know what the poster 390 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:30.440 fails to recognize is that the ability of the people 391 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:35.079 on the left side in that side by side photograph, 392 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:41.480 the protesters and the marcher, what preserves, protects and allows 393 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:46.160 and permits them to do what they're doing, is guarded 394 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:50.119 and preserved by the people on the right. And I 395 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:55.039 think that's what we witnessed. That's exactly, and quite frankly, 396 00:24:55.960 --> 00:25:02.319 I think that's what somebody and over at MSNBC, Chris 397 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:07.319 Hayes and others, I think it's what they recognized. Short 398 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:13.160 little SoundBite from MSNBC's coverage of the parade. 399 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.240 One thing I will say, I want to go back 400 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:18.160 to you Ali that that again, when we talk about 401 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:21.799