Lack Of Logistics

By Zamboni

People have been arguing about the appropriateness of a military parade in America. Yesterday's sad spectacle in Washington made it pretty clear that Russian-style processions that celebrating war and weaponry just aren't in our country's DNA. (Thank goodness.)

But beyond that, Benedict Donald's organizers proved something else: They just didn't nail down the necessary details.

Check out this report from The Guardian:

"Although the Army's marching went smoothly, the larger public event seemed less than well-planned. The garbage cans, few and far between, were overflowing. There weren’t enough exits. The only food source for thousands of people was a handful of food trucks with lines of 40 or 50 people waiting at each. Because the parade closed down blocks and blocks and there was a dearth of signs with clear directions, it was also extraordinarily difficult to find one’s way in or out.

"A Secret Service officer, trying to explain the general confusion, just sighed. 'Nobody knows what’s going on.'

"A little over an hour into the parade, which was still going strong, the crowd was beginning to show some signs of restlessness. Even a few people in MAGA hats appeared to be packing up their things and heading home. The first wave of hundreds of people slowly funneled through the gates, and past entrepreneurs hawking MAGA gear and baseball caps with ICE written on them.

"A young man, asked what he thought of the parade, remarked that he was not impressed. He felt that Trump’s close association with the celebration had politicized it and 'made a mockery' of the Army, though it wasn’t the Army’s fault.

"More to the point, he added, the event was 'just kind of…lame.'"

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