The Parable of the Parade: How a Free Republic Came to Mimic Its Enemies

A Slow March Toward Farce: On the streets of Washington, tanks will roll—not to defend liberty, but to flatter a single man’s fragile vanity.

It is a curious thing to celebrate a republic’s armed forces in a manner befitting a dictatorship. But this is the state of affairs in the American capital, where, on June 14th, to honor both the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and, not coincidentally, the birthday of President Donald Trump, the streets of Washington will tremble beneath the treads of 28 M1 Abrams battle tanks.
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