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Military parade is just a bad idea

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Military parade is just a bad idea

To the Editor:

Have we lost our sanity? A military parade is an unconscionable waste of national resources, particularly galling as Congress is voting to pass a budget that will greatly increase our national debt. Trying to pass it off as an effort to “honor veterans” reveals a real disconnect about what veterans really need and want: improved benefits and improved health care at VA hospitals.

It also misses the mark on representing who we are as a nation. What happened to Roosevelt’s words of wisdom:  Speak softly …” In my words: “‘Em as what got it, don’t have to flaunt it.”

Such posturing as this reveals insecurity.

Joanne Strop

Waynesville

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