http://www.starchamber.com/2010/03/military-theater-at-the-india-pakistan-border.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: wise crowds, accelerated design, swarm robotics, synthetic biology. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.starchamber.com/2010/03/military-theater-at-the-india-pakistan-border.html/comment-page-1#comment-155047 St. Frank Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:14 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=3914#comment-155047 By the way, "...farcical military silly-walks theater is better than war." Best quote ever! By the way, “…farcical military silly-walks theater is better than war.”
Best quote ever!

]]> http://www.starchamber.com/2010/03/military-theater-at-the-india-pakistan-border.html/comment-page-1#comment-154781 Ned Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:04:09 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=3914#comment-154781 Wow, I love that Tomb of the Unknown Soldier video. It's theater pure and simple and that inspector is just hamming it up and loving every minute of it. Don't you just know he was in the high school production of "Hello Dolly!" and secretly wishes he could star in "Rent". I bet he does a mean robot on the dance floor. Wow, I love that Tomb of the Unknown Soldier video. It’s theater pure and simple and that inspector is just hamming it up and loving every minute of it. Don’t you just know he was in the high school production of “Hello Dolly!” and secretly wishes he could star in “Rent”. I bet he does a mean robot on the dance floor.

]]> http://www.starchamber.com/2010/03/military-theater-at-the-india-pakistan-border.html/comment-page-1#comment-154730 St. Frank Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:17:49 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=3914#comment-154730 Military tradition is just bizarre. We are all drawn to it for whatever reaon, but OUR guys never look silly right? I remember seeing the changing of the gaiurd at tthe tomb of the unknown soldier in East Berlin. Goose Stepping Gaurds, practiced military precision and remember thinking how goofy it seemed. But then look at the Buckingham Palace gaurds and the whole tradition of not blinking in the face of ridiculous tourists trying to get them to blink! For sheer insanity, look no further than North Korea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZBgiZ3d8s But closer to home, you have this, to me anyway, crazy rifle inspection at the changing of the gaurd in Arlington National Cemetary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqZ-mkdp1H0 Military tradition is just bizarre. We are all drawn to it for whatever reaon, but OUR guys never look silly right? I remember seeing the changing of the gaiurd at tthe tomb of the unknown soldier in East Berlin. Goose Stepping Gaurds, practiced military precision and remember thinking how goofy it seemed. But then look at the Buckingham Palace gaurds and the whole tradition of not blinking in the face of ridiculous tourists trying to get them to blink!
For sheer insanity, look no further than North Korea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnZBgiZ3d8s
But closer to home, you have this, to me anyway, crazy rifle inspection at the changing of the gaurd in Arlington National Cemetary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqZ-mkdp1H0

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