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it is an icon, an iconic, that is to say, american image. u.s. soldiers from world war ii honored with a huge ticker tape parade when they came home. i believe that is new york city. there s also a parade marking the end of other wars. joining us right now a vietnam vet who also threw a parade to welcome home gulf war troops, john weekly. he is joins us live from dallas. good morning. good morning. you were the executive producers for the stars and stripes for troops when they came home from gulf war i, weren t you? i was. we had the largest celebration in the country. we had people from all over the southwestern united states, a number of troops involved. we had a number of diplomats who ....
Were from the coalition countries so it was quite a celebration. it sounds like it. yesterday on this program we were talking about, the pentagon hasn t asked yet for a parade and it doesn t sound like the white house wants one because nobody wants to take a victory lap. here s rick perry running for president on how he feels that a lack of parade would be disrespectful. it really disturbs me that nearly after nine years of war in iraq, that this president wouldn t welcome home our many heros with a simple parade in their honor. steve: a simple parade in their honor is what a lot of people would like to see, john. and you say you don t need the okay of the pentagon, you just need somebody to start organizing it, right? explain that. these parades are organized on a community basis. if a community wants to have a parade or some other kind of celebration event, they can certainly do that. you do need the cooperation of the pentagon to get things like ....
That of their families. when you returned from vietnam, no parade? well, we didn t have a parade, but the city of dallas, which is an extraordinarily patriotic city, did stage a welcome home the troops event at the cotton bowl and we had bob hope in. that s nice. it was wonderful to be thanked in that way and i thought that was a great thing for the city to do. sure. absolutely. but it would be nice to have a national-scale parade. so if somebody is watching right now and wants to organize it and get the ball rolling, let us know. john weekly did just that, and we thank him very much for his service and for joining us today from dallas. thank you, john. thank you. all right. what do you think? do you want to help? e-mail us. all right, straight ahead with newt gingrich now kicked off the virginia ballot, will he sue to get back on? the former speaker is here live in just a couple of minutes. and drop the biscuit, the new york times is out to end an ....
After watching that video, do you have a food tester? i m not eating anything that guy gave me. why is it called the kirby couch? curvey. it s a semi circle, not curvey. the semi circle couch isn t as catchy. that s true. you can watch john on fox network. what if rick santorum and michele bachmann joined force necessary evangelicals think that is the ticket to the white house and the reverend behind that plan for a shotgun marriage joins us live from iowa next. and if the white house won t hold a parade welcoming our heros home from war, we have someone who will, and he s done it before. is it a good idea? we report, you decide. it s the perfect time to find great deals ....
Color guards and, of course, the military bands which are terribly important and if you want units to march in the parade then you have to have their permission. but basically the pentagon doesn t initiate th y, those around the world that are potentially in harm s way, to their families and allies and to our adversaries who don t like us and in many cases don t like each other, that we aren t hesitant to support our troops and show them we appreciate their service and sacrifice and ....