An Iranian medium-range missile Zelzal passes by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during the annual military parade

Iran unveiled a series of new homemade nuclear-capable ballistic missiles during military parades held over the weekend, a move that experts view as a bid to bolster the hardline ruling regime as dissidents continue efforts to stir protest.

The nuclear-capable missile can strike Israel even when fired from Iranian territory, raising concerns about an impending conflict between Tehran and the Jewish state that could further inflame the region. 

Iranian military leaders bragged the ballistic missile "can be launched from mobile platforms or silos in different positions and can escape missile defense shields due to their radar-evading capability," according to reports in Iran's state-controlled media.

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The POTUS wants a military parade. Are you kidding me?! This is NOT the time for saber rattling. The world knows, at least the one I live in, that we are a formidable force, if not the strongest, military force of the day, nay, ever! 

 

I realize that president Trump is an egotistical person that has a definite lack of the spit and polish of a pc person. That is one of the reasons that he was elected to serve. The lack of political correctness, not the ego part. However, there is nothing to be gained by us spending millions of our hard earned money to put this strength on parade when it could be put to much more needed ways.

 

Soap boxes are for the campaign. The food boxes idea recently tossed out to replace food stamps is the type of boxes that would go far to cut down on the abuse being showered on a program that started out as a much needed hand up. It's hard to trade a banana and a can of beans for 10-20 cents on the dollar to use for a bottle of booze or a small bag of dope. The upside is the kids win when they have that banana or can of beans to eat AND the parent will just have to suck it up and seek help with their demons. The kids have suffered enough!!   

But that's just