The former Navy SEALwho killed terrorist Osama bin Ladenin a 2011 raid blasted PresidentDonald Trump’s plans to hold amilitary parade.
Robert O’Neill wrote Thursday on Twitter:
A military parade is third world bullshit. We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) February 8, 2018
He later added a tweet referring to the 2003 invasion of Iraq:
We had a parade once. It was 2003 and we called it a Thunder Run. Someone remind Vladimir ....
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) February 8, 2018
O’Neill joins achorus of military veteranswho say the parade would be a bad idea.
“This parade would not onlywaste millions of taxpayer dollars, it would also cost our military precious time and resources,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a retired Army lieutenant colonel, said in a statement.
Trump reportedly wanted a parade afterseeing one in France.
However, his plans are being compared to the military displaysroutinely seen in places such as North Korea and Russia.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.