I think you missed the writer’s rather obtuse point. I believe he was saying that both the Civil War and the Vietnam War were divisive. One should not pull down a statue just because it marked a divisive period in our history.
Once the Democrats and the media joined up, Hanoi had it made. The American people were the ones that provided the more than 2 million young men who served their country during that period.
Those clowns certainly didn't want the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Too bad.