Fort Lee is named for a Revolutionary War General.
“Republican senators rebelled against Donald Trump late Wednesday by voting to tell the Army to rename bases named after Confederate generals within the next three years.”
Don’t know if this is true. It sounds like it could be.
Trump often stands alone. Many elected Republicans are weak.
After watching General Milley apologize and grovel about appearing at Lafayette Park, if I were Trump I'd fire him...TODAY.
If the man is embarrassed to be photographed with the Commander in Chief, he needs to move on with his life.
Next is erasing Washington and Jefferson from our collective memories and history. Rename Washington state and DC, which are named for a racist slaveholder.
The left are laughing their asses off right now. They are barely budging a finger, and the rest of the country is falling in line. Pathetic.
Are they going to change Fort Bragg to Fort Harvey Milk, or Fort Rodney King?
the republicans mostly work hand and hand with the dems in their effort to destroy the country. So this act of treachery wouldn’t be surprising.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. (Winston Churchill)
As I said in another thread, I don’t think this is a bad idea.
The names were part of a reconciliation effort when the north defeated the south, and we became one nation again.
We are reconciled. No southern state is going to secede now over this. No one who is alive today fought in that war, or knew people who died in the war.
Now, you might say “but people in the south today still remember the horrors inflicted by the north against us”. That may be true, but if you think that deserves “reconciliation”, then you can not rationally argue that blacks today don’t deserve “reconciliation” for slavery, which was similarly ended at the end of the civil war.
If we truly believe that names should be chosen for reconciliation, then the need for race reconciliation today is definitely more pressing than the need to reconcile the union and the confederacy.
If you don’t think we need names for reconciliation, then you should not argue that the names need to stay because they were done for reconciliation.
I know people strongly disagree with this, and I’m not going to argue with you, or say your beliefs are not valid or do not deserve consideration. I know more people hate the idea of giving in to a violent mob, to which I’ll say that our entire form of government, and the history of the world, is basically how people hwo have property, wealth, and status work to make sure that those who don’t never get mad enough to revolt.
In the US, we did that by free elections, by capitalism, giving every person the opportunity to BECOME the property-owning wealthy status person.
But that only works if your vast majority agrees they have that opportunity. When they don’t, you can either scream at them for being stupid, or you can realize that, if everybody riots and loots, we don’t have enough police or military to effectively stop them, and if you have to arrest too many people, you will tip the scales against you.
As usual the Daily Mail doesn’t know much about the US constitution. A committee vote doesn’t amount to anything.
It has to pass in both Houses.
A Trump veto can only be overcome by two thirds vote in both houses.
Is there a list of these squishy republicans?
The GOP Wing of the Democratic Party.
The confederate generals were all DEMOCRATS, strip the names of base and ships named for any DEMOCRAT
Great idea, GOP simp Senators. Now the communists will love you.
Hi.
I can just imagine one day being asked, well where did you serve?
Ft. Wakansa...f’em.
5.56mm
“...within the next three years...”
i.e., after Trump wins in November, never mind. ;)
They are just fishing for votes during the current turmoil. Trump is not the only one running for re-election in November.
Appeasing terrorists makes them stronger.
OK, have some fun with them and rename them “Fort Trump”, Fort Trump II”, “Fort Trump III”, etc.
I agree they should all be changed. (sarc)
“ Fort Donald Trump..”
“ Fort Donald Trump2”
“ Fort Donald Trump3”
There... fixed!
Seems the swamp beast is roiling to the surface.
It’s amazing how often congress can pass resolutions and laws that are of no importance but can’t seem to get it together on important issues, even the ones Rs+Ds claim they agree upon.
The two parties should be working as one in a time of war right now, but they aren’t, still playing politics every day. The people be damned.