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Pentagon bashes New York Times over 'white supremacy' editorial
The Washington Times ^ | May 25, 2020 | Ben Wolfgang

Posted on 05/25/2020 1:09:17 PM PDT by kevcol

Top Pentagon officials late Sunday blasted The New York Times for a Memorial Day weekend editorial that criticized the military for naming bases after Confederate generals.

The piece, titled “Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy,” ran in Sunday’s print edition of the newspaper. It argued that “it is time to rename bases for American heroes — not racist traitors.”

The editorial singled out Georgia’s Fort Benning, North Carolina’s Fort Bragg and other installations

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: New York; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: army; civilwar; cw; ftbenning; ftbragg; military; nytimes; pentagon; usarmy; veterans
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To: GreenLanternCorps
"Don’t forget Fort McClellan, Alabama. Of course George McClellan did train the Army of the Potomac well, but in the field he was the Confederacy’s secret weapon..."

Fort McClellan has a special place in my heart - it was the Military Police Center and School when I was on active duty.

McClellan was an excellent administrator, but was not an aggressive battlefield commander. I believe it was McClellan to whom Lincoln said, "General, if you're not going to use my Army, may I have it back."

Still - the McClellan saddle which he designed (M1859) after extensive tours of European Cavalry schools has the distinction of being the US military's longest serving isue item in unbroken, continued service since 1859 (albeit now primarily by ceremonial units). The USMC officer's Mameluke Sword was originally adopted in 1825, but was not authorized for official uniform wear between 1859–1875.

41 posted on 05/25/2020 3:11:54 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: kevcol
***It argued that “it is time to rename bases for American heroes — not racist traitors.”***

True to form. After the Civil War, all NYC newspapers wanted Jefferson Davis released from prison. Only the NY Times wanted him tried for treason.
Salmon P. Chase refused to give Davis a treason trial fearing Davis might prove secession legal and the Union as the aggressor in the war.

42 posted on 05/25/2020 3:14:36 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Thrown off Facebook. Was it something I said ?)
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To: malach
The whole war was not about slavery so give it up NYT, you are just a bunch of lowlife rabble rousers.

For the NYTimes, it's twofer. They got to piss on the military during Memorial Day and piss on the South.

43 posted on 05/25/2020 3:16:41 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: proud American in Canada

Celebrating history?!?

The NYT is in the business of rewriting history.

Check out the 1619 Project.


44 posted on 05/25/2020 4:13:50 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: kevcol

They’d like something like Ft. Bergdahl


45 posted on 05/25/2020 4:14:25 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: kevcol

How about Ft. Sickles?


46 posted on 05/25/2020 4:46:34 PM PDT by brianr10
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To: Joe 6-pack

Don’t forget Fort Polk.


47 posted on 05/25/2020 4:52:18 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: kevcol

The government should only honor those who are perfect. No honoring of womanizers, or those who cuss, or appropriate anothers culture. They must virtue signal perfectly in a way that does not come back to bite anyone.


48 posted on 05/25/2020 4:59:01 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: malach

Maybe not, but when I see what happened to many historical sites such as the Alamo which is but a shell of it’s former self, I think that a cemetary devoted to our honorable dead beats having the site parcelled off bit by bit over time and now covered in concrete and steel.


50 posted on 05/25/2020 5:05:55 PM PDT by beancounter13
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To: malach

‘What a dishonor to both sides of the Civil War.’

yes, it’s absolutely absurd that 155 years later these nuts are attempting to apply modern psychology to a former era, a society that was a product of its own time, as all societies are...


51 posted on 05/25/2020 5:23:25 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: GreenLanternCorps

‘but in the field he was the Confederacy’s secret weapon...’

in fact he was a narcissistic numb nuts...


53 posted on 05/25/2020 5:32:23 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: JZelle

Well, after all, Bergdahl served with “distinction,” according the the NY TIMES fellow lefty Susan Rice.


54 posted on 05/25/2020 5:45:07 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MuttTheHoople

Good post, FRiend Mutt.

How about a Fort George Henry Thomas?

Best general on either side. Never lost a battle. Creamed the Rebs at Nashville.


55 posted on 05/25/2020 7:12:59 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: kevcol

The left needs to quit fabricating absurd justifications for spewing its hatred against everything that is American, from the flag to the military and freedom itself. It’s time they just admit that they hate us for hate’s sake and nothing can change that fact.


56 posted on 05/25/2020 7:21:36 PM PDT by Spok
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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57 posted on 05/25/2020 7:58:56 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Confederate soldiers were US citizens go pick up a history book I mean a real history book not the crap you learned in high school and grade school it’s showing

You're the dumbass, not me.

There is a 1950s law that conferred equal veteran status to all who fought in the Confederacy.

The fact that they were U.S. citizens isn't even relevant to the point.

58 posted on 05/25/2020 8:53:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: kevcol

They will acquiesce.


59 posted on 05/25/2020 9:07:40 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: MuttTheHoople

How about Fort Ben Butler?


60 posted on 05/26/2020 7:47:42 AM PDT by damper99
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