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David Petraeus: Remove Names of Confederate ‘Traitors’ from Army Bases
BREITBART ^ | 9 Jun 2020 | JOSHUA CAPLAN

Posted on 06/09/2020 7:14:31 PM PDT by robowombat

David Petraeus: Remove Names of Confederate ‘Traitors’ from Army Bases

Retired U.S. Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus on Tuesday wrote in an op-ed for The Atlantic that “It is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military installation,” a reference to bases named after Gen. Henry Benning in Columbus, Georgia, and Gen. Braxton Bragg in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

It gives me considerable pause, for example, to note that my alma mater, West Point, honors Robert E. Lee with a gate, a road, an entire housing area, and a barracks, the last of which was built during the 1960s. A portrait of Lee with an enslaved person adorns a wall of the cadet library, the counterpoint to a portrait of Grant, his Civil War nemesis, on a nearby wall.

[…] We do not live in a country to which Braxton Bragg, Henry L. Benning, or Robert E. Lee can serve as an inspiration. Acknowledging this fact is imperative. Should it fail to do so, the Army, which prides itself on leading the way in perilous times, will be left to fight a rearguard action against a more inclusive American future, one that fulfills the nation’s founding promise.

Last Thursday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced a statue of Robert E. Lee will be removed “as soon as possible” from Richmond’s Monument Avenue.

The statue, which sits on state property, will move to storage while Northam’s administration works “with the community to determine its future,” the governor said at a news conference where the announcement was met with extended applause.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: betrayus; culturalrevolution; petraeus
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To: MrChips

Not didn’t work

Didn’t win


121 posted on 06/10/2020 12:05:53 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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To: jmacusa

Always nice to see the Taliban wing show up. Have you been out pulling down statues with your antifa bros?


122 posted on 06/10/2020 12:34:55 AM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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To: robowombat
David Petraeus: Remove Names of Confederate ‘Traitors’ from Army Bases

Definitely the actions of someone who THINKS HE KNOWS.. but DOESN'T!

124 posted on 06/10/2020 1:21:41 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: akalinin

Picking the far-left “The Atlantic” was Petraeus’ first big mistake.

Picking on the names of forts named after people most really don’t know about, was stupid.

I suppose that Betraeus will rename them Fort Faggot and Fort Bendover.

He is a man of corrupted character.


125 posted on 06/10/2020 1:22:57 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: jmacusa
Let me tell you straight off: F**k you. I don't advocate vandalism. At the same time I don't want to see statues to treasonous Southern rebels on public property. Put them on property owned by a group that would have them. And tell me something bigmouth if seeing these monuments to these treasonous bastards being puled down upsets you so much why aren't you out there preventing the mobs from taking them down? You're not doing that because you're a coward, aren't you?

Peak internet achieved.

Congratulations, y'all. You've allowed guys like this to turn FR into ghetto twitter.

126 posted on 06/10/2020 1:23:27 AM PDT by Brass Lamp
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To: robowombat

The ATLANTIC seems to be the REPOSITORY for LEFTISTS CRAP writings.


127 posted on 06/10/2020 1:47:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

It has really gone to hell since Mickey Kelly, the then editor, was killed in Iraq in 2003,


128 posted on 06/10/2020 1:50:02 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: robowombat

WTF named a ship HARVEY MILK??? OMG.


129 posted on 06/10/2020 1:50:10 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
Yes. It is a usns ship rather than a USS ship which means it is not crewed or commanded by US Navy personnel. But yes, it is a support ship and as Milk was a LTJG and a supply officer his name was picked by Ray Mabus, the biggest pile of excrement to ever disgrace the office of SecNavy.
130 posted on 06/10/2020 1:53:36 AM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Brass Lamp

The on only ghetto here is the likes of this Pelham bastard calling me the Taliban. Nobody is going to get away with calling me that. “Guys like this’’? Me?. Listen pal there are far worse than what I told that character who’ve mouthed off here to me and to others.


131 posted on 06/10/2020 2:10:31 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?U)
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To: robowombat

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - Slogan of “The Party”, 1984


132 posted on 06/10/2020 2:52:28 AM PDT by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: robowombat

This garbage by yet another general appears to be coordinated against Trump. It reminds me of during the Civil War when Gen. Hooker told the press that the US needed a dictator and clearly implied that he would gladly serve as such. Lincoln responded, “Dictators win battles. Let Hooker win a battle and I’ll risk the chance of a dictator. Exactly what battles were won by Petraeus, Kelly, “Mad Dog” Mattis, Dempsey, Mullen or that Allen jerk who now heads the Brookings Institution? The battle to get to the microphone and diss the leader of the country doesn’t count.


133 posted on 06/10/2020 2:56:07 AM PDT by laconic
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To: jmacusa

Go to hell.


134 posted on 06/10/2020 3:01:13 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: jmacusa
The on only ghetto here is the likes of this Pelham bastard calling me the Taliban. Nobody is going to get away with calling me that. “Guys like this’’? Me?. Listen pal there are far worse than what I told that character who’ve mouthed off here to me and to others.

Okay, so what DOES someone have to get banned? I have to ask because jmacusa has been running like this for years and never gotten the hammer.

135 posted on 06/10/2020 3:02:33 AM PDT by Brass Lamp
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To: robowombat

i am sure he discussed this at length with the slutty author he was banging. doosh!


136 posted on 06/10/2020 3:30:51 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? and let's get back to living!!!)
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To: robowombat

Ping


137 posted on 06/10/2020 3:35:33 AM PDT by Bull Snipe (c)
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To: Brass Lamp

Someone has to threaten another Freeper with violence and I’ve never done that although I’ve had my life threatened here before.

I’ve been called a “Lincoln Boot Licker’’, an ‘’Antifa bro’’ A “Liberal Commie’’ and a few other assorted epithets. It’s only the Lost Causers who get their knickers in a wad. As I said before no one is going to get away with calling me a “Taliban’’ or an “Antifa bro’’.


138 posted on 06/10/2020 3:36:21 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: TTFlyer
How original. A real Confederate aren't you? If you're so rilled up then put yourself in between your beloved statue and the mob. Or buy yourself a piece of property and put all the Confederate statues up on it you want.
139 posted on 06/10/2020 3:42:15 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: robowombat

Did Paula put him up to this one? Or are they an item anymore? I’m so confused nowadays.


140 posted on 06/10/2020 3:49:52 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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