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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Betrayus lives up to his name.
We have become a stupid population. The southern generals were Americans. Top of their classes at West Point. They defended their states. When the war was over part of the reconstruction was to honor their place as American warriors. They were Americans in the end. It is a unique and honorable final chapter of a brutal civil war. But now , muh feelings. Jesus help us.
And yet treasonous John Kerry was made secretary of state and ran for president.
Who is Daniel Patronizus? Don’t tell me he is yet ANOTHER DC Political General who long ago lost touch with rank and file soldiers.
Hm. Never mentioned this as a personal problem during his entire army career.
Gee, until now. Convenient.
I guess its just the in thing to do now.
Taliban, Big Brother, Banned to Siberia...
This jerk was featured in the Grant series on the History channel recently.
Pandering ass is what he is.
I don’t think anyone wants to be remembered for going down on the “Harvey Milk”
Maybe if they’d wore blackface like Governor Northam, and posed for pictures with friends dressed in KKK outfits, their statues would be acceptable.
Shut up Betrayus, you filthy swine. In the Atlantic too. Have you no decency? Wait, don’t answer. We know you don’t. NoW go away.
Well the Navy does have a ship named for a known sexual predator, Harvey Milk.
Perhaps the Army could designate a large fort to be named for the illustrious LTC Michael Aquino, when he departs this mortal coil. A famous Satanist he certainly would add an inclusive note to the naming of Army installations.
Sounds like Petraus hasn’t screwed a book author in a while.
If it is oh so important now, why wasn’t it important before?
The sheep and the goats are separating themselves in plain view. The goats think they are heading for positions in the world order . . .perhaps a look at the Book of Revelation is in order for them. Are you hearing any of these democrats or leftist Republicans asking for prayer? Anyone not seeing what is going on is fooling themselves.
We have become a stupid population.
The southern generals were Americans.
Top of their classes at West Point.
They defended their states.
When the war was over part of the reconstruction was to honor their place as American warriors.
They were Americans in the end.
It is a unique and honorable final chapter of a brutal civil war.
But now , muh feelings. Jesus help us.
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Well said.
I had not thought about that for years! I recall his girlfriend, a feisty little redhead, also part of the service. I think she was ‘helping him with his memoirs’.
I have no idea what became of her.
After Obama was re-elected in 2012, all this came crashing down on Petraeus immediately afterward.
Their cause was wrong, but it’s also wrong to call them traitors. At the time, it wasn’t established that succession was not allowed. There was no precedent to draw upon. Suppose, when the Constitution was being formed, the southern states had been told that, once in/always in, no matter what. They most likely never would have joined the union, there would have been no civil war, and slavery could have lasted another 40 years.
This is from a once proud native of Georgia whose nickname at West Point was “Peaches.”
It’s a mad dash to the finish line to see which White virtue-signaler can be the wokest of them all. The winner gets the Brees Peace Prize.
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