Fools. Wanting to rename military bases because it’s fashionable. Petraeus is the biggest tool bag now. Claiming to be a historian. A General(Army at that). I am really taken back by him saying the Confederates many of or bases are named from were traitors and incompetent! . I’m from NY... this is part of outer history. Those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it. I could keep going on, but screw it. I’m getting a beer!
The US Constitution on Treason (Article 3, Section 3) “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”
Are you seriously stating that the members of the Confederate Army (especially their generals) we not levying war against the United States?
As far as the incompetence claim, not all, but certainly some. Would you really want to defend the competence of Braxton Bragg (lost Chattanooga to Grant, relieved of command by Jeff Davis). Even though Hood was a (somewhat) competent Division and Corps commander, he kinda sucked (another word for incompetence) as an Army commander. He lost Atlanta (and, really, the entire state of Georgia) to Sherman. Neither are poster children for competence.
My personal opinion is that the Forts named for Confederate commanders should be renamed for Medal of Honor winners from the state the Fort is in. Fort Hood, for example, could be renamed Fort Audie Murphy, after the most decorated soldier (and a Texas native, which Hood wasn’t) of WW2.
After all, shouldn’t US Army bases be named after US Army heroes?