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| 2020-06-09 |
| (CNN)US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper are said to be open to holding a "bipartisan conversation" about renaming nearly a dozen major bases and installations that bear the names of Confederate military commanders, according to an Army official. The official said that though McCarthy believes he has the potential authority to unilaterally rename the installations, there would need to be consultation with the White House, Congress and state and local governments. In a statement Monday, the Army confirmed that McCarthy and Esper are "open to a bipartisan discussion on the topic" but added that "each Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a significant place in our military history." "Accordingly, the historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies," the statement said. Army installations named after Confederate leaders include Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas and Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. Related: Mark Esper: 2020-06-07 Trump 'wanted to deploy 10,000 active duty troops to Washington DC to control George Floyd protests' but proposal was blasted by Mark Esper and General Mark Milley Mark Esper: 2020-06-05 Iran president makes unfounded claim that Trump 'ordered killing of people' Mark Esper: 2020-06-04 Esper says he opposes using Insurrection Act to send military to quell unrest |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 ^ Nicely done |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-09 15:56 |
| #8 Thank goodness the Alamo already has a Spanish name. Oh, who I am kidding? "Santa Anna Memorial Park" here we come! |
| Posted by: charger 2020-06-09 14:39 |
| #7 From Rant-U History Department During World War I, the policy to name new Southern army camps after Confederate commanders was intended to effect a reconciliation between the North and the South, where bruised feelings about the Lost Cause were potent and widespread. The names were chosen, at least in part, to encourage Southern buy-in to the nation’s new war. These names were chosen precisely because the men honored had been Confederate leaders. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-09 14:14 |
| #6 And Los Angeles--oh, the horror of this brutal imposition of religious belief. I could go on. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-06-09 13:38 |
| #5 Don't forget San Francisco, named for that DWEM who destroyed the native culture by converting them to Christianity.. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-06-09 13:36 |
| #4 Virtue Signaling |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2020-06-09 12:18 |
| #3 George Orwell — 'The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.' |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-09 11:01 |
| #2 While we're at it, let's fix *all* the names. Fort Wayne in Detroit was named after Mad Anthony Wayne, famous general and Indian killer. Might as well rename Wayne County, MI, while we're at it. Same deal. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-09 10:55 |
| #1 The headline threw me off Besoeker. I thought this was the Bee for certain. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-06-09 09:49 |