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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop military officer labels Confederacy as treasonous as Pentagon takes 'hard look' at rebel ties
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/top-military-officer-labels-confederacy-as-treasonous-as-pentagon-takes-hard-look-at-rebel-ties/ar-BB16yhdI?li=BBnb7Kz
The militarys top officer on Thursday described Confederate leaders as traitors and said he is taking a hard look at renaming 10 Army installations that honor them, despite President Trumps opposition to any changes.
The Confederacy, the American Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, told members of the House Armed Services Committee. It was an act of treason at the time against the Union, against the Stars and Stripes, against the U.S. Constitution, and those officers turned their back on their oath.
The Army is now about 20 percent black, he said.
For those young soldiers that go onto a base a Fort Hood, a Fort Bragg or a fort wherever named after a Confederate general they can be reminded that that general fought for the institution of slavery that may have enslaved one of their ancestors, he said.
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Top military officer labels Confederacy as treasonous as Pentagon takes 'hard look' at rebel ties (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
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SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)1. About fucking time!
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)2. Better
Late than never.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. Left unsaid-- The military will be around long after Trump, so...
he can go fuck himself.