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Lt. Col. Allen West on desecration of Confederate monuments: 'History is not there for you to like or dislike'
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jun 13, 2020, 3:50:09 PM6/13/20
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Obama.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/lt-col-allen-west-confederate-monuments
Lt. Col. Allen West warned Saturday that Americans toppling Confederate
statues or defacing infamous historic symbols were missing the point of
that time in U.S. history.
In an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend" with hosts Jedediah Bila, Pete
Hegseth, and Griff Jenkins, the former Florida congressman advised that
angry desecration of longstanding monuments to racist historical figures
was not the path to take.
BIDEN BACKS PUSH TO SCRUB CONFEDERATE NAMES FROM MILITARY BASES
"The right thing is for everyone to understand those -- and George
Santayana once said -- those who fail to learn from history are doomed to
repeat it," he urged.
"History is not there for you to like or dislike, Jedediah. It is there
for you to learn from," he told Bila.
Following weeks of protests against police brutality and unjust killings
of Black Americans like George Floyd, many -- including state government
officials -- have turned to look inward at their own communities. They've
responded by toppling depictions of figures like Christopher Columbus in
Minnesota, removing Kentucky's Jefferson Davis, and graffitiing a Virginia
memorial of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Some in the military have also called for changes to bases named after
members of the Confederacy.
Many make the argument that removing the statues and names themselves
would not erase the history -- nor could it erase racism -- but that it
would relieve the pain felt by the families of those slaughtered in the
400 years since African slaves were first brought to America every time
they looked at these representations.
West explained that as a young officer in the U.S. Army he had served at
places like Fort Bragg -- named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg --
and commanded a battalion at Fort Hood in Texas which was named after
Confederate General John Bell Hood.
"I did not think about them as Confederate generals. I thought about the
honor of being able to serve on those military installations," he
remarked.
"And, one of the things that has me absolutely incensed right now is the
fact that you had these individuals [who] went up and defaced the
monument, the memorial to the 54th Massachusetts regiment there in
Boston," added West.
The Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial was reportedly
defaced 123 years to the day it was dedicated: May 31, 1897. The tribute
held Colonel Shaw's sword. Shaw had been killed alongside his men --
African-American soldiers -- fighting for their freedom in a battle at
Fort Wagner.
According to WBUR, a $3 million dollar restoration project for the
sculpture was just granted clearance at the beginning of the month.
That said, the city rallied quickly to carefully clean up the damage.
"That was the first Black organized unit to wear the uniform of the United
States of America and fought in the Civil War. And, their history was
depicted in the movie 'Glory,'" West pointed out. "And, I would challenge
people this weekend to go back and look at that movie and understand:
these were former slaves. These were freedmen [who] stood up and fought
for this country."
CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP
"And now, here we are not even 200 years from that moment when they stood
up to that challenge," he noted. "We destroyed their monument."
"No. History is about learning from it. I don't want to see us become like
the Taliban or ISIS," West concluded. "Those are the people [who]
destroyed history."
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
Obama.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/lt-col-allen-west-confederate-monuments
Lt. Col. Allen West warned Saturday that Americans toppling Confederate
statues or defacing infamous historic symbols were missing the point of
that time in U.S. history.
In an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend" with hosts Jedediah Bila, Pete
Hegseth, and Griff Jenkins, the former Florida congressman advised that
angry desecration of longstanding monuments to racist historical figures
was not the path to take.
BIDEN BACKS PUSH TO SCRUB CONFEDERATE NAMES FROM MILITARY BASES
"The right thing is for everyone to understand those -- and George
Santayana once said -- those who fail to learn from history are doomed to
repeat it," he urged.
"History is not there for you to like or dislike, Jedediah. It is there
for you to learn from," he told Bila.
Following weeks of protests against police brutality and unjust killings
of Black Americans like George Floyd, many -- including state government
officials -- have turned to look inward at their own communities. They've
responded by toppling depictions of figures like Christopher Columbus in
Minnesota, removing Kentucky's Jefferson Davis, and graffitiing a Virginia
memorial of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Some in the military have also called for changes to bases named after
members of the Confederacy.
Many make the argument that removing the statues and names themselves
would not erase the history -- nor could it erase racism -- but that it
would relieve the pain felt by the families of those slaughtered in the
400 years since African slaves were first brought to America every time
they looked at these representations.
West explained that as a young officer in the U.S. Army he had served at
places like Fort Bragg -- named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg --
and commanded a battalion at Fort Hood in Texas which was named after
Confederate General John Bell Hood.
"I did not think about them as Confederate generals. I thought about the
honor of being able to serve on those military installations," he
remarked.
"And, one of the things that has me absolutely incensed right now is the
fact that you had these individuals [who] went up and defaced the
monument, the memorial to the 54th Massachusetts regiment there in
Boston," added West.
The Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial was reportedly
defaced 123 years to the day it was dedicated: May 31, 1897. The tribute
held Colonel Shaw's sword. Shaw had been killed alongside his men --
African-American soldiers -- fighting for their freedom in a battle at
Fort Wagner.
According to WBUR, a $3 million dollar restoration project for the
sculpture was just granted clearance at the beginning of the month.
That said, the city rallied quickly to carefully clean up the damage.
"That was the first Black organized unit to wear the uniform of the United
States of America and fought in the Civil War. And, their history was
depicted in the movie 'Glory,'" West pointed out. "And, I would challenge
people this weekend to go back and look at that movie and understand:
these were former slaves. These were freedmen [who] stood up and fought
for this country."
CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP
"And now, here we are not even 200 years from that moment when they stood
up to that challenge," he noted. "We destroyed their monument."
"No. History is about learning from it. I don't want to see us become like
the Taliban or ISIS," West concluded. "Those are the people [who]
destroyed history."
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
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