I said in my head (like a mantra) and to people in conversations (a couple times) " we are not a serious country". Mostly I thought about a four year old ambling about the Presidents desk.
Then I read Ms. Sasoon's eight page memo and Mr. Bove's reply from the Adams and DoJ dust up, and I realized there is quite some seriousness going on in the nation, that we are all just standing like deers in the headlights watching, unable to move or act. Eight pages of a lock type argument that will be ignored or dismissed by 50%. Threats and bone chilling intimidation is all that could be mustered on the return. A sesmic shift in right and wrong, or at least the ability to sort it.
"Serious" just doesn't fit for the whole thing like it did this morning. But I stand like a deer in the headlights unable to offer anything better.
E.P. Alexander's analysis of Braxton Bragg is not exactly laudatory.
Personally, I posit that The Lost Cause is a myth rather than a theory and contend that it was created primarily to slander James Longstreet after R.E. Lee's death for Longstreet's subsequent support for President U.S. Grant.
I enjoyed reading your look at the renaming of Fort Bragg, made me smile. Decided to take a brief look at the professional performance of General Bragg. Went and grabbed my copy of the "Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War," edited by Patricia L. Faust, published in 1986. On page 75, Bragg's Civil War career, written by Professor Albert Castel, is briefly described. The last paragraph sums up Braxton Bragg's career, "Bragg displayed talent as an organizer and strategist, qualities negated by serious defects of personality and intellect. The story of his military operations is a dismal one of blunders, wasted opportunities, useless slaughters, and ultimate disaster." Oh one other comment, "In June 1862, President Jefferson Davis, a friend, raised Bragg's rank to full general and placed him in command of the Army of Tennessee." The current Secretary of Defense might want to study some history. Just my humble opinion. (I apologize if my closing comment is a little snarky. I have never been impressed with West Point graduates that forgot their oath to our nation.)
I said in my head (like a mantra) and to people in conversations (a couple times) " we are not a serious country". Mostly I thought about a four year old ambling about the Presidents desk.
Then I read Ms. Sasoon's eight page memo and Mr. Bove's reply from the Adams and DoJ dust up, and I realized there is quite some seriousness going on in the nation, that we are all just standing like deers in the headlights watching, unable to move or act. Eight pages of a lock type argument that will be ignored or dismissed by 50%. Threats and bone chilling intimidation is all that could be mustered on the return. A sesmic shift in right and wrong, or at least the ability to sort it.
"Serious" just doesn't fit for the whole thing like it did this morning. But I stand like a deer in the headlights unable to offer anything better.
Devastating
I feel they missed a great opportunity to name it Ft Roy Benevides. Ft Liberty was kind of a generic name anyway.
E.P. Alexander's analysis of Braxton Bragg is not exactly laudatory.
Personally, I posit that The Lost Cause is a myth rather than a theory and contend that it was created primarily to slander James Longstreet after R.E. Lee's death for Longstreet's subsequent support for President U.S. Grant.
I enjoyed reading your look at the renaming of Fort Bragg, made me smile. Decided to take a brief look at the professional performance of General Bragg. Went and grabbed my copy of the "Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War," edited by Patricia L. Faust, published in 1986. On page 75, Bragg's Civil War career, written by Professor Albert Castel, is briefly described. The last paragraph sums up Braxton Bragg's career, "Bragg displayed talent as an organizer and strategist, qualities negated by serious defects of personality and intellect. The story of his military operations is a dismal one of blunders, wasted opportunities, useless slaughters, and ultimate disaster." Oh one other comment, "In June 1862, President Jefferson Davis, a friend, raised Bragg's rank to full general and placed him in command of the Army of Tennessee." The current Secretary of Defense might want to study some history. Just my humble opinion. (I apologize if my closing comment is a little snarky. I have never been impressed with West Point graduates that forgot their oath to our nation.)