White House chief of staff John Kelly is coming under fire for comments made about the Civil War during an interview that aired Monday night, and some on the Left are accusing the retired Marine Corps general of being racist after he said the Civil War was caused by the “lack of an ability to compromise.”
Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked Kelly about efforts to take down Confederate monuments, and said there is a “lack of appreciation of history” today.
“I would tell you that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man. He was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which 150 years ago was more important than country. It was always loyalty to state first back in those days. Now it’s different today,” Kelly said. “But the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War, and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand.”
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Such a ridiculous debate. A person can respect two sides of a conflict or individuals who serve on a side one perceives negatively.
ReplyDeleteI bet there are some admirable Communists in history, served their polities and people as best they could - ah, the ones who weren't liquidating tens of millions of people I mean, of course.
Stalin though was probably a better person than Trotsky...
Stalin though was probably a better person than Trotsky...
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