Unnecessary Revisions

 One of the stable of Faux News Stars currently serving the former game show host in the capacity of Secretary of "Defense" has reminded me of one of the enduring image from the arrival of U.S. troops in Baghdad back in 2003. Iraqi citizens, with the able assistance of the aforementioned troops, pulled down a larger than life statue of deposed leader Saddam Hussein. The head of the statue was pulled off and subsequently dragged through the streets in celebration of the end of the authoritarian regime. 

That may have served as a "bright spot" during the nearly nine years we spent cleaning up the mess we made in Iraq. Reports that the event was staged by the United States Military linger, but no one ever suggested putting back up. Everyone agreed: Saddam=Bad.

Back to "Pistol Pete." By his declaration, a statue honoring the Confederacy of the United States will be put back up in Arlington National Cemetery. Perhaps one of the high points of the Black Lives Matter movement from just a few years back was the reevaluation of our monuments. What part of our history do we want to memorialize? Pete answers, “It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history—we honor it.” 

This particular statue was the work of Moses Ezekiel, a former Confederate soldier who moved to Rome after the defeat of (checks notes) the Confederacy in 1865. Moses was a purveyor of the "Lost Cause" revision of U.S. history that sought to have the South depicted as a noble, chivalric band of gentlemen and women who just happened to be living where there were a bunch of human beings kept as slaves. The statue in question was erected in 1914 thanks to a commission from the United Daughters of the Confederacy. 

It should be noted that in 2017, years before the BLM movement gained the traction to have these ugly reminders of an oppressive regime removed, the family of Moses Ezekiel wrote an open letter to The Washington Post, stating that “All of us agree that monuments to the Confederacy are racist justifications of slavery, of owning people. We wanted to say that although Ezekiel is a relative of ours, we still believe it’s a relic of a racist past.” The statue stood for another six years while the country wrestled with its ongoing struggle dealing with the ugly reality of the Civil War. 

Pete and his boss are anxious to have America turn back the clock to a time when we could raise our flag high and be proud of our history. You probably know to which flag I refer. The cost of this revision to American taxpayers is estimated to be around ten million dollars. 

MAGAts don't want our kids to have to learn about slavery, but if they do, they should be taught wrong

Just in case someone failed to mention this: The Confederacy, according to many of the books that are being banned around the country, were the bad guys. Like Saddam Hussein. 

Get it?