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C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 01:02 AM Feb 11

Pentagon to Restore Fort Liberty's Name to Fort Bragg

Source: CBS News

The Pentagon is changing the name of the military base Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, reversing a decision made by a congressionally mandated commission to rename bases that honor Confederate generals.

The Army base will be renamed Fort Bragg, but it will honor a different Bragg than its original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, who fought for the Confederacy. Instead, it will honor PFC Roland L. Bragg, who was awarded a Silver Star for actions during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth aboard a USAF C-17 before landing in Stuttgart, Germany.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-bragg-name-change-fort-liberty/




Pete Hegseth drinking on air during a Fox News broadcast before his appointment as USSECDEF. (Image: Fox News)

What a clever workaround to legally rename Fort Liberty to Fort Bragg again. You have to give the adversary credit for sheer cunning.

The USSECDEF is attending the NATO Ministers of Defense conference in Brussels. This summit is where the sycophantic dry drunk Pete Hegseth will parrot Kremlin talking points about Ukraine's corruption and the need to hold elections. One Pravda report accuses President Volodomyr Zelensky of losing 200 billion of dollars of US funds (see screed linked at bottom).

This is the former Fox TV commentator's first international mission for Trumpf where he will be dealing with serious, competent professionals, like this gentleman below.


Ukraine Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov is a Crimean Tatar who developed excellent relations with Turkish intelligence. In May 2023, Umerov accompanied President Zelensky during his visit to Saudi Arabia and contributed to Zelensky's participation in the 2023 Arab League summit in Jeddah.

Sources:

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_232424.htm

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/09/07/an-experienced-negotiator-and-a-proud-crimean-tatar

https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/161647-medvedchuk-ukraine-corruption/
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Pentagon to Restore Fort Liberty's Name to Fort Bragg (Original Post) C0RI0LANUS Feb 11 OP
Well , he hates liberty dweller Feb 11 #1
They could re-rename some other renamed base Fort Hitler Ocelot II Feb 11 #2
Hegseth tweeted that the base is being named after PFC Roland Bragg, a heroic WWII soldier. John1956PA Feb 11 #3
What a country to have this man as USSECDEF. C0RI0LANUS Feb 11 #4
He also angered a bird of a different feather GreenWave Feb 11 #5
Maybe we should have let them have their shitty statues alarimer Feb 11 #6

dweller

(25,961 posts)
1. Well , he hates liberty
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 01:06 AM
Feb 11

And loves to brag … and if Joe Biden was involved of the name change , Pisswig is going to piss on it somehow




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Ocelot II

(123,555 posts)
2. They could re-rename some other renamed base Fort Hitler
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 01:09 AM
Feb 11

and claim it's not named after that Hitler, but an obscure although heroic supply officer named Bob Hitler who overcame his unfortunate name to reliably keep the base stocked with toilet paper and duct tape.

John1956PA

(3,813 posts)
3. Hegseth tweeted that the base is being named after PFC Roland Bragg, a heroic WWII soldier.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 02:29 AM
Feb 11

The news media is rightly terming the renaming a "twist" from the conclusion which one might immediately draw upon learning of the renaming.

ON EDIT: I meant to reply to the OP, but I will leave this post where it is.

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
4. What a country to have this man as USSECDEF.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 02:47 AM
Feb 11

Misogynist drunkard racist Pete Hegseth is someone all Americans can be proud of representing the US at the NATO meeting. Here he is proudly wearing a T-shirt with a roll of toilet paper on it.

alarimer

(16,927 posts)
6. Maybe we should have let them have their shitty statues
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 09:06 AM
Feb 11

And kept the losers' names on things.



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