Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
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The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN.

this entire administration is irredeemable scum.

Article is a good read about Miller.

The choice of USS Doris Miller marked the first time an aircraft carrier would honor an enlisted sailor, and the first aircraft carrier to be named for an African American. Asked about his decision to name the carrier after Miller, Modly told CNN that it was recommended to him by a group of retired Black admirals, and that he believes “one of our most powerful warships should bear the name of a sailor like Miller to bring greater attention to what makes our Navy so unique — and great.”

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Yeah it’s all about harvesting money from the federal government.

      We have all the wrong people in charge, ancient writer plutarch in his 'Lives,'1st century book that compared and contrasted a similarly placed greek and roman notables made the point that people like antiochus, (a Selucid (greek general that took from persia to the levant to part of asia minor after Alexander’s death,) a king that tried to unite the greek states as Alexander had done, saw Money as the End in itself, while the Truly Great see money as a means to an end.

      Antiochus refused to hire all of these badass mercenaies from north of the Danube, fierce barbarians, because they demanded gold up front. He instead encamped to the Hot Gates of the famous Leonidus’ last stand against the persian hordes centuries prior, made a palisade and deployed his hopilites.

      Cato, I think the elder, of the romans knew the story of leonidas too as everyone did then, and they found the goat trail to bring them to the hills overlooking the gates. Threw a bunch of rocks while they charged down, Antiochus took one to the teeth and bleeding profusely sped off on his horse and his army routed.

      Anyway that long aside aside, while people like Alexander and Julius saw money as a means to an end, the antiochus’ and our leaders believe in nothing other than self advancement. Too greedy to achieve anything great.