Civil war is a resort to violence to resolve political differences, after discussion and negotiation have failed to produce compromise.

Civil War in China, Muslims vs. Buddhists

The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, China. 

The Buddhist Uyghurs of the Kingdom of Qocho and Turfan were converted to Islam by conquest during a ghazat (holy war) at the hands of the Muslim Chagatai Khanate ruler Khizr Khoja (r. 1389-1399). After being converted to Islam, the descendants of the previously Buddhist Uyghurs in Turfan failed to retain memory of their ancestral legacy Anti portrait Muslims had Buddhist portraits obliterated during the wars over hundreds of years in which Buddhism was replaced by Islam. 

Pranidhi scene in cave 20

Civil War in Syria, Muslims vs Muslims

Much of Syria's cultural heritage has been damaged, destroyed or looted during the Syrian Civil War. Destroyed buildings include the minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo and the Al-Madina Souq.

The Islamic State destroyed the Lion of Al-lāt, the temples of Bel and Baalshamin, the Arch of Triumph and other sites in Palmyra. The group also destroyed the Monastery of St. Elian, the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church, and several ancient sculptures in the city of Raqqa.

Great Mosque of Aleppo

Civil War in Russia, Secular Communism vs Religiosity

With the change in values imposed by communist ideology, the tradition of preservation was broken. Independent preservation societies, even those that defended only secular landmarks such as Moscow-based OIRU were disbanded by the end of the 1920s. A new anti-religious campaign, launched in 1929, coincided with collectivization of peasants; destruction of churches in the cities peaked around 1932. A number of churches were demolished, including the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and St. Michael's Cathedral in Izhevsk. 

In 1959 Nikita Khrushchev launched his anti-religious campaign. By 1964 over 10 thousand churches out of 20 thousand were shut down (mostly in rural areas) and many were demolished. Of 58 monasteries and convents operating in 1959, only sixteen remained by 1964; of Moscow's fifty churches operating in 1959, thirty were closed and six demolished.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior

Attempts to Ignite the NEXT Civil War in USA

Extreme Left Hooligans vs American Values (Democratic Process, Private Property Rights, Rule of Law)

The orgiastic glee with which protesters tore down, then beat up, a century-old monument to a generic Confederate soldier in Durham, N.C., this week was alarming. The mob seemed to have lost control of itself.  The urge to destroy got out of hand very quickly, especially given the mixed signals sent by authorities. Durham police stood by and did nothing. Only the following day, after an outcry, did the sheriff announce he intended to seek charges.  

Confederate Statues

Where does this end?

Quote from George Santayana: "Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

This famous statement has produced many paraphrases and variants:

• Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
• Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.
• Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it.
• Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them.
• Those who do not know history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them.

This ends when Americans realize that American history cannot be changed. We cannot whitewash away the portions of our history that we now regret. We can only choose to learn from history. We can learn to NOT repeat the uglier parts of history.

When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

Please upvote if you believe history is what we should learn from, not what we should try to erase.

STEEM On!!

DaveB

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/8/16/16151252/confederate-statues-white-supremacists

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450500/destroying-confederate-statues-whats-end-point-washington-monument

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150901-isis-destruction-looting-ancient-sites-iraq-syria-archaeology/

http://listverse.com/2013/06/19/10-historically-significant-sites-destroyed-for-awful-reasons/

Some content and images from wikipedia.org and mercurynews.com