On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:33:23 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 08:45:19 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:29:47 -0500, Dave Hall wrote:


It's this kind of thinking that resulted in over 110,000
Japanese-Americans being "relocated" at the beginning of Wo rldWarII.

When you are at war, you have to cover your bases.

Cover your bases? By interning American citizens?

They had their reasons back then. They were concerned about espionage.
When viewed through the filter of time, it looks like an indefensible
action. But at the time, it was a reasonable thing to do considering
the circumstances.

Why do you suppose millions of Germans weren't rounded up too?

Initially, there was strong sentiment in the country for the Germans
which, as you would expect, strong in the middle section of the
country. I suppose that had something to do with it. Also, they were
white, which also had something to do with it.

However, there was point right before we entered the war in which
Germans in middle America were not interred as much as spyed and
reported on. My maternal Grandparents, for instance, had a shortwave
radio taken away from them because they could have received sabotage
instructions over it. Even though they had three kids in the service,
my mother in the USCG and her two brothers in the Marine Corps, they
were still suspect.

It just wasn't internment - it was suspicion which can be just as bad.

All the best,

Tom
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