[BroJoeK]

headline: "Ickes Defend Shift of Loyal Japanese; Calls West Coast Critics ‘Race Mongers’ – 16"

Absolutely classic Democrat double-speak:

First of all what is that word "shift" -- isn't the accurate term "jail"?

But more to the point: here Ickes has 112,000 Japanese-Americans locked up in internment camps, arguably the greatest US "atrocity" of the war, and what does Ickes say to defend himself?
Well, naturally, he accuses others of being racists.

So what is that, genetic? Congenital?
Are some people just born with a compulsion to project their own sins onto others?
I think it's some kind of defect, and it's what makes them incurably Democrat.

;-)

[colorado tanker]

I agree the Japanese internment is a stain on our history. One approved by the US Supreme Court, I might add. Interestingly, the Hawaiian Japanese were not interned because it would have brought the economy of the Islands to a halt. Not only were they stauncly loyal to the US, Hawaiian Nisei predominated in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

Once again, Hansen Baldwin is right on target. "New Landings May Be Near" in New Guinea? Yeah, pretty good bet that.

[dsc]

“here Ickes has 112,000 Japanese-Americans locked up in internment camps, arguably the greatest US “atrocity” of the war”

I see that you put the word “atrocity” in quotation marks. Good. Some innocent people lost property, but there was a lot of spying going on among persons of Japanese ancestry. Further, they were no longer safe from the rage of some white Americans. As much as I loathe FDR, he got this one right.

The way I understand it, they weren’t “locked up” in internment camps, as they were allowed to go in and out. In addition, we have all heard of those who went into the military and demonstrated an unbelievable degree of bravery under fire.

As was often said during those days, “There’s a war on; you may have heard.”