There is a large contingent of voters who think YOU should be interned because you’re a Tea Party / climate change denier / right wing / etc type, so obviously a threat to domestic tranquility.
It grossly violates core American principles. Don’t “burn the village to save it”.
War or more specifically WINNING a war requires doing things that would be inappropriate at other times.
But we dont seem interested in WINNING wars anymore, thus we now lose them all.
This isn’t about domestic tranquility, it is about WAR! There is, believe it or not, an enormous difference!
The Americans of Japanese descent were an “easy” target because they looked and sounded different.
The 442nd Regiment Combat Team (p/o 92nd Infantry Division) was composed almost ENTIRELY of Americans of Japanese descent (Nisei - born in the United States to immigrant parents); it became the most highly decorated regiment in the US Army during the Italian campaign. They fought like hell, served this country well, honorably, and as true as anyone who considers himself American would.
Right or wrong, it happened. We learn from it. We know who the enemy is, and we use every means available to separate the bad from the good and innocent. That should have been done back then as well, but we can’t change what happened then. We can, however, NOT make the same mistakes. This enemy is different, in that they actively hide in the civilian population and plan strikes at civilians; but there is always a way to find the bad guys, if it’s looked for.
One of our highest ranking generals, Gen John Abizaid, is of Lebanese descent; he commanded the Iraq - Afghanistan theater of operations (CENTCOM) after Gen Franks. By FDR’s standards, Abizaid would have been “interned” because he’s “middle eastern”.
“Don’t “burn the village to save it†is a good phrase; I’d refine it to “Don’t use a shotgun where a precision rifle shot is needed.