Posted on 09/16/2001 3:19:21 PM PDT by zook
Freepers or anyone else who engage in bigoted attacks agains Arab Americans or innocent Muslims in this country are engaging in seditious conduct. By stirring up internal division and animosity they are helping the enemy.
Some of us need to grow up, some need to shut up, and more need to speak up.
No, just the demands for the internment of people.
What you say is true. Prudence can save your life. You'll get no props from the PC crowd, but that's too damned bad. Arab-Americans ARE going to have a tough time traveling. If a 20 something male Arab/Persian sits next to me on a plane ... I'm ready for battle. It's a shame, but we didn't start this shit.
My understanding is that the japanese living on the west coast were told to relocate. There was concern that those living near ports and bases could pass ship and troop information related to war efforts in the Pacific. Those that refused were interned. For example, we lived in Nebraska once and had neighbors whose parents had moved from San Francisco for just that reason. They were not interned.
That's the part people don't tell you about; They were asked to move from a part of the country where someone with subversive intentions could do damage. They refused.
...That being said, Americans come in all flavors and colors. I accept any person who's loyalty and dedication is for America...as my countryman. If you love America, then your one of us...if not, then get out, I have no need for foreign traitors in a time of war...we have enough homegrown ones to deal with.
Now you're talking, soldier.
BUMP
Most of us would be happy if they just started with the ILLEGALS, and shipped THEM out.
It's a good thing we didn't worry about offending the japs in WWII!
Spoken like a true Patriot..may I serve in your Politically correct Army?
Posts #18 and 21, for starters, if you don't want to count your apologetics for FDR's concentration camps.
Francobashing is still in vogue and perfectly acceptable.
What war effort?
It's mind-boggling that no one in the administration understand the enemy, his culture and his mindset.
Perhaps the Nebraska folks you cite were prophetic enough to leave before being forced into camps, but other citizens on the West Coast were hardly afforded that same opportunity.
And even if, for the sake of argument, you were correct...do you really think our government should be forcing innocent citizens to "voluntarily" relocate, under threat of force?
Practically every major figure involved in the internment of Japanese citizens later acknowledged that it was a huge mistake, and that there was no evidence of treasonous behavior on the part of any American citizens of Japanese ancestry. The FBI knew it even back then...but they and FDR unfortunately succumbed to wartime hysteria instead. It's a sad, black mark on the pages of American history.
We should not be calling for the internment of American citizens of Arabic descent or who practice the religion of Islam. Doing so goes against the basic tenets of this country.
This does NOT mean we should fail to be vigilant, however. We must aggressively police our borders, interview suspects, and ultimately root out potential terrorists and sympathizers, especially among legal and illegal aliens. We just shouldn't paint with so broad a brush that we're violating the rights of our own citizens, rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution.
DTH
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