[Finny]

This is going to be one of two reasons detention camps such as those used in WWII for Japanese Americans will once again become prudent, although they will again no doubt be regarded the future as some kind of "national shame." (With the Japanese, the real shame was how avaricious Americans took advantage and bought Japanese properties those families had to leave for a song; however, stories go untold of righteous honorable Americans bought those properties, maintained them during the years their Japanese neighbors were held in the camps, and returned them to those neighbors when they returned from the camps. Yes, things like that really did happen in California. I personally know some of the folks involved.)

I was told by folks who lived it, both Japanese and non-Japanese, that the camps were necessary to protect Japanese-Americans from those who would do them harm as well as to protect America from possible Japanese saboteurs.

I look daggers at Muslim women. I let them know that I have hostility in my heart toward their headdress and what it represents. I hope it makes them nervous.

[FreedomPoster]

There were plenty of known Japanese spies and saboteurs in the mix. Lots of Japanese and Americans of Japanese ancestry (some of whom had been sent back to Japan for education/indoctrination) lived on the West Coast, and were more than glad to help Japan’s war efforts. Taking them out individually would have meant compromising the fact that we had broken some key Japanese codes. A great book on the subject with much original material reproduced:

Magic: The Untold Story of U.S. Intelligence and the Evacuation of Japanese Residents from the West Coast During WW II

http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Intelligence-Evacuation-Japanese-Residents/dp/0960273611

I agree completely about those Americans who took advantage of a bad situation.