In general, I'm still waiting for any nation to formally apologize or make reparations to the U.S. How about those Brits for the War of 1812? The Japanese for Pearl Harbor? The Germans, Italians, and French for their roles in World Wars? Anyone for Iranian hostage crisis, the 1983 bombing of our barracks, the Somalia fiasco, the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, or the WTC attack?
The U.S. is the only country that beats the hell out someone when attacks, then proceeds to give the clymers financial assistance to rebuild. The movie The Mouse that Roared is still applicable today.
I agree with your equation of Stalinist Russia and Hitler Germany to FDR. However, you are incorrect regarding apologies. EO9066 was revoked by President Ford (Republican). An apology was written and discussed by President Reagan (Republican). The token reparations (mostly at the end of lives permanently damaged) occured under President Bush.
The roles of Democrats in the process were:
1. FDR incarcerated people on the basis of race.
2. JFK and LBJ failed to address the situation.
3. Carter stonewalled.
4. Clinton stalled funding for 6 years for educational programs in the Japanese American community which would have educated the populous regarding the FACTS in this case.
The lame leadership of the Japanese American community contributed to this ridiculous hypocrisy by sucking up to the liberals for 60 years! Mineta is a turn coat to the liberal stallwarts in the JA political realms.
In my book, these threads are posted for two reasons.
1. Liberals are trying to break up the rapid conversion of California and Hawaii Japanese Americans to Republican conservatism.
2. Liberals are trying to resurrect anti-Japanese propaganda on the heels of the staunch support of GW by the Japanese conservatives.
Anyone want to read about the role of the US and Japanese in the Russo-Japanese war?