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As to internment... What was America supposed to do, when some Japanese Americans were actively spying for the Emperor? When its your decision to make, and tens of thousands of American lives hang in the balance, it gets a little tougher.

So basically all of them need to be rounded up because of a few? America should abandon all principles I see. One of the Founders of this country had a quote specifically for times like this.

What scares me more than your post is that you are an eligible voter.

I’m not so much defending internment. I’m merely saying that when the decision is ~yours~ to make... Given the information available at the time it isn’t always so easy as it seems after the passage of decades and with the benefit of hindsight.

You are the President. You know that there are at least a few hundred spies (which was actually true) in the Japanese population of some thousands. How many lives of servicemen in the war, are you willing to sacrifice in order to not inconvenience the innocent Japanese Americans? There will be a cost. It will cost some lives. There will be some ships sunk or not sunk because of this decision. So... How many troops is it worth to you? How many letters home to mothers that lost a son?

A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? More?

Decisions have consequences. Both ways.