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To: outdriving

http://www.foitimes.com/internment/cc_tx.htm


29 posted on 12/03/2006 5:16:19 AM PST by durasell (!)
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To: durasell
There you go. Thanks.

There are many misconceptions about the whole internment deal.

For instance, ALL the Japanese were not rounded up either. Only those on the West coast that posed a very real threat at the time, given their numbers and proximity to a potential invasion threat.

And many Japanese spies and saboteurs were captured hiding among the legitimate immigrants.

And the interned Japanese were not required to stay in the camps. They were free to leave as long as it was not to the West Coast. Most chose to stay.

The real abuse was locals who appropriated their land and businesses while they were away. This is the real shame for the U.S. in this, not the concept itself.
47 posted on 12/03/2006 5:34:45 AM PST by outdriving (Diversity is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.)
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