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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (645890)10/16/2004 10:28:25 AM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
There were significant numbers of German-Americans and Italian Americans who were interned. In 1942 we were much more concerned about security on the West coast than the East. Our Pacific fleet had been crippled, many expected an invasion of Hawaii, and the Japanese had demonstrated the capability for carrier-based, long-range attacks (Germany had no such capability). Invasion of the West coast was deemed a realistic possibility. The West coast was a critical site of naval bases and war-materiel factories. These were the views of the time, notwithstanding how me may view it now with the benefit of hindsight.

FDR would have been derelict in duty to have ignored the potential threat posed by 100,000 citizens of Japanese ancestry moving freely about the West coast. Whether he made the right choices, or implemented them in the best manner, can always be debated in good faith.

Thanks for the article you posted. I view it as a strong endorsement for the extreme measures that were taken.
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