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In reply to the discussion: Remember how FDR executed American Nazi sympathizers? [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)271. I actually visited the Jerome site, back in 1998 I think
Nothing at all remained of the camp-- there was just a marker to note that that had been the site of an internment camp. But this Wiki article says that the site has been or will be restored:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_War_Relocation_Center
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Yes the Germans have a base in the US, it is part of Holloman Air Force Base
happyslug
Feb 2013
#249
My point is that war throughout history has always been oppressive and f**ked up.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#13
fail. there is no such thing as 'war' with an organization. war is a conflict between states or
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#167
But more innocent Americans were killed by Govt soldiers than innocent Americans by drone
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#161
'several'. not enough to make the death rate higher than the death rate in the general population.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#135
you don't know who was innocent, or even what those killed supposedly did. not to mention
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#166
you forgot the US territory of hawaii, with about 150,000 persons of japanese ancestry.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#240
yes, if 1/3 of the population of hawaii had been interned, the economy would have been
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#242
i don't disagree. as do the rationalizations of obama's assassination policy based on specious
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#247
The War against the Japanese was horribly racist in origin, promotion, propaganda, and execution.
bvar22
Feb 2013
#256
it was. my stepfather participated in the rounding up of japanese for internmen. i was astonished
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#266
interesting. so was the thesis in the past, or are you still writing it? what was the focus?
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#269
yours is silly. interning people is worse than executing them without trial? what?
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#63
i think your defense of the president's supposed power to kill anyone, anywhere, secretly,
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#127
How can you defend the end of Habeus? Does not every person have the right to face their accuser?
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#74
So you are OK with executing "active saboteurs" but not those working with Al Qaeda to attack us?
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#35
FDR, as representative of the state, interned wakasa. he didn't target him personally for
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#195
yet you keep telling others what to do. ps: i never said the internment didnt destroy lives --
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#246
I'm going to do a larger segment on this during my next show but to give a preview...
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#77
In a previous show, I called on the administration to come up with a post drone solution to the
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#112
It's your OP. If you dont think anyone was killed we dont have much to talk about. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#91
I know, you want to play games instead of address the difficult questions. Its understandable. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#98
Yup, Griswolds safe. Muslims who speak out against US foreign policy? They might not feel so safe.
Bonobo
Feb 2013
#133
You have the wrong metaphor. Al-Awlaki was a Tokyo Rose-type propagandist, not a combatant
leveymg
Feb 2013
#82
That is one contention, the other is that he was involved in operational planning.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#89
Sure, and as I said above, if they were in the capital of Saudi Arabia or Egypt or Jordan or any
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#105
We knew exactly where he was, and there's nobody aside from maybe the Russian President who we truly
leveymg
Feb 2013
#117
I've explained why that matters multiple times now, I doubt that argument is new to you. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#224
The CIA has stepped over a threshhold by executing US Citizens abroad who aren't armed and
leveymg
Feb 2013
#237
as prisoners of a declared war on a specific country. so usual wartime protocol, i think.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#75
But not normal wartime protocol...FDR invented the tribunal for this specific case on July 2, 1942
alcibiades_mystery
Feb 2013
#182
i'm not trying to win an argument. you think obama killing anyone he wants is ok. i don't.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#183
i wasn't attacking you at all. i was stating what i understood your position to be.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#187
You basically called the person a supporter of murder. That justifies a lot of tone. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#231
Mortaliy rates in camps very high. That's death without trial, esp. hard hit were
catbyte
Feb 2013
#76
actually not. rates of morbidity and mortality were comparable to rates in the general
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#100
and i knew a japanese college professor who'd been interned -- who didn't. yes, those facts
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#202
i'm well aware of that. the area near where i grew up was once covered with japanese truck
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#207
Of course they are. There is nothing inexcusable as any excuse will do.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#210
It seems you're talking about Obama here, so perhaps you should define 'sympathizer'
RZM
Feb 2013
#73
The Japanese soldier got due process? What if it had been an American of Japanese descent and the
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#95
Awkward deflect there Leser. Al-Awlaki never held a gun, as far as we know. Again, wrong metaphor
leveymg
Feb 2013
#97
Is it? You want me to tell you the mindset and daily activities of someone 10000 miles away?
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#102
You don't know who al-Awlaki was because that's classified. But, it's clear what his role was,
leveymg
Feb 2013
#113
Wikipedia disagrees with you. Apparently you are not as well informed as you think
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#124
Here's a NYT story about the FBI taking an interest in him going back to 1999 and his 9/11 hijackers
leveymg
Feb 2013
#156
Both parties have become unhinged from the 99%, and unhinged from reality and evidence
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
#136
Remember when he firebombed the city of Dresden killing 25,000 people?
Drunken Irishman
Feb 2013
#103
in a declared war on a specific country. as opposed to an undeclared war on 'enemies' anywhere
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#106
far from trying to 'explain away' anything, i'm explaining the difference between the firebombing
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#123
So, if the Supreme Court rules drones are okay, you'll be okay with it too?
Drunken Irishman
Feb 2013
#147
Bullshit, a logical construct based on present trust in Obama and a rhetorical trick
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#273
Why do I think that if Pres Obama was carpet bombing Iran, you would support it? nm
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#189
i agree, more died at dresden than in obama's assassinations. however, that's really quite
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#148
that's how it works in war. but this is not war; it's a president declaring he has the power to
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#180
no, who would we be fighting a war with if we weren't doing covert war? who is this 'al qaeda'?
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#197
If you'd bother to actually read about the subject, you'd know that most America-hating
Democracyinkind
Feb 2013
#215
Could you imagine if a drone could have taken out Hitler and his top officials?
ProSense
Feb 2013
#134
The policy was NOT to target Hitler. There was no help given assassination attempts.
leveymg
Feb 2013
#222
Remember when FDR put 125,000 Japanese Americans into Internment Camps?...nt
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#174
Remember when FDR refused to invite Jesse Owens to the White House, 'cause he was black?...nt
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#177
No I dont remember and I am old and I doubt you remember. Do you have a point Sid? nm
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#194
A sympathizer is not the same as someone actively plotting and participating....
Duppers
Feb 2013
#209
There are some rather odd things about al-awlaki's bio. this video is interesting for a little
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#267
Your experience with espionage and intrigue doesn't include the knowledge that intelligence
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#278
We should demand to see the immigration paperwork of the 10k nazis they allowed to become Americans
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#232
The Age Of 9/11: A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. With double-plus bipartisanship.
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2013
#258
I consider FDR the #2 president of all time, however, What about the Japanese?
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#276