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"The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken.” — General John L. DeWitt, he
by rukuu001 7y ago
"The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken.”
— General John L. DeWitt, head of the U.S. Army’s Western Defense Command"
Could be straight out of Catch-22
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- fiblye 7y agoReading that statement horrified me and sent me back here to comment on it. There was literally nothing these people could've done to prove themselves. If authorization were granted to fully exterminate them, this person would've gladly run with the order. As terrible as this whole time period in American history was, it's even more terrifying to think of just how close it came to being even worse. And it all would've been justified and swept under the rug, and instead of being given a half day of US history class as a passing mention of "yeah bad things happened but it won't happen again", maybe given 2 days of study and a "we definitely learned to not do that again".
- yostrovs 7y agoYour speculation of what America was close to doing to Japanese Americans sounds much like the quote you are commenting on.
- quantum_state 7y agoA clear abuse of power by the government ... all citizen would want to have sufficient safeguards in our democracy to prevent similar things from happening...
- inflatableDodo 7y ago>“I’ve been to detention facilities where I’ve walked up to these individuals that are so-called minors, 17 or under, I’ve looked at them and I’ve looked at their eyes, Tucker — and I’ve said that is a soon-to-be MS-13 gang member. It’s unequivocal.” Mark Morgan, current Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and complete waste of skin.
- youdontknowtho 7y agoThat's just jaw dropping.