More on MIchelle Malkin and Japanese Internees
"That's perfectly appalling. I have not heard of the book, but then I've been out of touch. What myths does it debunk? That a 3 month old girl was taken from an orphanage to be put in a camp? that American citizens from southern california lost property, businesses, livelihood? That young Americans were forced to join the military while their parents remained interred? Granted, relatively few people died, if you compare the camps to the German concentration camps or Japanese POW camps. But 2 wrongs don't make a right. if the camps weren't so bad and internment were justified, why did the Japanese Americans seek and receive redress after the war?
Sounds to me like another version of the holocaust denial story--same tune, different verse."
In the meantime, each new days brings more revalations about the extent of abuse of prisoners by US personnel around the world. And the majority of Americans seem, sadly, not to care enough to even consider the impact of making one of the primary architects of this policy the Attorney General of the United States, and perhaps soon a Supreme Court Justice.
Meanwhile, at my university, Viet Dinh, a main author of the Patriot Act, and John Yoo, a main author of the torture memo, are coming in the next few weeks to speak as "Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows" and it's hard to get anyone interested in even organizing a teach-in or demonstration. Actually, some professors are interested, but few if any students.