Quote:I didn't excuse anything, I said those were the things going on in the world at the time. By comparison the USA's caution with a small and easily recognizable immigrant group was mild.

 

Not that it's good to intern citizens, but even today thanks to Nixon's war on drugs we practically have disenfranchised an entire sex/race combination in black males. I'd say that what has been done to black men in modern America is much worse than what was done to the Japanese Americans in world war 2. At least when we were done with that exercise they went back to their lives and eventually found national acceptance as a racial group. Something black men still haven't found here.

 

So because they looked different it wasn't that bad. got it.

 

Quote:Did I say that? No. I do not condone it in any shape or form. My point is that when making a list of worst presidents you must consider their times. That's all.

 

You're rationalizing one of the greatest violations against U.S. Citizens because of the times, FDR internment camps violated just about every constitutional right possible.

 

Quote:Not to even mention that today instead of interning people the CIA just spies on them.

 

Anyone recall the republican administration of NYC's police policies and spying operations on Muslims? How about the Dubya administration no-fly list?

 

Don't kid yourself, the spirit of what brought us Japanese internment camps 70 years ago is still alive and well in this nation, it's just much more insidiously implemented now thanks to technology.

 

There you go again trying to justify one wrong with another. I haven't seen anyone defending GWB actions but you're only defense of one of the "Greatest top 5 presidents of all time" is well look at what GWB did!

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