Rep. Howard Coble Approves of WWII Japanese Internment Camps
Republican Congressman Howard Coble of North Carolina said on a radio show yesterday that the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was appropriate.
Coble is the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.
He said, among other things, ''We were at war. They (Japanese-Americans) were an endangered species. For many of these Japanese-Americans, it wasn't safe for them to be on the street.''
Update: Don't miss Orcinus ( Journalist David Neiwert) on the prospect of Arab-American or Muslim-American internment camps and on Congressman Howard Coble's remarks on the Japanese WWII internment camps. Look for his article on the Japanese camps and the Korematsu decision to appear any day in Salon. We've already read it and it's terrific.
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