Pearl Harbor

[coureur]

<p>^^Okay, but there is a difference between people not remembering their history lessons very well (per post #17) and a government cover-up. UriA702 in post #2 asserted that Japanese internment was all covered-up by the government, which is clearly not the case. The information is very well known. The fact that some people are hazy about the Civil War and others are unclear on WWII history says more about our history education than it does about supposed government conspiracies.</p>

[doubleplay]

<p>I grew up in Florida and do not specifically remember the where, when, and how I learned about it, I have always known about internment camps in WWII. My Florida-educated kids learned about it as early as elementary school (where they also learned about the Trail of Tears).</p>

[UMDAD]

<p>Read the US Supreme Court decision Korematsu v. United States.</p>

<p>The opinion was written by Justice Black. Be sure to read the blistering dissent by Justice Murphy.</p>

[sjmom2329]

<p>I’m pretty sure we learned about the internment camps in my Catholic elementary school in Southern California. I do remember that “Farewell to Manzanar” was required reading, either at that elementary school or at my public high school. I also had a very good friend in HS whose dad had been in one of the camps.</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>I* do believe some people today indirectly,directly discriminate muslims today. My muslim friend was asked to step out of the security line at the airport, thus humiliating him. He was interrogated for no reason…*</p>

<p>or it could be the airport</p>

<p>

I don’t think things can get more screwed up with airport security.</p>

<p>This isn’t about how investigators were able to smuggle liquid explosives and detonators past TSA screeners earlier this year.</p>

<p>It’s about the atrocious treatment endured by some Fort Lewis soldiers who were escorting the remains of a colleague home to Virginia earlier this month.</p>

<p>Brief background: On the tarmac, an honor guard had been formed by Port of Seattle Police, airport fire and rescue and military personnel as the soldier’s body was placed on the plane.</p>

<p>A police officer then took the escort soldiers up to security.</p>

<p>The TSA screener checked everyone’s ID, including the police officer, and then had the soldiers go through the metal detectors.</p>

<p>Their combat ribbons and medals set off the alarms.</p>

<p>So what does the TSA screener do?</p>

<p>He has the soldiers strip off their uniforms - in front of everyone - down to their tee shirts, pants and socks.</p>

<p>Will someone please tell me what the hell is wrong with these people?</p>

<p>How does some inept, insensitive idiot with the IQ of room temperature even get a TSA job?</p>

<p>That TSA screener should have his ass fired.</p>

<p>And those soldiers deserve at least an apology.

[Ken</a> Schram: Scrambling for answers | KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington | Ken Schram](<a href=“http://www.komotv.com/features/kenschram/11973956.html]Ken”>http://www.komotv.com/features/kenschram/11973956.html)</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>A friends dad was American but grew up in Japan, until his father banished him back to the states- he joined the Army during the war.
[HistoryLink</a> Essay: Tsutakawa, George (1910-1997)](<a href=“The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - HistoryLink.org”>Tsutakawa, George (1910-1997) - HistoryLink.org)</p>