Exceedingly seldom does an argumental work not contain some amount of bias, this paper is no different. Executive Order 9066 was executed February 19, 1942. The effect of Order 9066 was the authorization of the removal of any or all people from military areas as deemed necessary or desirable, as a result over 110,000 Japanese Americans were removed, with force if necessary, from their homes and placed in internment camps. Further research to view both views of both the Japanese Americans and the Americans revealed much. Even with nothing more than a simple google search and 10 minutes one can find numerous articles about how to justify the internment camps, however difficulty rises as you seek articles that have the audacity to argue the topic
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First hand reports entail numerous sightings of Japanese Navy ships reconnoitering a multitude of areas close to high concentrated population of Japanese Americans. This may be purely coincidence, however, the American government decided to move the Japanese populations to secured camps for security. Furthermore, with confusion and fear of another attack, the American population turned their backs on those of Japanese descent and started to suspect them of such crimes, as a result the citizens antagonized their government until such actions were taken. Consequently, once the action the American citizens so desired had been carried out, it solidified their beliefs that the Japanese population were untrustworthy, because if the government took the effort and time to move the Japanese away, they must think the same as the American citizens. Not only solidifying beliefs, it began a cycle. This result may not have had the intended effect, however it did achieve the government's gain goal, containing potential threats and maintaining national security. There may have been other alternatives to achieve security and not cause the American population to turn their backs, however, it got the job done. This may perhaps be one of the strongest justification of internment camps the government can offer, and it seems
First hand reports entail numerous sightings of Japanese Navy ships reconnoitering a multitude of areas close to high concentrated population of Japanese Americans. This may be purely coincidence, however, the American government decided to move the Japanese populations to secured camps for security. Furthermore, with confusion and fear of another attack, the American population turned their backs on those of Japanese descent and started to suspect them of such crimes, as a result the citizens antagonized their government until such actions were taken. Consequently, once the action the American citizens so desired had been carried out, it solidified their beliefs that the Japanese population were untrustworthy, because if the government took the effort and time to move the Japanese away, they must think the same as the American citizens. Not only solidifying beliefs, it began a cycle. This result may not have had the intended effect, however it did achieve the government's gain goal, containing potential threats and maintaining national security. There may have been other alternatives to achieve security and not cause the American population to turn their backs, however, it got the job done. This may perhaps be one of the strongest justification of internment camps the government can offer, and it seems