All War Is Deception: The Internment Of Japanese Americans

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"All war is deception," (Sun Tzu). World War II deceived President Roosevelt and the american people into thinking that all Japanese-Americans citizens are spies which made them fear betrayal. For this reason, Roosevelt ordered the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which issued the internment of Japanese-American citizens. The Americans subjected all of them to internment camps. Families were investigated, tried, and separated. Conceivably never to be reunited again. Roosevelt was unjustified in ordering Executive Order 9066.

The Japanese-Americans fought on the american side of the war, against their old country men. They lived in america and wanted to fight with the Americans for their new land, they created families and

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