Re: The joy of Democracy

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:29:31 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

I knew, from “A Man Called Intrepid”, that Churchill and Roosevelt had
all but given up on Kennedy as effectively a Nazi sympathizer. So they
were working around him (through Sir William Stephenson, a.k.a.
“Intrepid”) to coordinate actions (entirely unofficially, and without
the knowledge or agreement of Congress) even before the US officially
entered the war.

Wilson and Roosevelt, Democrats both, had rather odd ideas about
neutrality.

https://fortmissoulamuseum.org/exhibit/fort-missoula-alien-detention-
center/

The dates have to be carefully considered. The Italians were interned
prior to the US entering the war. Quite a few liked it here and stayed.

Most of the Japanese were only passing through on their way to much less
pleasant concentration camps. Nobody, and I mean nobody, hung around
Manzanar adter the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanar#Monument_facilities_and_setting

The monument is probably a half mile from the road. I walked back to the
parking lot through the ruins in the twilight. It was spooky.