Much has been made of Bush's war on terrorism, mostly by democrats. They accuse him of a bigotry so far not supported by facts, and that charge has been picked up and used by Muslim countries around the world. Yet it was Bush on 9-14-01 that went out of his way to specifically say we were at war with terrorism, and not Muslims.
But what about democrats faced with similar situations? Looking back at the last war that consumed the nation, Vietnam, Kennedy did not lock up the Vietnamese. But then how many were in this country at the time? Truman did not lock up the Koreans, but again, how many were in the country at the time? And in each of those Wars, neither aggressor really hit the United States. What of the other wars of the 20th century?
We had the "War to end all Wars", or world War I as it is now called. There we had a democrat president as well, Woodrow Wilson. What was his response to that war?
Americans of German descent were interned, forced to "Show your papers", and systematically harassed. All very unconstitutional. And all done by democrats. A very grave injustice, yet do you hear any liberals demanding reparations for them? {chirp. chirp}
Then came the war that topped the "War to end all Wars", World War II. And what happened then? Over 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent were interned in America. Losing property, liberty, rights and habeas Corpus. Again, all very illegal from every standpoint of the constitution, and all for no reason (the most decorated division of the American Army in Europe during the war was the Nessei Division - a division of second generation Americans of Japanese descent).
So much for democrats and the rule of law. Now we are in a war not of our own making, and have been (some day for over 30 years). And our troops have waged it well - our leaders are another story. Instead of gving them full support, they are handcuffing them and making them canaries in coal mines. The "medal of restraint" is a perfect example. If you do not kill your enemy, Obama will give you a medal! Or I guess to your widow(er) since your enemy has no such rules about killing you!
We are trying to get on with our lives, and vanquish the enemy. But the democrats declare defeat before the boots hit the ground. They say "we support the troops" while pulling the rug out from under them. They now not only do not intern those that "look like" the enemy, but they make sure they pay them to go around the world to promote their new found pacifism. Guilt? Some would say yes, they are atoning for their sins of the past century when it came to those that "looked different".
I have a different take. The wars of the 20th century were waged by democrats. Like Bush, they did not start them, but they did wage them to a successful conclusion. But they used very illegal methods to keep the folks at home in line during those wars. Bush never did (much to the chagrin of those who protest their own biases). And that stands in marked contrast to the democrats. And that shames them. So much that they have to lie about what Bush did/does, and run from their own sins.
The party of racists and bigots is not the party of Lincoln. It is the party of Obama and Pelosi. One does not have to opine about the subject. You only have to look at the facts. That both scares democrats and makes them angry. And in their anger they become more racist and bigoted than ever.
A gracious democrat is an oxymoron. As is a colorblind one. They have demonstrated they know only how to legislate and intern based upon race and fear.
But they do one thing well. They fool some of the people all of the time.