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Ranil - the failing Goebbels

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Ranil Wickramasinghe, the leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka is reported to have demonstrated his common sensical & political ignorance once again... this time when he is supposed to have compared the repatriation of terrorist elements & potential terrorist candidates from temporary lodging houses in Colombo. It is reported that he has compared this to the so called 2nd World War Holocaust - ie. dispatching of Jews to the concentration camps. An individual with an ounce of intelligence would find it very difficult to fathom these utterances.

First of all during the 2nd WW, all Jews were rounded-up by the German authorities for isolation, while here in Sri Lanka only the suspected Tamil terrorist elements are to be sent back to their homes in the North & the East, and not to isolation or labour camps. The whole world knows that many a Tamil citizen lives very comfortably in the South carrying on with their business empires etc without any kind of State or public interference. No one is presently dispatching them to "Ranil's concentration camps", unlike when it happened at Batalanda, while he was in power.

With regards to isolation from the society of suspected elements (at times not even Terrorist elements), the US Government over the years has democratically formulated Executive Orders and policies, which a seasoned & a well educated Politician in Sri Lanka should be aware of and is expected know.

For the general public's and for ignorant politicians' information, the US Executive Orders issued during the 2nd World War are listed below. These were for rounding up and internment of Japanese and other citizens. Further, you may refer to McCarthysim in the 1950's and the Guantanamo Bay detainees presently.

So the present non patriotic & opportunistic failing Goebbels of Sri Lanka should not be trying to prolong the Terrorist War that has been going on for 20 years (more than double the total time period of both World Wars put together), but learn the solutions from History.

Official Executive Order by President Roosevelt to Lock up the japanese in USA.

http://www.fatherryan.org/hcompsci/eo.htm

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After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans encountered strong hostility, prejudice, and discrimination. Fearing that Japan might next strike the West Coast of the United States and that Japanese Americans would "spy" for the enemy, Thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West coast were rounded up and confined to internment camps located inland. The following photos offer a view of what life was like for the Japanese Americans. In what ways do you think life changed for the Japanese Americans interned in the camps? How do you think those interned felt about the government of the United States? If you had been uprooted from your home and confined to a camp, how would you have felt?
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Japanese Americans with Their Baggage..., California

Santa Anita Reception Center, California

War Relocation Center, Manzanar, California

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Executive Order No. 9066
authorizing the secretary of war to prescribe military areas
WHERE AS the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U. S. C., Title 50, Sec. 104):

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such actions necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commanders may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with such respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to provide for residents of any such area who are excluded therefrom, such transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the said Military Commander, and until other arrangements are made, to accomplish the purpose of this order. The designation of military areas in any region or locality shall supersede designations of prohibited and restricted areas by the Attorney General under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, and shall supersede the responsibility and authority of the Attorney General under the said Proclamations in respect of such prohibited and restricted areas.

I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the restrictions applicable to each Military area here in above authorized to be designated, including the use of Federal troops and other Federal Agencies, with authority to accept assistance of state and local agencies.

I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities and services.

This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas there under.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
February 19, 1942

This order by Franklin Roosevelt started the Internment of the Japanese-Americans. This lead to the nation wide round up of all Japanese-Americans. The military felt that the threat of a Japanese invasion was very realistic. They felt that the Japanese-Americans would be more likely to aid the Japanese Invasion force than the rest of the population. So to stop any possible sabotage and prevent any pro-Japanese actions, the total Japanese-American Population of the west coast was moved to the Midwestern states. All except Hawaii, which could not move out the majority of their work force.

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