Ruthless Quotes
Characterizing Richard Holbrooke, Assistant Secretary of State (Democrat):
This is an excellent example of the kind of rhetoric that was used against the Japanese immigrants to America in the 1930s. There was a rumor that the Japanese laborer, in addition to working for less wages what white labor were getting, was a spy for the Japanese Emperor, It was this kind of prejudice and conspiracy theory that led the government to intern Japanese—even citizens on the West Coast—an act that was ignominiously upheld but he Supreme Court and latter apologized for by several American presidents. It turned out that there was not a single Japanese immigrant who engaged in any kind of spying or sabotage in WWII and many fought in the Armed forces and were amongst the most decorated soldiers. One irony of the West Cast internment is that Japanese immigrants and American citizens living on the East cost were no so interned. The fear of invasion was not as great and the history of anti Japanese prejudice as in this quotation was not as prevalent. There are some historians who argue that one of the major motivations of to intern the Japanese was for some wealthy whites to be able to get their land—especially farmland—which since they could not work, they could not pay the taxes and a huge amount of prime land changed hands as a result of the internment.
1000 Spanish prisoners of war were over a 4 day period beheaded. This infamous order has been a black mark on his general democratic and humane public life. Some apologists for his war crimes point out that the Spaniards were making an all-out assault on his revolutionary troops who were very badly outnumbered. It took many revolutionary solders to guard the prisoners and if Bolivar lost the upcoming battle, it would have been the end of his revolution and Spain might still be in control of much of South America. With the additional soldiers freed up from guard duty, Bolivar barely survived the battle and the Revolution was not crushed.
Houston was deposed on March 18, 1861, because he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States
Later scholars have frequently used the “war of all against all” to describe international and free market economics, evolution, the UN and many other facets of society.
