Oh my! The Onion's front page is NSFW right now!

[DreamGypsy]

15. Classic. Sad. But remember, it's The Onion...

Criticizing the Obama administration’s response to the current crisis in Libya and Egypt, Mitt Romney told reporters Wednesday that we should never, under any circumstance, apologize for the values that make this country great, such as our belief in the right to practice religion without persecution, our commitment to the freedom of assembly, or the overwhelming xenophobia that led to the relocation and internment of more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. “As Americans, we should never feel the need to question who we are or what we stand for, whether it’s our strong commitment to family or whether we’re rounding up a group of innocent people, separating them from their friends and loved ones, and putting them into what are essentially overcrowded prisons because they happen to be of Japanese descent,” Romney told the assembled press corps, adding that free speech and concentration camps are American ideals that should be cherished, not second-guessed."

Not to mention stealing their belongings.

Tom Russell wrote the song and IMHO his versions are better, but no UTube, so here's Tom Paxton:

The USA did not stand alone interring the Japanese. Canada did it too. Another song about the personal ramifications ... this one from James Keelaghan:

When asked by reporters what American values are exactly, or what the phrase American values even means, Romney stared at the press, blinked several times, and walked off stage.