01-27-2010, 08:08 AM
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Originally posted by centipede
BobH, we freed the Filipinos from brutal Japanese conquest and gave them their independence. This is why they're some of the happiest people, and why we remain allies.
Yeah but we conquered them just as brutally first only it's been forgotten today. Ever heard of the Philippine American war ca. 1900?
How quickly we forget our own history when it's not so pretty.
http://opmanong.ssc.hawaii.edu/filipino/brutality.html
http://www.filipino-americans.com/cgi-bi...amwar.html