From: evleth@wanadoo.fr   
      
   On 1/07/03 20:06, in article 20030701140645.27469.00001545@mb-m01.aol.com,   
   "JIGSAW1695"  wrote:   
      
   > I did just that lad. The people who rebelled were the Moro, a muslim group on   
   > the island of Mindanao. They rebelled not so much against the Americans, but   
   > against the Phillipeano government. They still exist today and are still   
   > rebelling against the established government this time under the guise of   
   > communist insurgents.   
   >   
   > Try to get your history correct.   
      
   Alas you avoided the essentials.  The spelling by the way is Filipinos and   
   what religion they practiced is incidental. The issue is that the apposed   
   the Americans as they did the Spanish. The main issue was the cruelty   
   practiced by a so-called civilised people, the Americans, the latter ended   
   up taking no prisoners. And torture was widely practiced to obtain   
   information from captured Filipinos. The American army dishonored itself at   
   the time and it was so recognized by some at the time by some Americans.   
      
   The issue was that the Americans were NOT there to liberate this country   
   from the Spanish but to take it over.   
      
   From one book on the war I quote:   
      
   "Tales of torture, looting, wanton destruction of property and summary   
   executions of Filipinos by drumhead courts shocked the national pride   
   the  national pride and so disturbed President McKinley that he   
   looked around for a civil governor to take control of the islands   
   out of the hard hands of the generals". Eventually the head general (Otis)   
   offered his resignation and MacArthur (the father) took charge.   
      
   One notes at the time in the USA that the Democrats opposed the war   
   in the Philippines. Moreover an "anti-imperialist" league was formed   
   in the USA and the whole affair matched in some respects what happened   
   to the US in Vietnam.   
      
   For God sake`s Jiggy, you went out and grabbed something and ran with   
   it again and did not have these kinds of fact on your fingertips.   
      
   Nor do most Americans.  Being an anti-intellectual nation has problems.   
      
   earl   
      
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