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To: SeekAndFind
What was the point of occupying the Philippines after we defeated Spain?

Two reasons. One was the idea of "Empire" had taken hold. We got over it.

The second was that the Empire of Japan was eying the Philippines and would have taken over.

When they did, during WWII, there was a mass slaughter of Filipinos.

Which was why Wendell Fertig had no trouble organizing "United States Forces in the Philippines" which gave the Japanese fits.

10 posted on 08/14/2018 10:43:50 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear; SeekAndFind

As far as the Japanese problem goes, wouldn’t placing the Philippines under a American protectorate have solved that problem just as effectively?


11 posted on 08/14/2018 11:01:58 AM PDT by Jacob Kell
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