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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2233)10/12/2000 9:58:13 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 10042
 
And while the US conquered the Philipines, it wasn't like the islands were an independent nation, since they were a Spanish colony

Not exactly; between Dewey's one-sided conquest of Manila Bay and the arrival of the first American land troops the Filipinos successfully drove the Spaniards from all but a few garrisons, declared independence, and established a functional government. At the time the Spanish sold the Philippines (and the Filipinos) to the US, the country was not under their control.

But it was a minor incident, and and I suppose there is no reason why it - or the war that followed it - should be included in our history.
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