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To: Neocon who wrote (48577)	8/3/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

I was (uncontroversially) taught that the United States acquired the Philippines as a colony as a consequence of the Spanish- American War That does sound suitably uncontroversial. I'm curious: what, if anything, did they tell you about how this "acquisition" took place, and how the Filipinos reacted? Did they tell you that more Americans died suppressing Philippine resistance to American rule than in the Mexican-American and Spanish-American wars combined? High schools apparently differ a good deal; my school district would never have dreamed of offering Asian or African studies. I would maintain that most Americans receive a distorted version of their own history and are almost entirely ignorant of any history other than their own. I am continually amazed at how little Americans who deal professionally with developing countries bother to learn about the specific countries they deal with and about the overall economics of colonialism. This may be changing; I certainly hope so. If it is, I doubt that it is through the initiative of conservatives.