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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (49149)	10/3/2002 7:46:13 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, then...maybe we should compare European land take overs, and those of the US, and through the centuries as well.... Did the US stay and conquer the Philippine people? Annex them to the US? Hummmmmmm.....will be interested in your reply. And by the way, your comment: >>>>>>>>1898: USA took over the Philippines. The following war caused thousands of Filipino deaths. Some estimates say a million <<<<<<<<<< doesn't really cut it here....could you please provide a source or two for "some estiimates say a million......"

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (49149)	10/3/2002 7:47:28 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

1898: USA took over the Philippines. Yep.. Teddy Roosevelt and Admiral Mahan's "dream" of a global navy required bases in Asia. phil-am-war.org No way to really justify it, but I have no illusions that the Philipines would have been able to hold off the Moro Sultans, who would have perceived the new republic as weak and ripe for the picking. It should not be ignored that there had been a long-standing conflict between the Tugalogs/Spanish and the muslim Moros. The entire archipelago was primed for a civil war and I don't doubt that thousands would have died regardless of whether the US was involved or not. Hawk