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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5234047" data-attributes="member: 24302">Oh BS.&nbsp; Yes, we fought a war in the Philippines after obtaining the country from Spain.&nbsp; We also did something Spain never did.&nbsp; We built schools and taught English that united the Philippines which had 4 or 5 major languages and close to 200 dialects.&nbsp; After that war we administered the islands in such a way that by WWII the Filipinos got along with us very well and helped us fight the Japanese.&nbsp; The Japanese were a militaristic society that had expansionist views.&nbsp; They had already beaten Russia in a war and had overrun China, SE Asia, and the western Pacific before attacking us.&nbsp; Why are you being an apologist for them?&nbsp; You make it sound like it was the evil U.S. that forced their hand.&nbsp; No, we and they were the two major powers in the Pacific and it was inevitable we would clash.&nbsp; Especially with everything Japan was doing over running their neighbors.&nbsp; The Japanese ruled with brutality and finally met their match when they decided to attack us.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5234047, member: 24302"] Oh BS. Yes, we fought a war in the Philippines after obtaining the country from Spain. We also did something Spain never did. We built schools and taught English that united the Philippines which had 4 or 5 major languages and close to 200 dialects. After that war we administered the islands in such a way that by WWII the Filipinos got along with us very well and helped us fight the Japanese. The Japanese were a militaristic society that had expansionist views. They had already beaten Russia in a war and had overrun China, SE Asia, and the western Pacific before attacking us. Why are you being an apologist for them? You make it sound like it was the evil U.S. that forced their hand. No, we and they were the two major powers in the Pacific and it was inevitable we would clash. Especially with everything Japan was doing over running their neighbors. The Japanese ruled with brutality and finally met their match when they decided to attack us. [/QUOTE]

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