This is why McKinley is my third worst president

The entire 1960s i know this seems odd but the entire decade is important

the Chicago 7

With all the apparent corruption of the current Supreme Court, I'd be curious to know why the framers of the Constitution didn't put greater checks on the least democratic branch of government and where decisions by the Court always deemed the final say on constitutional matters or more guidance initially?

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Love this comment.

@@jackass1346 i agree. tis a good comment

Well put, and I'm so happy you view me that way. I indeed love my country, despite the mistakes we have made in the past.

Agree

Well said

And repeated in Iraq.. then Afghanistan

@@monchichis333 👌

did the us ever do it also in central america?

@@SouthMexico Considering how unstable is Central America, he might have done something equally nefarious, but not the same.

That's what happens if you don't teach history.

Philippine history just isn’t held in significance in K-12 US history classes, especially in comparison to other countries that are given significantly more attention such as Japan and China.

Well ya, thats called whitewash.

Probably included it in the curriculum because you were present in the class. As far as I've heard, that horrific events deserves to be put on a pedestal akin to residential schools in Canadian history classes. Goes to show that even if we're part of the land that offers freedom to all, it wasn't always absolute or even fair. As an outsider, it helps to realize that even the best countries in terms of policies and government have dark histories. That we aren't necessarily perfect in every way, As a Filipino myself, it helps to know that the issue is being addressed. Although on a smaller scale than preferred, primarily because we are the descendants of people who went to war with each other. We shouldn't let the past dictate our future. Just like how we shouldn't let the future replicate our past.

​@@Wizkid_Utopia U.$. is still an imperialist.

You never stayed in the US. You stayed in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!

But it should be a separated topic

technically, the conflict between the Filipinos and the US was not a war but an insurrection or rebellion.

@The Awesome Man an apologists for the brutality of American Imperialism is at it again.

​@The Awesome Man No it was a war of conquest.

@@greatsageequaltoheaven8115 America bought the Philippines for $20 million. America cant conquer what it already purchased.

Aguinaldo also killed Bonifacio which totally sets a great precedent (pun intended)

Hm ok

​@@DiamondKingStudios Yes, Quezon defeated him in a landslide in the election of 1935. Aguinaldo was the head of the anti-American National Socialists against Quezon who was the head of the reformist Nacionalista Party.

The Philippines was the gateway to Asia at the turn of the century

​@@DiamondKingStudios Yes, that Quezon. President Manuel Luis Quezon himself.

I still don't want too

​@@parrot1442We(USA) can't even define what a woman is. So I completely understand why you wouldn't want the US government to apologize.

@@effu9375 True & real

⁠​⁠​⁠@@effu9375You really thought you said something. 😂 A person who identifies as a woman. There you go. I defined it and literally spelled it out for you. In the Philippines there is also more than two genders.

And pay reparations also.😇🇵🇭

Did Aguinaldo express regret for slaughtering the thousands of Filipinos that resisted his self-imposed rule?

@@jasonjames4254You sound really smart with your HowAboutism.

Just reminded me of The 48 Rules of Power by Robert Greene. Forgot which rule was it, but it says something like this, "your enemies are more trust worthy than your formal friends.* If I miss quoted that my bad, its just something that appeared in my mind reading this very comment.

@@GTX311 🤣Just pointing out the obvious for those of you wearing rose colored glasses that live in social justice warrior lala land. There has never been a country that had a bloodless transition from colonialism to independence.

If you would really know history, you wouldn't blame COLOURS but poor ideologies/limited worldviews driven by those famous white guys 👀ツ ==> Unless you are doing exactly the same thing ¯\_(👀)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I agree with you on the last part and you definitely did got a amazing history teacher.

Your teacher sounds awesome.

​@@ricardozetino6907 Your teacher must be one who loves to read about the history of the Philippines.

The Philippino American war was in my ap us history textbook and we learned about it in class. It wasn't as detailed as this video. However it was only given a brief mention in the normal American history class. Which is interesting. Maybe its because ap is supposed to be college level?

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

I've heard many black soldiers in this war decided to stay in the Philippines because they have not seen racism in those islands with many Indigenous folks are black.

@@suskagusip1036 not just black people, many peruvian and mexican soldiers (white, mestizo and indigenous alike) during the spanish colonial period would escape in the mountains and settle with the local women there.

​@@suskagusip1036hindi naman totoo

That is Called "The First Vietnam" before Vietnam war

I would say we're better than Japan at remembering our past but worse than Germany.

@@Remember_Bubblebutt Germany: "I am incredibly ashamed of what I did, and I'm so sorry." America: "I don't remember doing anything like that..." Japan: "No, i didn't do anything wrong! It's actually your fault!"

@@thegreatteaman I think the US is better than Europe at acknowledging Racism from the past and the present in this country Europe just tends to forget about it and just doesn’t acknowledge racism at all which is why Racism is worse in Europe than the US as they don’t look fondly towards the Roma people or foreign Immigrants I personally have faced worse racism in European countries Netherlands and Ireland and France than the US or Canada combined so yeah I think Europe worse with Racism at least when it comes to every day prejudice racism

@@Remember_Bubblebutt We need to pay reparations so we can move on. I doubt it will happen.

@@thegreatteaman Did Japan ever say that? From a Filipino's perspective, Japan did better at admitting their wrong-doings to us than the Americans, but maybe that's just me. Americans think they're our heroes because they helped us in WW2, which is cool, I guess. But they seem to shrug off all the warcrimes and massacres they'd committed prior to that. Japan, meanwhile, admitted that they were the villains. They didn't "hide their warcrimes". Not sure where Westerners get that idea. Japanese brutality has been long taught in our textbooks ever since grade school. And Japan has helped us a lot since then. Is it because Japanese brutality isn't really taught in Western schools? Japan didn't really attack the West in WW2. I remember not learning about the Holocaust until like high school-level History class, too. I swear a lot of Filipinos aren't even aware what the Holocaust was.

I don't think so, my Grade 6 Basic Education entails more discussion regarding the figures and the key events of the PH-American War. Right now, DepEd has expanded the discussion of the war in the 2023 K-10 Basic Curriculum Revision that is open to the public.

@@herrkommandank675 glad that in today's curriculum that is the situation. Maybe because I've graduated in high school years ago and K-12 in the country doesn't exist yet. Learning Philippine history on those days are pretty much speed running. Shitty public school education system and non-enthusiast history teachers are some factors that students become uninterested on the subject.

I taught Philippine history (private school though) for a few years and this war and the subsequent colonization was a pretty significant part of the curriculum. I feel like any Filipino child who paid any amount of attention in hekasi/sibika/araling panlipunan/civics class can recite the details of the mock battle and why the war started. There's even a couple of (surprisingly) mainstream hit movies about this time period (Heneral Luna and Goyo).

I get what you are saying. Its mostly world war 2 Philippines era that some history interested students mostly interested at.

I wonder what year that was? i remember my history teacher telling us about it back in 2003 but we never really dwelled on it. It's like a 10 or 20 min lecture.

Well put and thank you!

@@iammrbeat no, no, no. Thank YOU

​​@@daniel-panekThis is old history dear. Our ancestors, for mine my parents forgot it already and have nothing bad to say about the USA. From my parents words their lives were all good during the commonwealth government. They are gone now but those buildings, structures, schools, universities,hospitals, bridges, roads that were built in those periods were still standing. I myself graduated in high school and university built during that time. If you want proof my city is Iloilo/Panay island. The legacy of both Spain/USA still there being preserved...including the American cemetery of the fallen but not forgotten heroes of WW II.

@@suskagusip1036 colonial mentality.

Americans deserved everything they got and more.

Reparations is the solution. That’s how we move from the mistakes

​@@alohatigers1199 Japan 👀

patriot is what fascists call themselves

@@alohatigers1199 Nah we're good. Status quo's fairly alright, keep letting us steal your jobs and money via remittance and we'll earn it back eventually anyhow. Oh and keep up with the free military shit, the vast majority of Filipinos like being the eastern vanguard of Democracy, despite it's flaws, after all.

Those Mistakes? Not! No Mistake here, Mr. Dutra. Now, please check out these FACTS that are on the Web: "In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada, 1983. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides and 9 Massacres, ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-2001). In the Philippines (Genocide. 1898. One Million people death). In Hawaii (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island of Samoa (1898-1899). In Colombia (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico (1836 and 1847, and 1859-1861 “Cortina Wars”. And 1875 “Las Cuevas War”. And 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916-1917 “Pancho Villa”). In Russia (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru (1948 and 1967). In China (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan (1951-1952). In Korea (1871 and 1950-1953). In Iran (1953). Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. (Massacre). In Vietnam (Massacre and Genocide. 1959-1975). In Albania (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala (1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup against Patrice Lumumba and Intervention in Republic of the Congo (Massacre. 1960-1961). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). The “Bombing of Laos” (1971-1973). Terror in Uruguay. Support for the regime of Juan María Bordaberry. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Attack on Cambodia (Kampuchea. 1975). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua (1928-1932 Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1983 and again 1995). Coup in Chile. Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Armed conflict between the Saharawi Arab Republic and between Morocco. (1976-2002). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (One Million dead in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge. (Genocide 1980). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). In Bosnia (1994-1995)... In Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Jordania, in Kosovo, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. And more: We have almost 800 Military Bases scattered around the world; 93 of which are against China. On the other hand, China and Korea (The "Axis of Evil"), in 1,000 years of history have NEVER invaded anyone. These nations have fought their Civil Wars, defended themselves against foreign invasions, and secured their immediate borders, but they have never been meddling or aggressor countries. China is a Nation of Peace. China does NOT Attack anyone. China does NOT Invade nor does it Steal territories of other sovereign nations. China does NOT Intervene in any neighboring nor distant country. China is not Imperialist nor Colonialist. Do you know how many Military Bases China or Korea have outside their territory? None. Zero. Any. NADA! They do not have a single Military Base. (The “Chinese Military Base” in Djibouti is actually a Guard Post, with three Artillery Frigates and Choppters to protect against the Somali Pirates. And the “Chinese Military Base” of Patagonia, in Argentina. Well, you don't need to be an expert in strategy here to understand that this is nonsense, unless you think that the Chinese intend to keep all the ice in Antarctica. The Chinese will NOT put a Military Base 7,500 miles from the objective: Washington D.C. So in Argentina there, it is, a Radar Station for the Chinese Space Program. These are verifiable facts). Neither China nor Korea will invade the world; We do... that's DONE, as we do in the Middle East. Iran also does not have a SINGLE MILITARY BASE outside its national territory, and it is surrounded by 16 US Bases, and it is we who call the Iranians Terrorists. We R the Terrorists. --And now, we have ANOTHER WAR on our doorstep, for trying to inaugurate another Military Base in the Ukraine... WHO CARES!!! "War is a Business".

Let it be known that I also have videos about the Barbary Wars, Toledo War, and Bleeding Kansas! :)

​@@iammrbeat Time for change

​@@iammrbeat I was taught the Toledo War because I live in Toledo

The Invasion of Hawai'i a sovereign state as well.

@@MusMasi well actually, that was kinda in a grey area. You see a group of Hawaiian born white supremacists convinced a corrupt government official to send in the us military to back their coup d’état, and to my knowledge, no actual battles were fought, so it its difficult for it to even be classified as an actual war.

Mistake? America won lol

@@luisfilipe2023 it’s a mistake because we fought a war rather than supporting an independence movement Like seriously

Thank you, Austin. Yeah I really hope to visit the Philippines one day.

@@jtgd só? Since when is fighting wars you win a “mistake”

@@luisfilipe2023 Because it was wrong to subjugate the Philippines. Just because we won doesnt mean we should have done that.

Nah those were the past. We need to learn from it though.🙏😊

Thank you for that apology. We also did horrible things to Americans during that war. There are no winners in war except for those profiting from it. Praying this bit of truth will resonate and bring peace to all.

@@rdc1431 nasanakaraan na iyon ngunit huwag ninyong kalimutan na ipinag laban tayo nang mga ninuno. Kaya huwag ninyong yakapin ang ibinibigay nang dayuhan ngayon katulad nang mga kabaklaan at hambog na pag uugali

@@rdc1431 u look stupid tbh

Yeah, I never was taught this in school. I have a lot of Filipino friends, I am embarrassed.

Your comment is very powerful, thank you for posting it.

You’ve never been in the US. You are in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!

And Filipinos aren’t Americans. They will never be Americans.

@@anonymoususer8895 ??? I literally grew up in the US

@@cynn6442 No you grew up in Canada!

It is all "good Americans and bad Japanese and abusive Spaniards" that we know in the schools. We had a history teacher in my time in the early 80s that taught us a horror done by the Americans during the Philippines American War. The Americans made use of Filipino dead bodies as their shield or sandbag fortifications. There was a whole town that they burnt for revolting against them . And yes, they were successful in telling us that the Japanese are bad. They hid the history of horrible things they did to the Filipinos. What we all know, though true, is they liberated us from the Japanese led by the good General McArthur and his real good and friendly American soldiers.

I was born an American and I apologize for what these others done before me to the Filipino people not only that the American natives were also the target of the American government and this history is gone on these governments are in Wicked run by the devil and I vote for none of them I vote for Jesus Christ he's coming soon get saved by grace if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God that he died was buried and resurrected on the third day according to the scriptures with all of your heart you will be saved go to Grace Bible believing Church in the Philippines

Pretty sure the Japanese denies their atrocities

I'm an American and I am a new generation but still I will make apology for this us criminal government

@Legion_YT_ NO. They never denied it. The reason they don't have armed forces is they learned their lesson. They were bombed, they lost.

Hopefully I got the info correct! Check my sources in the description.

Plus, the unpopularity of the Vietnam War among the American citizens convinced the government to pull out of Vietnam just as they were finally making notable strides in winning the war. The Tet Offensive in particular was a disaster for the North that they never recovered from until the Americans abandoned the South to be on their own.

You forgot the major reason Vietnam won, they had the backing of both the Sovient Union and China connected via idoelogy. The Philippines is also isolated geographicaly from its potential supporters like China and Japan. Weapons have to be shipped far away. Even the soon to be Chinese president at the time sent weapons to the Philippines until the ship got caught in a storm

the Filipinos have Mauser rifles vs Americans Krag. but the Filipinos problem is the supply of ammunitions.

" A lot of his town folk were loyal to him more than the Philippine nation. " Oh so not much have changed then huh? Only this time, it seems tribalism too has come to American shores with a cult of Trumpism.

I'm nit completely sure this is what you are suggesting, but it seems like it is. The improvement of the USA in Vietnam was not imperialistic. The USA was not invading. It was a civil war that the USA took sides in.

Yeah true. Also the Japanese illegally supplied the Filipinos with weapons by sea, but it's only a few weapons that are in Filipino possession. The Americans might have encountered a Filipino soldier holding a Japanese Rifle, there is no source to that encounter but just check it on Wikipedia and you might find Japanese Weapon(s) during the Filipino-American War.

@@WhiteAnims2Screw imperial Japan. And screw imperial America. I didn’t realize my country had a mini jap hey day until I watched this.

Yeah if we only had Guns, like the Vietnamese did. China and Russia were supplying them.

You’re not American. You’re Canadian! You’re confusing the two countries!

Agreed. I've read about everything here in a highschool textbook although not in the same level of detail. Just makes me wonder if our countrymen that claimed they never learned of the event just never paid attention or read their textbooks.

Seriously how many comments starts with "aS a pHeAliPinA...." are there in every yt video mentioning philippines?

@@carlisclosetedphgt3666 Yeah this is a thing in the Philippines called “Pinoy Baiting” where the mere mention of Philippines will summon waves of Filipinos to the comments sections with “As a Filipino” as you say. Simply because Filipinos (or some under represented Asians in general) aren’t used to being represented in western media (to be very specific, white people), and when they do, they tend to get very patriotic about it. This effect is very apparent in Philippines though so I can’t fault you for getting annoyed hahaha

@@carlisclosetedphgt3666 same with as a black person and as a female, just applied on another group of people.

Although we had a rough start I believe that the US and Philippines are better off working together today against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Much love and respect to your people.

Everyone seems to have forgotten this war. I'm glad to make it.

Many of us haven't forgotten however our crab mentality just makes us think that "Anything Goes" in Philippine History and in the Philippine Government.

If given the choice between Americans and any other invaders, I chose Americans because at least they mellow out in their bloodstreak and actually spent the time, energy, and money to build this country up. Everyone who has a grandparent born before 1941 wouldn't love the Japanese that much, I had a great grandmother that escaped to Bukidnon from Ilocos Sur just to escape the Japanese...

The spanish invaded first then it was the americans

I didn't.

So as not to notice too much 😅

This sounds very fabricated

Sounds like people in power conspired... conspiring was afoot. Were they also colluding?

"Remember the Alamo", in Texas, Mexico. "The Watermelon Slice", by Jack Oliver, in Panama. “The Boxer Rebellion”, in Beijing. "The Sinking of the Battleship Maine", in Havana, Cuba. "The sinking of the RMS Lusitania", off the coast of Ireland. Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnam. The “Op Ajax”, in Iran. "The Invasion of the Tiny Island of Grenada", cuz the construction of... An Airport? The “Operation Just Cause”, in Panama, again. The 911, in New York. "Weapons of Mass Destruction", in Iraq... Duty, Honor and Country? Well… Now, please check out these FACTS that are on the Web: "In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada, 1983. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, to the Looting, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides and 9 Massacres, ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti. (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-1995-2001). In the Philippines. (1898-1902. Genocide. One Million people dead. Yup... ONE MILLION!). In Hawaii. (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba. (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island Guam and Island Wake (1898-1899 and 1902-1905). In Island of Samoa. (1898-1899). In Puerto Rico. (1898-1902 to 2024 LOL). In Colombia. (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico. (1836 and 1847, and 1859-1861 “Cortina Wars”. And 1875 "Las Cuevas War”. And 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916-1917 against “Pancho Villa”). In Russia. (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934-1943). In Guatemala. (1952-1954 "Op. PBFORTUNE" or "Op. PBSUCCESS". Massacre). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras. (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela. (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru. (1948 and 1967). In China. (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan. (1951-1952). In Korea. (1871 and 1950-1953). In Iran. (1953). Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. (Massacre. “Op. Ajax”. More than 23K murdered). In Vietnam. (1959-1975. Massacre and Genocide). In Laos. (Massacre. 1970-1974). The CIA “Bombing of Laos-Cambodia Ops” and the "Air America Op". (1971-1973). Attack on Cambodia. (Kampuchea. 1975). In Albania. (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama. (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil. (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala. (Massacre. 1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup against Patrice Lumumba and Intervention in Republic of the Congo. (Massacre. 1960-1961. More than 19K murdered in one month). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece. (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia. (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). Terror in Uruguay. Support for the regime of Juan María Bordaberry. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua. (1928-1932 against Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1984-1987 and again 1995). In Pakistan. ("Stape and Genocide" of Bangladesh. Operation Holofote, 1971. More than 2 million dead. Yup… TWO MILLION). Coup in Chile against Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Armed conflict between the Saharawi Arab Republic and between Morocco. (1976-2002). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). Military assistance to the rebels of Yemen and Oman. (Massacre. 1978-1979). Military assistance in El Salvador, special operations. (Genocide. 1980-1992). In Liberia. (Massacre. 1978-1980-1983). Coup in Honduras. Support General Polycarpo Paz Garcia. “Cocaine State”. (Genocide. 1979-1980-1982). Military assistance to Iraq. (1983-1990). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (More than half a million deaths in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge of Pol Pot. (Genocide 1980-1982). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). Intervention in Grenada. (1983). Here, in Grenada, the US Rangers attack lasted 6 hours, since the tiny Island has no Army, no Navy nor Air Force. The Ranges fought against 287 fearsome Police Officers. Actually, half of these Cops, cuz the other half had not yet come to work the afternoon shift. LOL. In Chad, support the Dictator and Genocide François “Ngarta” Tombalbaye. (1960-1972 and Intervention 1982-1986 and 2007). In Sierra Leone. Military assistance to Valentine Strasser: “Blood Diamonds”. “Child Soldiers.” (Massacre 1992-1996). In Egypt, in the “Arab Spring”. (2010-2012). In Myanmar. (2015-2017). Coup in Equatorial Guinea. (1994-1997-2007 and 2021). In Bosnia. (Srebrenica and Markale. 1994-1995 and 2006). In Gambia. (CIA-CEDEAO. 2017). In Burkina Faso. (Massacre. 2014-2015 and 2021). Coup in Peru against Pedro Castillo. (2022-2023)… In Libya, Niger, Chad, Mozambique, Zambia, Malaui, in Gabon (Gabon It’s a small country at the western end of Central Africa. In just 4 years, 2019-2022, Gabon has suffered 9 Coups d'état. In 8 of these Coups, the US has intervened in one way or another). In Kenya, Uganda, Djibouty, Togo, in Oman, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Jordan, in Kosovo, Malaysia, Timor, Cyprus Island, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Yemen, in Afghanistan, etc. And… Oh! Yeah: In Ukraine. In 70 years, that is, from 1950 to 2020, we, the USA, have participated in 85% of all global armed conflicts. In 85%!!! "Invade. Massacre. Loot. Retreat. Repeat..." Who authorizes us to violate all International Laws and enter any country to ABUSE them? What's so "Proud" about being a nation of Looters and Criminals? .

Thank you for your service. Also, did you see my old history textbook video? I think it'd be right up your alley.

@@iammrbeat Yss, I did. Loved seeing all the history teachers.

We had our teachings in Civics class (grade 7). I think our teacher was more open about certain things.

@Peter Lyon And now the Philippines is once again in the Marcos regime. I am upset that my country has once again been ruled by this terrible family.

@@manual3584 No they are not these 2 people are not the same. Please be mindful to being open and respect Filipino democracy as they are tired of the anti-marcos sentiment. Filipinos in turn give light on the Marcos cause and gave them a chance which is why they elected him.

I learned all of these in my elementary history class maybe because my elementary school is named after Emilio Jacinto.

From what I remembered in high school, this topic had been discussed. Not just McArthur's "I Shall Return" but Americans' war crimes.

I learned this in elementary. The book got a whole article about it. Maybe youre not a good student when you were young lol

Ngl, Schools nowadays tend to skip the Filipino-American War after the Spanish-American War. They thought the wars are just the same conflicts, or the F-A War is irrelevant to a topic or in general. As a Filipino myself, my AP teacher did not knew about the Filipino-American War while we were learning about the Filipino Revolution. She only knew about the Philippines was sold to the US from Spain after the Spanish-American War until a very scary Japanese empire destroyed the hell out of us until the Americans liberated us and was hailed them a hero. That's it.

@@WhiteAnims2 yeah I notice that too and it saddens me...

US Policies were devastating, especially from the Commonwealth Period, but I beg to differ that the country is still in a dire state after all the reforms, developments, and progress that the country has already and is still pursuing. The country that you're referring to and where I live has been relatively growing and prospering, now experiencing constant 6% growth that made it the 32nd largest economy in the world and still growing, where service and manufacturing sectors are now the main drivers of this economic growth. An economy slated to be a Trillion Dollar GDP by the 2030s (Standards and Poor Global) shows resolve and eagerness of the industries and economy of the country. There are laws from the Commonwealth Period that have just recently being reformed, such as the Commonwealth Act of 1936, and the Commonwealth Act of No.1, where its vague requirements for declaring Martial Law has led to the Martial Law Era of the county. The concerns with Muslim separatism is already improving, with the introduction of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019 that gave an autonomous parliament for Muslim-majority Mindanao region and all major Muslim separatist groups are now disarming and engaging in civilian public service. As for the "Dynasties" the US has a big part that made them alarmingly significant, but at the same time, after various republics, the country wouldn't try to embrace Parliamentarianism and a Federalist System, which is much more proper for the country, being a multi-ethnic and diverse country, where Christians, Muslims, Indigenous Group exist. There were calls for government change, from the Ramos Administration call for Federalism to Arroyo's Parliamentary Shift Efforts, and as recent as the Duterte's Federalism Initiaitive, and the 2022 Constitutional Convention under the current Marcos Jr. Admin

Manufacturing is absolutely not one of the main drivers of the economy of the Philippines. In fact, the Philippines has been long criticized by development experts for never creating a manufacturing sector. This is why the unemployment/underemployment rate has stayed steady at about 25% for about 50 years now. Job creation is a major weakness of an economy that skipped manufacturing, which the Philippines has. Actually, manufacturing was deemphasized more and more over the decades in favor of neoliberal development policy, which by nature deemphasizes manufacturing. The Philippines has had the lowest rate of industrialization in general in the entire region, excluding Laos and Cambodia. In fact, manufacturing has been so neglected that Viet Nam has now passed by the Philippines in manufacturing despite starting in a far poorer state. In the 1980s, Viet Nam was one of the three poorest countries in the world, but then grew rapidly due to export and now manufacturing, two things the Philippines has never done. The Philippines is a net *importer* of rice, for example, which is inexcusable. But not unexpected since there has never been land reform in the country either. The land reform policy created during the Aquino administration explicitly left loopholes that allowed major corporations to maintain their hold on land. This means that most farmers in the country are still effectively sharecroppers, stunting economic independence. The 6% growth rate is a bit of a red herring. It is almost entirely buoyed by the OFW program, first implemented by Marcos in 1972, but greatly expanded in subsequent administrations. This is a big part of why that 6% growth hasn’t led to job growth or significant poverty reduction. It’s because the growth isn’t coming from industry, it’s coming from remittances. That is why the underemployment rate stays steady at about 25% despite ostensible economic growth. I myself am actually in the review process for an academic paper on the comparative history of economic development policies in the Philippines and Viet Nam, so if you’re interested I can definitely talk about this more.

Federalism would just more firmly entrench local dynasties since it would give provinces more autonomy. The opposite needs to happen: the central government needs to be stronger and literally take land out of the hands of the dynasties.

I am actually not really a fan of the Bangsamoro policy. Autonomy in terms of law makes no real sense in what is supposed to be a cohesive nation. Rather, the better policy is to simply stop sending the military to commit mass murder against Lumads and Moros. Also, again, to implement better development policy to create more economic opportunities. The Bangsamoro region is literally the most poor part of the Philippines, and this is largely because of that chauvinism in government.

Also, as an aside, GDP means literally nothing for the average person. It’s actually quite an awful metric. What you really need to look at is wealth distribution, and in that regard the Philippines is pretty unequal. Its Gini coefficient for example, is around 41, which is really not good. What the GDP growth, the high underemployment rate, and Gini coefficient represent is the fact the that 6% growth per year mainly goes to the pockets of the dynastic families I mentioned before. In particular, that level of inequality combined with the fact that the country is only low-middle income (meaning baseline wages are very low) means that severe poverty is a major issue, leading to social development issues. The Philippines is a country that simultaneously has serious issues with stunting in children *and* diabetes in a certain much smaller demographic. Only a country with severe wealth distribution issues can have both of those things at once.

With European colonial atrocities in Africa and Asia at the time, the Fil-Am war was benign by comparison.

It was also a huge inspiration for the 2000s Iraq war. Think about that.

Jurard Fan. Nice.

Why is that though? There seems to be this idea that the Vietnam war was imperialistic. But it wasn't. The USA was there to help the South against the north. It was a civil war. Did the USA intend to set up some sort of presence there if the South had won? I don't know. Probably, until the government was able to govern effectively. But I imagine that the South would have wanted that. Do you feel the USA was wrong to get involved in Korea? Because I think that war has far more in common with Vietnam war than with the USA-Philipinne war. I am not saying the USA did not do awful things in Vietnam. I'm not sure they should have got involved. But, what about Korea? That was a very similar situation. And if the USA didn't get involved, it's likely the whole country would be under a regime like North Korea.

​@@peterwallis4288 we're talking about the similarities of the conflict, you're going off topic by talking about the Korean War, which was a war many allied nations including the Philippines fought in.

@@gamechanger8908 I'm just saying they are not similar in the way he seemed to suggest. Why would you think the Vietnam war was imperialistic? It was a completely different situation, one that was a lot more similar to the Korean War. I don't see what's off topic about saying that.

@@peterwallis4288 the Imperialist French still had lingering precense in Vietnam, and planned on reinstating colonial rule. The fact even if the US knew or not they were fighting on the side of imperialist against communist.

It was more like the Iraq War in the 2000s

Ah yes. In Heneral Luna, these were portrayed. Btw, do you put sugar on the rice cakes or just directly eat it?

Jacob “Howling Wilderness” Smith moments

Please George, can you share more about the Balangiga massacre? Thank you.

@@eliyahu1896 It was an event in 1901 when the townspeople of Balangiga setup a successful ambush/attack on an unsuspecting American garrison of 74 men. The US soldiers were having breakfast when they were attacked. The church bells were used as a signal for the attack which were later captured as war trophies. It was considered at that time as the worst defeat of the US army and in retaliation to that they burned towns and killed all males as young as 10 (any male who can carry a rifle or fight). The US did it on the entire island of Samar and not just the town of Balangiga, that is where the infamous "howling wilderness" line comes in. This is my very simple summary.

Thanks for the kind words and for sharing that info about your ancestors!

In my native Zamboanga City, you will find a place dedicated to him, Plaza Pershing. Incidentally, the first Filipino to die in American service in France during the WW 1, was from my City, Pvt. Tomas Claudio.

So the Philippines cost the US money to "control"? what about extorting the natural resources?🤷‍♂️

+1

We just meat shield and modern cheap labor sleeve

There were other reasons, most notably, that they refused to give Indonesia back to the Netherlands but they could not square that away by still keeping the Philippines.

It's heavily dependent on the specific local schools,as are the vast majority of things in the US. America is huge yo

In my school I didn't learn about this war(it was just vaguely mentioned) but that might have been because COVID shortened the schedule. We learned about slavery and other atrocities tho

There are only so many hours in a day. I love when someone yells "this isn't taught in schools!" Well, you have to pick and choose what you present.

I'm seeing a pattern that the colonized countries know more about these wars than the colonizers (USA, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands). There's probably guilt in teaching their citizens what they did to the natives.

@@TomCruz54321 Spain 🇪🇸 rule in PH 🇵🇭 is only briefly mentioned in Spanish 🇪🇸 curriculum

The Atrocities in Vietnam is nowhere near the Atrocities Filipino suffered from Americans. Because it's the Time of Colonialism. Vietnam war is very recent. The American people don't know what's happening in the Philippines, and news about it can be very much contained while In the Vietnam war the Media is very much improved.

​@@my_other_side473 nope atrocities that happened in Vietnam is far worse than what Happened in Philippines, agent orange is literally still devastating Vietnamese to this day. While atrocities in Philippines is bad, US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country, not to mention comparing what Spanish and Japanese literally makes Americans look less evil in nature

@@justamoogle5268 not really, yes agent orange is bad. But the war between the Philippines and the US, is a war of subjucation. Where US soldiers would shot you for just being Filipino that's why Almost a Million Filipino Died. While in Vietnam war the US is fighting the Government of North Vietnam, not the Vietnamese people as a Whole. When the US were fighting the Filipinos. They don't care if they wipe out the whole Filipino Race. With Concentration camps, torture etc.

@@my_other_side473 Vietnam war estimation of death is literally between 2M 4.5M with confirmed use of bioweapons and scourge earth tactics. Compare it to PH-US war with an estimation of 200k-1M with most of those deaths from wide spread famine and diseases

​@@justamoogle5268 "US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country" Ah, yes. Just to be clear - rebellion against who?

...also, this topic is very meaningful to me personally. Dude.

If anything, you are a filipino of convenience. A filipino when it suits you, an american for everything else.

@@HerrZenki Ah, the curse of bipatriotism

​​@@HerrZenki I've met several Fil-Ams who are proud of their distant homeland when the people succeed in anything, but when it involves hardship, problems, corruption. They would distant themselves like an angsty teenager acting like they don't know their parents who they feel is embarassing them.

@@gamechanger8908 Hence the "Filipino when convenient" monicker. If anything these so-called "filipino-americans" can't even be considered filipinos anymore as they are too far removed from the philippine cultural context itself.

Yeah

Learn more. Now, please check out these FACTS that are on the Web: "In 250 years of existence as a nation, the US has fought against 29 sovereign countries. (In Fact, since 1785, we have been involved, for 231 years, in some kind of war. And this wars, against all varieties of nations. From going against the Sultan of Morocco, to invading the tiny island of Grenada, 1983. Well, this means that in our entire history, we have only had 17 years of peace, and even fewer, cuz here the almost 5 years of our Civil War (Union/Confed 1861‒1865), are Not counted, since this war was not with another country, but against us. And the wars against the Native Nations of America either are not counted, for the same reason). Anyway: We fought against 29 countries. We have "Grown" 711 the size of our territory from the original 13 colonies. Our Economic, Political and Military development was established thanks to the Piracy, the Slavery, the Massacres, the Opium Trade or Cocaine Traffic, and the Weakness of many abused sovereign nations. We have provoked with total impunity, 12 Genocides and 9 Massacres, ‒inside and outside our own borders‒, and Assassinations of Gov’t. Leaders, Coups d'État and Economic Blockades in 6 UN member nations. Between 1947 and 1989, the US tried to change other nations gov’ts 73 times. It includes 66 covert Ops. And 7 overt ones. In Civil Wars: The US has taken advantage of and intervened without justification in the following Civil Wars: In Marquesas Island. (Massacre. 1813). US Forces seize Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia 1813), and establish here «The First US Naval Base», in the Pacific. This historical fact is important, cuz in 1813, the US had NO Territorial Land nor Maritime Rights in the Pacific Ocean, until 1848, when the US seized California and other Mexican territories facing the Pacific. In Haiti (1813 and 1901 and then 1915-1919-1934-2001). In the Philippines (Genocide. 1898-1902. One Million people death). In Hawaii (1889 and 1890-1893 and 1901). In Cuba (1898 and 1901-1902 and 1906 and 1913 and 1952 and again 1960). In Island of Samoa (1898-1899). In Colombia (1899-1902 and 1948). In Mexico (1836 and 1847, and 1859-1861 “Cortina Wars”. And 1875 “Las Cuevas War”. And 1886 and 1904 and 1914 and again in 1916-1917 “Pancho Villa”). In Russia (1918-1920). In the "Republic Banana Wars" of Central America. (Massacre. 1912-1934). In Dominican Republic. (1916-1924 and 1965-1966). In Honduras (1903 and 1912 and 1919 and 1924-1925 and again 2009). In Venezuela (1936 and 1945 and again in 1948). Military Coup in Peru (1948 and 1967). In China (1856-1859, and 1899-1901, and 1913 and 1933, and again in 1945-1946-1949). Military assistance to Chinese rebels in Taiwan (1951-1952). In Korea (1871 and 1950-1953). In Iran (1953). Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. (Massacre). In Vietnam (Massacre and Genocide. 1959-1975). In Albania (1949-1953 and 1955). In Panama (1856, and 1903, and 1964-1968, and again 1989). In Brazil (1950 and 1959 and 1964 and again in 2016). Coup and Intervention in Guatemala (1944, and 1954, and 1966, and again 1982-1985). Coup against Patrice Lumumba and Intervention in Republic of the Congo (Massacre. 1960-1961). Coup and subsequent Fascist regime in Greece (1967). The Hunting for Che Guevara, in Bolivia (1968). US Military assistance in the Coup in Bolivia (Copper Mining Co. 1971). The “Bombing of Laos” (1971-1973). Terror in Uruguay. Support for the regime of Juan María Bordaberry. (Genocide. 1973). Support for the regime of Moboth, in Zaire (Genocide. 1974). Attack on Cambodia (Kampuchea. 1975). Democratic Republic of the Congo “Simba Rebellion”. (Massacre. 1964-1967 and 1975). Entry of US Troops into Nicaragua (1928-1932 Augusto Sandino, and 1937 and 1972-1973, and 1983 and again 1995). Coup in Chile. Salvador Allende. (Genocide. 1973-1976). Argentina (1976-1986). Armed conflict between the Saharawi Arab Republic and between Morocco. (1976-2002). Support for the cannibal Jean-Bédel Bokassa, in Central African Republic. (Genocide. 1979). We, the US, assistance Saddam Hussein against Iran. (One Million deads in ten years. 1980-1990). Support and funding of the Khmer Rouge. (Genocide 1980). In Angola-Namibia. (Massacre. 1980-1981-1984). In Bosnia (1994-1995)... In Libya, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Jordania, in Kosovo, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Oman, Afghanistan, etc. And more: We have almost 800 Military Bases scattered around the world; 93 of which are against China. On the other hand, China and Korea (The "Axis of Evil"), in 1,000 years of history have NEVER invaded anyone. These nations have fought their Civil Wars, defended themselves against foreign invasions, and secured their immediate borders, but they have never been meddling or aggressor countries. China is a Nation of Peace. China does NOT Attack anyone. China does NOT Invade nor does it Steal territories of other sovereign nations. China does NOT Intervene in any neighboring nor distant country. China is not Imperialist nor Colonialist. Do you know how many Military Bases China or Korea have outside their territory? None. Zero. Any. NADA! They do not have a single Military Base. (The “Chinese Military Base” in Djibouti is actually a Guard Post, with three Artillery Frigates and Choppters to protect against the Somali Pirates. And the “Chinese Military Base” of Patagonia, in Argentina. Well, you don't need to be an expert in strategy here to understand that this is nonsense, unless you think that the Chinese intend to keep all the ice in Antarctica. The Chinese will NOT put a Military Base 7,500 miles from the objective: Washington D.C. So in Argentina there, it is, a Radar Station for the Chinese Space Program. These are verifiable facts). Neither China nor Korea will invade the world; We do... that's DONE, as we do in the Middle East. Iran also does not have a SINGLE MILITARY BASE outside its national territory, and it is surrounded by 16 US Bases, and it is we who call the Iranians Terrorists. We R the Terrorists. --And now, we have ANOTHER WAR on our doorstep, for trying to inaugurate another Military Base in the Ukraine... WHO CARES!!! "War is a Business".

@@salvadorvizcarra769 China doesn't steal territories of other sovereign nations? I dunno about that...

@@blackwater7183 Name one? Any? Tibet? LolL

@@cesarmontera2247 They always threaten and bully other nations, if it weren't for the other other nations they would definitely take them. Their claim in the Spratly islands for one. They bully Philippines fisherman even through they are in their economic zone. Hello, Taiwan? Do I need to say more? The only thing holding China back is it's scared of the other nations more powerful than itself.

@@cesarmontera2247 Preventing Taiwanese independence and the current West Philippine Sea issue. You're Welcome.

Yeah that's why I especially felt obligated to make it. Few Americans even know about it!

You’ve never been in the US. You are in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!

You’ll never come to the US because you’re too poor! Stay in Canada!

@@anonymoususer8895 How the heck do you assume that he's from Canada?

My dad is Filipino and he tells me stories about his grandpa. When the Japanese took over, he fought with the resistance against the Makapili, who were collaborators with the Japanese. His sister was a very beautiful woman, but her family forced her to cut her hair to pretend to be a man and act as her older brother if they neighbors got suspicious. When the Americans arrived, my brother fought alongside the Americans and saved eachothers' lives. Right after the war, he protected Japanese POWs who were brave enough to surrender from the angry townsfolk, many of wholm refused to fight during the occupation, from harm. I'm proud of that as he never mentioned killing anybody, and I hope he never had to. He was one of the lucky few that was recognized and given citizenship, and the rest of his family hopped on the boat to America when the dictator Marcos took over. My girlfriend is Japanese, but I know he wouldn't have a problem with it. A funny footnote about my family relating to the Filipino American war however is my family relation to the man who started the revolution against Spain. My dad's side of the family comes from the sister of Andres Bonifacio, the man who kickstarted the rebellion with the Katipunan. He was killed cartel machete-style by the power-hungry Aguinaldo as he was a much more capable leader, and he didn't want the people to side with him. A lot of Filipinos also turned on each other because of regionalist loyalty. They kind of got bit in the ass because their disunity killed many of their best generals and lost them the war against the Americans. You won't really find many Filipinos who have misgivings or resentment towards the Americans though because even those who are educated enough to have reason to do so would know that throughout history, we have shot ourselves in the foot and marinated it in saltwater.

My mom is Filipina and I get the feeling she does not know the history of her country at all (at least, not before WW2). I wish my grandparents were still alive today (and that we talked the same language) because I would love to hear their side of the story.

I bet she knows the war happened, its just a bit awkward to talk about the war because of how brutal it was, like saying "Your ancestors invaded and massacred our people". I had a conversation with my American boss about the war, I can tell he felt uncomfortable because of how much he doesn't know about it. Americans are mostly under the impression that they are morally superior, cultured, and on the side of good, but when you bring up this war, its like saying Americans did something terrible too.

Now you know why she's an ex.

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 actually it was more of how she was abusive towards me and broke me down I had to end it ,she broke my heart she took me to a bad place in my life .

Casualties are actually far higher. The US Department of Foreign Affairs listed the casualties as: American soldiers: 4K dead. Filipino soldiers: 16K dead. Filipino civilians: 200K to 800K dead. But Filipino historians say that it can run as high as 3 million. Last Spanish census listed 9 million inhabitants. First American census, 6 million inhabitants. That's just with the Spanish-held Luzon & Visayas regions. In the independent Mindanao regions, no one knows how many were killed. All I can say is that the Colt .45 1911 A1 was created to counter the Juramentados of Mindanao since the Army .38 Long Colt lacked the stopping power. And when Mindanao was pacified, settlers from Luzon and Visayas were given large tracks of land to settle there since Mindanao was depopulated. Anyway, the Christian settlers were happy since Mindanao were mostly muslims and it was considered no great loss.

There's one of the biggest American/Filipino cemetery in Manila and Iloilo. Those with missing loved ones in WW II should look for it. Your family members who fought in WW II might be there. They're being taken cared of.

Pretty much :(