Comments by "AQuietNight" (@AQuietNight) on "How The US Stole The Philippines" video.

  1.  @sleezy3331  I was amused he used a soap advertisement about the white man's burden but he neglects to mention that thinking usually came from the Democrat Party. The Party has had a storied past in making enemies out of parts of the population for political gain. As I had mentioned elsewhere the Philippines was never really seen as a future part of the United States and the country was set on a path for independence not long after it came under U.S. control.
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  2. The Philippines couldn't settle on a leader so they started fighting each other. This occurred in Korea right after World War 2 after they became independent of Japan in 1945.
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  3. This was a political document/video, not history.
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  4. You had political games going on between factions. The U.S. gave Cuba independence in 1902 and you can see how the history worked out for Cubans.
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  5. The Philippines was set to be independent in 1936. Independence was pushed back because of Japanese aggression in Asia. The Japanese had nothing to do with Philippines independence.
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  6. The Philippines was never considered a part of the United States but actually was a sort of trusteeship with independence in the near future (1936). The same for the rest. Puerto Rico is not a state because it was seen as going independent like Cuba did.
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