#5 Maybe cause there are a lot of muzzies.
You see, the Spanish lied that they own the Philippines when they gave it up to the US around the time of the turn of the last century. The Spanish managed the northern part, but only sorta flew the flag in the southern part. More to keep the other colonial powers away more than any real exercise of control over the locals. The people in Washington, not being aware of that point, thought they were getting something that was an integral entity of the treaty package. So when the muzzies objected to the Americans acting like they now really owned the place, the muzzies down south acted up. Tie that in with the fact the muzzies were actively engaged in slave trading as big commerce and the Americans were still on a crusade against slavery [post Civil War], resulted in a really messy quagmire(tm); tribes, burnt villages, dead civilians. However, the end result was that the Americans nailed the south down pretty well through military action. It did not set about to integrate the cultural differences that existed between the north and south that existed before the war. Of course, America unloaded the Philippines less than fifty years later, without that little issue really resolved. We've seen how friendly they are together as in Lebanon when the population ratio is close enough for them to force the issue of putting the infidel in his place.
For the north, they really don't have the military capacity to impose their will. So, its either try to negotiate [and we know how well that works] or cut them lose [which most countries are loath to do] or continue to muddle on hoping that either (a) they are able to convince the locals that union is better [with Christian corrupt pols and crooks running things] in the long run or (b) their own program of resettlement and displacement is able to marginalize the original locals [sorta like the American West]. |
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged communist rebels to accept the government's new amnesty program or face military defeat, according to a copy of a speech released Thursday. Arroyo said the guerrillas have posed a low-level threat for years,