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2003-03-19 Fifth Column

Left predicting doom and gloom for liberated Iraqis

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Posted by becky 2003-03-19 07:00 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, the actions of the United States in 1900 portend the results of the Liberation of Iraq over a century later? BTW, it was a MOSLEM guerrilla force that rose up, and after some effort was destroyed.

Posted by Chuck 2003-03-19 09:57:57|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-03-19 09:57:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Right-o. They're pre-emptively covering their ass, which means they actually do grasp the concept of "pre-emption", and are just hyper-selective in WHO is allow to perform it.

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-19 12:18:56|| 2003-03-19 12:18:56|| Front Page Top

#3
Not exactly, Chuck. The Moslems came a bit later. There were quite a few factions and political entities, beginning with the revolutionary government--"the Malolos Republic"--lead by Emilio Aguinaldo, and made up largely of the leaders spearheading the main independence movement. These were the forces that were finished "early," after Aguinaldo's capture in 1901. The Moslem fighters managed to keep fighting until about 1913.

Posted by AW 2003-03-19 12:24:01|| 2003-03-19 12:24:01|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the important bit about the Phillipines action was that after cleaning things up the US set forth a plan to grant independence (a move I doubt the Europeans would have considered). The Japanese stepped in and took over the islands and the Filipinos helped the US because they knew the offer of independence was real.

Posted by Yank 2003-03-19 14:20:54|| 2003-03-19 14:20:54|| Front Page Top

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