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2004-08-11 Southeast Asia

Philippines bracing for reduced or delayed US aid after Iraq row

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Posted by Zenster 2004-08-11 1:35:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "... its former colony" Actually you AFP francophone ass clowns it was Spain's former colony It is a former US protectorate. Having been freed like Cuba and, Perto Rico after Wiliams Randolph Hurst started a war single handedly. Some much to the "Media" and why we should trust them never. Maybe Spain another country of cowards will pick up the slack, infact I insist they do. They are the ones who looted the Philippines and left it a world class shit hole in the first place.

Posted by FlameBait93268 2004-08-11 03:14|| 2004-08-11 03:14|| Front Page Top

#2 It was also Spanish administration that pulled all the islands into an easy to conceptualize single entity to be called the Philippines. The southern Muslim islanders where therefore incorporated into a single governorship by the same European whim upon which the borders of modern African nations were drawn. Of course that's never been the source of modern problems either. No, never, nada.

Posted by Don 2004-08-11 08:45|| 2004-08-11 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 And you can add the entire Middle East - same Euro game. Borders diddled about by Brits and French over tea or cocktails on napkins. There are no "legitimate" borders. Everything is artificial except the people who share some sort of identity. IMHO, the core source of the intractable problems of humanity is this "need" for identity.

Posted by .com 2004-08-11 09:10|| 2004-08-11 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Eh, the Spanish invaded the Moslem regions not because they wanted more territory, but because they wanted to stop THE biggest problem afflicting the colony, Muslim piracy and slave-raiding. The bulk of the colonial budget went into defensive measures vs the "Moros" as they were called.
Nothing has changed, really. Most of the Philippine armed forces these days is devoted to fighting or checkmating Muslim rebels.

Posted by buwaya">buwaya 2004-08-11 12:37|| 2004-08-11 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 There are no "legitimate" borders. Everything is artificial except the people who share some sort of identity. IMHO, the core source of the intractable problems of humanity is this "need" for identity.

Yellow Knife will soon be free!

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-11 15:08|| 2004-08-11 15:08|| Front Page Top

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