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In the Philippines the fighting didn't stop with the

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spanish-american war after the Treaty of Paris put this Pacific island chain in [Uncle Sam sitting on a bench and Pacific Island appears in chains]

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America's lap things continued to be complicated

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after all sitting in a stranger's lab has always been a little weird in the [Man sits on Santas lap]

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u.s. there was furious debate going on about what to do with the Philippines

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some people argued that the state didn't really have the right to be there they [Men arguing]

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said hey why don't we let the Filipinos rule themselves and go on their merry

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uncolonized way on the other side of the aisle the folks rooting for American

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imperialism push for the u.s. to annex the country and do what the Spanish did

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but better really it's for the Filipinos own good they said after all they aren't

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white or American so they're clearly incapable of governing their own country [US and Philipino men standing side by side]

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right yep racism strikes again of course all the racists weren't just on one side

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of the aisle oh it's nice to hear they weren't excluded right well some were

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anti-imperialists that thought the filipinos might one day be allowed to [Man protesting to vote for him]

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participate in American government if the u.s. conquered them which apparently

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was a bad thing the business minded people also got in on the debate some

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argued that the best thing to do was keep the Philippines firmly in America's [Man puts Philippine flag into pocket]

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pocket the island chain was a great new market for the US products after all and

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if we didn't continue controlling them well somebody else would snatch away the

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opportunity from us maybe turn them into communist or something god forbid while [Stalin places communist hat on philippine]

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all this debate was gone on the Philippines decided to make the decision

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for the US by launching a rebellion apparently they weren't very interested [Man protesting to free philippines]

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in just switching out the Imperial flag flying on their Island a man named

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Emilio Aguinaldo led the country in a rebellion that became an all-out war it

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ended up costing three years and 20,000 Filipino lives both sides got nasty with [Filipino soldiers dying by lake]

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pointing at torture and atrocities to go eventually the Outland in Afghan [Aguinaldo and Uncle Sam fighting]

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Filipinos admitted defeat as part of a campaign called the policy of attraction

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the US government appealed the Filipino elites by promising economic development [Uncle Sam hands over cash to Aguinaldo]

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and a decent amount of self-rule and while over the years the u.s. gradually

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loosened the reins until the Philippines was finally granted independence in 1946

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at long last it was out of Uncle Sam's lap which was way less awkward for [Philippine flag jumps out of Uncle Sams lap]

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everyone

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