[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Exactly what has come to pass.

[sparklite2]

He understood that Russia was determined to dominate the world

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They were. What he didn’t foresee was that the greatest threat to L, L, and the POH would come from inside the US, not outside. Turns out that communism is just a destination, and different forms of democratic government are different rates of speed in the race for freedom’s obliteration.

The reset button may be too bloody a remedy for modern souls, but the God of the Copybook Headings will eventually be heeded.

[buwaya]

Romulo had quite a career.
He was President Manuel Quezons PR man (first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, and the leading politician of the 1920s-30s). Later he was a PR asset for the US government, being ubiquitous as the US proxy vote at dozens of international conferences. He was mentioned or quoted every week at least, in the 1940s-60s, but was probably more valuable for his fantastic networking skills, the sort of fellow whom you could ask to go have a quiet talk with someone about to do something imprudent. He knew everyone, and everyone knew him.
Overall he was one of the postwar good guys, a reliable upholder of the Pax Americana. Not well known in the US these days and like pretty much everything Filipino, generally ignored.

[LoneStar42]

And now it’s taught in schools.

[mosesdapoet]

The Phillipines were scheduled to gain their independence from US in 1944. Prior to the Japanese attack he served under MacArthur who was organizing the Army of the Phillipines. I think he served as President of the Phillipines.