Posted on 02/19/2016 10:13:09 PM PST by DogByte6RER
US Soldiers Pose with the Bodies of Moro (Muslim) Insurgents, Philippines; circa 1906
On March 7, 1906, US troops under the command of Major General Leonard Wood massacred as many as 1,000 Filipino Muslims, known as Moros, who were taking refuge at Bud Dajo, a volcanic crater on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
The First Battle of Bud Dajo, also known as the Bud Dajo Massacre, was a counter insurgency action fought by the United States Army against Moros in March 1906, during the Moro Rebellion phase of the Philippine - American War. After the United States revoked the Bates Treaty in March 1904, the Moros renewed their resistance to American authority. This took form of sporadic violence and refusal to pay taxes. The Governor of Moro Province, Major General Leonard Wood, had been unsuccessful in efforts to pacify the insurgents in Jolo Island. Consequently, Moro attacks became more frequent, and the insurgents came to believe that the Americans were too weak to stop them.
In response to rumors that the Americans planned to exterminate them, several hundred Moros, including women and children, moved to Bud Dajo, where legend held that spirits at the site would help warriors in times of need. Bud Dajo, the crater of an extinct volcano, is about six miles from the city of Jolo. Rising some 2,100 feet with steep, heavily jungled slopes, it was accessible only by three narrow paths. As such, it provided an easily defended position and was well stocked with provisions.
When negotiations between several friendly datus (chiefs) and hostile Moros failed to bring about the surrender of the insurgents, Wood commenced a campaign on March 5, 1906, to end the standoff at Bud Dajo. He sent U.S. and Philippine Constabulary troops under Colonel Joseph W. Duncan to put down the insurgents. Meanwhile, another attempt to negotiate ended in failure on March 6. As their artillery bombarded Bud Dajo to weaken resistance, the attackers hacked their way through the dense jungle and up the slope. On the evening of March 6, Duncan's men paused midway up the mountain and bivouacked for the night. In the darkness, Moro drums and chanting could be heard from the crate, while Moro snipers periodically fired at the troops.
The following day, the advance up the summit continued as American artillery fired ineffectively at the defenders. On March 7, while taking heavy casualties, many of the Moros feigned death and then attempted to ambush Duncan's forces when they neared the top of the mountain. The Americans troops then attacked the cottas (forts) and the other Moro positions, taking Bud Dajo on March 8. Once the outer rim has been secured, artillery and machine guns were employed. As Wood reported: "All the defenders were killed as near as could be counted."
In the battle, 18 Americans lost their lives, and another 52 were wounded. Wood estimated the number of enemy dead at 600, including women and children, although some estimates ran as high as 900. Corpses were piled five deep, and many of the bodies were wounded multiple times. Only seven were captured, three women and four children. Eighteen men escaped from the mountain, and it is possible this number could have been double. Wood censored the telegrams from Jolo describing the casualties.
Although U.S. authorities considered the Battle of Bud Dajo to be a significant victory and commended Wood for his actions, some in the U.S. press viewed it a little more than a massacre, particularly given the deaths of so many noncombatants. Moro practice was for warriors to take their wives and children with them, but some in the press said that Wood should merely laid siege to the mountain. Wood's friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, sent him a congratulatory telegram, and Secretary of War William Howard Taft also approved.
In response to criticism, Wood's explanation of the high number of women and children killed stated that the women of Bud Dajo dressed as men and joined in the combat, and that the men used children as living shields. A second explanation was given by the Governor-General of the Philippines, Henry Clay Ide, who reported that the women and children were collateral damage, having been killed during the artillery barrages. These conflicting explanations of the high number of women and child casualties brought accusations of a cover-up, adding to the criticism.
The controversy soon died down, as local datus and the sultan of Sulu, religious leader of the region, believed that the action at Bud Dajo would bring about long-term stability. Unfortunately, Moro resistance continued, leading to another Bud Dajo Campaign in 1911 and the Battle of Bud Bagsak in June 1913.
I've wondered about the veracity of this General Pershing jpeg/meme that seemed to be going around about a decade ago ...
Related FR posting:
How General Pershing dealt with Islamic Terrorists
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/542412/posts
Apparently ... even over a century ago the New York Times was insinuating that US Armed Forces were “baby killers”:
A NATION CHALLENGED: THE PHILIPPINES; Echoes of an Era: Pershing Was Here
“Civilize them with a Krag.”
Arthur MacArthur Gov. Gen. in the Philippines
Philippine–American War[edit] Wikipedia
He led the 2nd Division of Eighth Corps during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Manila (1899), the Malolos campaign and the Northern Offensive. When the American occupation of the Philippines turned from conventional battles to guerrilla warfare, MacArthur commanded the Department of Northern Luzon. In January 1900, he was appointed Brigadier General in the Regular Army and was appointed military governor of the Philippines with command of Eighth Corps, replacing General Elwell S. Otis.
He authorized the expedition, under General Frederick Funston, that resulted in the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. MacArthur persuaded the captured Aguinaldo to cease fighting and to swear allegiance to the United States. He was promoted to major general in the Regular Army on February 5, 1901.
After the war, President William McKinley named him Military Governor of the Philippines, but the following year, William Howard Taft was appointed as Civilian Governor. Taft and MacArthur clashed frequently. So severe were his difficulties with Taft over U.S. military actions in the war that MacArthur was eventually relieved and transferred to command the Department of the Pacific, where he was promoted to lieutenant general.
Turkish Muslims slaughtered several millions of their own Amerian citizens, expelled millions of Greeks and killed several hundred thousands in the early 20th century.
Nobody cares today, because Muslims can do no wrong in Obola’s eyes.
Bkmrk.
The USA used to fight enemies until they were all dead or absolutely crushed, and we occupied countries - for decades at a time if necessary. We felt our culture was superior, and weren’t afraid to promote our values.
None of those are true or possible now - its why the USA should not invade places like Iraq, and why we can’t win there.
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Heh ... related and breaking, on MSNBC (so I cannot verify the veracity):
“Trump hails torture, mass killings with ‘pigs blood’ ammo in SC”
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-hails-torture-mass-killings-pigs-blood-ammo-sc
My maternal grandfather was in the P.I. for the Insurrection. Named a son after General Lawton.
And the Turks, despite to this day trying to deny they did— slaughtered almost a million Armenians, Christians and Jews, and took their property. Sometime, talk to the Armenian community here in America and learn from their family history who survived and how.
The islamofascists have been carrying on this murderous jihad ever since mo ham- head gave them the OK and provided fake scripture to support whatever he wanted to do. These are not “high civilization” they are medieval, feudal barbarians. And they don’t care what you believe or don’t believe. All are infidels to be slaughtered.
Something tells me, they wouldn't have to rinse and repeat too many times, before the word got out.
The soaking in pigs’ blood method is no longer a deterrent. The jihadist leaders tell their followers that as long as they don’t desire anything related to pork themselves, they won’t be committing a sin.
Something tells me, they wouldn't have to rinse and repeat too many times, before the word got out.
Oh yes, it wouldn't take long to get the word out but the repetition would strike fear in their hearts globally. . . and stop them in their tracks. Would take a real leader to institute. . and follow through when the libs go nuts.
>>>The soaking in pigs’ blood method is no longer a deterrent. The jihadist leaders tell their followers that as long as they don’t desire anything related to pork themselves, they won’t be committing a sin<<<
Starve them until they beg for a BLT slathered in non Halal Mayonaise.
And the libtards WOULD go nuts, because they are nuts.
I just wonder where all these bad guys can hide on Jolo Island? The whole island is only 335 square miles. Davao City, is nearly three times bigger than Jolo Island.
That’s absolutely true. Noticed yesterday that Obama supported Turkey’s “right” to slaughter Kurds framing it as self-defense. Of course the invasion, occupation and expulsion of 200,000 from Cyprus is never an issue either. From time to time, I encountered Turks on Twitter denouncing Israel but were dumbfounded when I turned it around to Turkey’s holocaust that inspired Hitler, their occupation of Cyprus, of Armenian land, of Constantinople, etc.
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