Posted on 11/12/2017 4:45:49 AM PST by DFG
When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sits down for his first face-to-face bilateral meeting with President Trump on Monday in Manila, he will come to the table with an unusual request.
Duterte wants the United States to return war trophies seized more than 100 years ago: three historic church bells that were taken from the Philippine village of Balangiga after a bloody clash during the Philippine-American War.
In 1899, fighting broke out between U.S. troops and Filipino nationalists after Spain ceded control of the Philippines to the U.S. following Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War. The nationalists seized control of the main island in the Philippines and declared a republic, vowing not to succumb to American imperial rule. More than 200,000 Filipino civilians and 4,800 American troops died in the ensuing conflict, which formally ended in 1902 as the U.S. suppressed the uprising.
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Duterte seems to have conveniently forgotten the cost in American lives during World War II IN THE PHILIPPINES.
The guy is nuts.
Period.
Hey what if we give the Philippines back to Japan? Spoils of war and all that....
Or Spain???
We seized church bells? Return them. We should NEVER have taken items that belong to churches.
Now, if it was a mosque minaret. . .
Didn’t realize we were in a position to do that.
Non sequitur.
What will Duterte give us for the bells?
Let’s make a deal.
Wasn’t Duterte bad-mouthing Trump not that long ago?
And he takes back all his muslims.
By all means give them back their bells. Cheapest goodwill gesture in US history. Where are they?
Duterte just thinks he is still dealing with Obama/a Democrat. Since they are pretty insignificant, Trump may return them. It’s not like they are the Panama Canal or anything.
What will Duterte give us for the bells?
Let’s make a deal.
President Trump is good at making deals.
I say go for it!
IIRC Duterte likes Trump but totally disrespected obama
LOL
..need to remind him of the Bataan Death March—let it go...
Give him the bells but keep the clappers.
“Duterte to ask Trump...”
Most probably fake news, from the presstitudes, again.
“Give him the bells but keep the clappers.”
You want to cop some copper clappers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XerYcU1I1LI
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