https://www.nedmacario.us/7a8ad7e2-028c-4c89-91c9-9ce23c9c0022
“**WE NEGLECTED THE PHILIPPINES.” – the answer Fermin Jaudenes the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines gave during his court-martial hearing on the question why the once mighty Spanish Empire was lost.
This is exactly what the U.S. did in 1934 when the Philippines was first abandoned at the height of the Great Depression. There was no referendum asking the Filipino people or the American people if we wanted “the path to independence” that is the Commonwealth.
The abandonment of the Philippine territory did not escape Sir Winston Churchill who warned that “the national duty, dignity and honour of the United States are at stake.”
After suffering over 64,000 U.S. casualties in the liberation of the Philippines in WWII, instead of helping its own territory recover as it did Japan, again the Philippines was abandoned with the Rescission Act of 1946 signed by Pres. Truman on Feb. 18, 1946.
Of the 66 nations who fought with the U.S. in WWII, only the Filipinos were denied military benefits per the Rescission Act of (Feb.) 1946.
However two days later Pres. Truman issued 38 Statement saying that Filipino veterans are in fact U.S. nationals until July 4, 1946 when independence was to be granted.
https://www.nedmacario.us/2016/06/25/pres-harry-s-truman-statement-concerning-provisions-in-bill-affecting-philippine-army-veterans-feb-20-1946/
https://www.trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=1480&st=&st1=
Then came the Treaty of Manila that prematurely and irresponsibly granted dependent-independence to the former U.S. territory. It was ratified by the U.S. Senate on 22 Oct. 1946.
Let us see what happens on Dec. 21, 2016. Is this the last call?
