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In the early hours of Sunday June 12, 2016 a ‘radicalized’ gunman massacred 50 at the Orlando, Fl gay club and wounded 53 others in the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S.

This is my comment on the Council on Foreign Relations’ question: “Why do mass shootings occur more frequently in the United States than other major democracies?”

Council on Foreign Relations Why do mass shootings occur more frequently in the United States than other major democracies?https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/posts/10153430432042030

The U.S. is a melting pot where various sometimes conflicting cultures and beliefs are FORCED to integrate. The county office where the San Bernardino shooting happened, held a job fair in the morning. In the afternoon it became the office Christmas party. Those who worked in the office but do not celebrate Christmas were also invited. In fact there were reports that the shooter had an argument with a non-Christian co-worker about two weeks before the shooting.

You cannot have all the cultures in the world mixed up in one place and not run the risk of having these debates and clashes, violent or otherwise.   It’s like having a one-party system in a country with people from all over the world and expecting to please everybody. Would it be too much of a stretch to say it’s like having cats and dogs placed in one cage?

Switzerland while it has many gun owners is a homogeneous society and it’s been that way for hundreds of years. The U.S. established in 1776, is made up of immigrants from so many different countries.  The U.S. has a history of less than a hundred years of as a nation of immigrants from all over the world. For instance, Laotians, Cambodians and Vietnamese didn’t immigrate to the U.S. until after April 1975. 

So it now appears the Obama administration is doing a social experiment but could not be held accountable for its unintended consequences. Would there be so many victims if the gay club employed armed security or had armed employees?

The support the LGBTI got from the administration and politicians gave the community a false sense of security. Official recognition was interpreted to mean the idea is accepted by everyone even those who were born and raised opposed to the trend. Politicians should be held accountable for this. 

On Sept. 23, 1957 when the City of Little Rock, AR complied with the Supreme Court ruling that school boards desegregate (stop separating the races) as quickly as possible, upon the Mayor’s request, Pres. Eisenhower provided ARMED federalized National Guards to escort the Little Rock Nine, African-American high school students who transferred to an all-white Central High School. The photo of  young African-Americans entering the school escorted by ARMED soldiers was etched in my mind.On September 23, 1957 the Little Rock Nine were eventually escorted into Central High by the federalized the Arkansas National Guard. A mob of several thousand white segregationists had gathered at the school to stop the children from entering.  The following morning, more than one thousand soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division accompanied the Little Rock Nine into Central High.

May 30, 2016

“For me the biggest shock is finding out that there never was any Liberation Day Parade or celebration whatsoever in the Philippines since the war ended, while Guam had its 68th Liberation Day Parade last July 21, 2012!”

On Feb. 10, 1945 elements of the 148th Regiment 37th Div. approached the Paco railroad station defended by a contingent of 300 Japanese soldiers. Pvt. Cleto Rodriguez and PFC John Reese, Jr. of the “We’ll Do It” regiment came to within 60 yards of the station and engaged the 300 Japanese soldiers killing at least 82 and wounding many more. They ran out of ammunition and went back to their own lines.

Without covering fire, on their way back to their lines PFC John Reese, Jr. were killed by the Japanese. Later the station capitulated. For their actions Cleto Rodriguez and John Reese, Jr. (posthumously) were awarded the Medal of Honor.

So honor could be given after the death of the recipient. I do not see any reason why Filipino quislings and murderers could not be tried and convicted posthumously either. On top of the list is Manuel A. Roxas, Cory Aquino, among many, many others including those who were accessories after the fact.

On January 31, 1945 the 188th GIR landed on Nasugbu, while the 511th PIR 11th Airborne Division, commanded by Gen. Joseph Swing, was dropped on Tagaytay Ridge on February 3, 1945. They were the ones who liberated my home town, Las Piñas on Feb. 4, 1945, and on the same day reached the south side of Paranaque River bridge by 9 PM.

Private Elmer Fryar, Medal of Honor (MOH), died in Leyte on December 8, 1944, while another MOH recipient, PFC Manuel Perez Jr., died charging the pillboxes on Ft. McKinley in the suburbs of Manila on Feb. 13, 1945.

For me the biggest shock is finding out that there never was any Liberation Day Parade or celebration whatsoever in the Philippines since the war ended, while Guam had its 68th Liberation Day Parade last July 21, 2012!

On the 8th Row, 1st Column, you see Rod Serling, screenwriter, novelist, TV producer, best known as the narrator of the TV series Twilight Zone.

Imagine pro-Japanese traitors ending up as the leaders of that country after WWII. But in the Philippines, it’s the grandchildren of traitor-oligarchs–Aquino III and Roxas II–who are the top dogs of the country!

I am convinced Rod Serling got the Twilight Zone stories from the Philippines. What happened to the Philippines after WWII is straight from the scripts of that series.

From: History – Veterans Day 2012; 11th Airborne 511th PIR & Rod Serling

(Bienvenido Macario, USA)  Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 6:21 AM

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This is the link of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 11th Airborne http://users.owt.com/leodonna/KIA-511th-WWII.htm  commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing. They were the ones who liberated Las Piñas on Feb. 4, 1945.  The 188th Glider Infantry Regiment has already landed in Nasugbu on Jan. 31, 1945.

Gen. Swing objected to a drop on Tagaytay Ridge unless his men could be supported by other units nearby. The 511th PIR made the jump on Feb. 3, 1945

Perhaps he didn’t want a repeat of the failed “Operation: Market Garden”. And sure enough on the night of Feb. 4, 1945, the Japanese launched a “Banzai attack” in Las Piñas. However the suicide attack fell on the recently released Filipino political prisoners from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, Rizal. Weak and famished, the political prisoners were making their way back to Manila and decided to spend the night at the public market. No U.S. soldier was killed in the attack.

Their entry was preceded by a very accurate artillery barrage on what is now the Central Elementary School which the Japanese used as a garrison. Not a shell fell outside the garrison’s perimeter.

In the early morning following the artillery barrage, Mrs. Cristobal was roused from her sleep by the incessant barking of dogs squabbling over a “big piece of bone.” It turned out to be a severed leg of a Japanese soldier one of the dogs found. The Japanese Army unit had already left Las Piñas.

At around 3pm elements of the 511th PIR began entering the town of Las Piñas from the south. Here’s a pop quiz: “How did the lead elements of the 511th PIR knew that it was safe to enter the town proper of Las Piñas?”

The local guerrilla leader Florencio Aldana on horseback, rode up to the south end of the town carrying an American flag and met the advancing elements of the 511th PIR.

The first encounter with the Japanese sailors defending Nichols (Genko Line)  was at the southern foot of the Paranaque Bridge. Japanese fired from the northeast side of the bridge in a village called Ibayo, Three GI’s were killed or wounded. Those who were wounded were brought to the rear i.e. back to Las Piñas Church which was then converted into a medical station.