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107: The Philippine-American War

History That Doesn't Suck

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Take Up the White Man's Blow

The south carolinian says that as a southerner, he understands exactly the burden rudyard kipling is describing. He asks if this is something the united states should undertake in the philippines particularly given the death and misery his new favorite poet says it will cause them. The senator then adds some of his own analysis specific to thephilippines. At what sacrifice will the american domination be placed over them? There is another verse of kipling. I have fallen in love with this man. He tells us what we will reap. Yes, death imperialism costs lives. And considering the will of the philippino people to fight, ben thinks the deadly cost of imposing more

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