https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56 What thoughts came to mind as you read about U.S. involvement in the Philippines? What questions do you have? Share your reaction here. en-us 2017-04-04 01:07:30 UTC 2018-04-25 13:49:29 UTC hello@padlet.com korfb https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249203511 As I was reading about U.S. involvement in the Philippines I was really surprised by how awful the Americans were to the Filipinos.]]> 2018-04-06 13:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249203511 scherere https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249212421 As I read about this, I thought that the Americans were being very harsh towards the Filipinos. I was also surprised that I found more evidence that said the American soldiers thought of the Filipinos as less than human.]]> 2018-04-06 13:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249212421 killorani https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249242070 I understand that we thought of the Filipinos as less than human but why did that lead to the merciless slaughter of them? I was really surprised by the fact that they even tortured the FIlipinos who helped them.]]> 2018-04-06 14:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249242070 fanshaws https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249248930 As I read this it's pretty obvious that the soldiers and anyone that was fighting across seas really thought of them as less human. What right did we have in slaughtering them? ]]> 2018-04-06 14:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249248930 uhlmanne https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249248962 Thoughts that I had about the U.S. involvement was how they thought the Filipinos were less than human. They came into towns and started shooting and torturing innocent people. An order they got was to kill everyone in the town because one of their men was killed. This shows that they simplest thing angered them. I still want to know: how did FIlipinos react to this? Did they hide? Fight?]]> 2018-04-06 14:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249248962 vigneaultn https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249249771 I think that the U.S took over Cuba and The Philippines because they were strong enough countries to defend themselves. I was surprised to find out that they tortured and killed even those who helped them. ]]> 2018-04-06 14:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249249771 canom21 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249252455 The U.S. took over Philippines and controlled it in the worst way. They killed everyone, innocent and not. Age didn't matter, sex didn't matter, nothing mattered to the American soldiers that enjoyed killing these poor filipino natives. I thought, how could Americans be so inconsiderate and crazy to be excited to kill people, that's just messed up.]]> 2018-04-06 14:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249252455 tovard https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249253943 2018-04-06 14:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249253943 cronef https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249274816 For me it seems like the soldiers did act on orders, but many of the documents seemed to show that they were just torturing citizens for no reason, not even to get information out of them, just for the fun of it.]]> 2018-04-06 15:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249274816 abramsonw https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249274846 I thought that the stories told by the soldiers, made it seem like they had beaten up and killed the natives on purpose and that they had almost felt enjoyment from it, because the orders they were given, were very unclear. But I feel that it was good we had taken over the Philippines because we were able to sell and receive things from the opposite side of the world. But it really was a bad thing that the soldiers had done to the natives. ]]> 2018-04-06 15:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249274846 petersh2 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275097 I was shocked how the american soldiers treated the filipinos and what they did even tho they said that they were following orders even tho i think they were pretty harsh. 

]]> 2018-04-06 15:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275097 smithe27 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275163 I think the US was abrasive and hostile. We used helping people become civilized as a mask for us destroying nations taking peoples lives and ridiculing their cultures. We were manipulative and greedy when it came to buying out the Philippines and not giving them the freedom they deserved. ]]> 2018-04-06 15:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275163 obrienh1 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275198 The people causing all the mayhem were the generals. The soldiers were only following orders, however, the U.S punishment could've been more sincere and less forceful. We were only using the Philippines for a gateway into China, we don't need to do that by killing thousands of helpless citizens.]]> 2018-04-06 15:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275198 muellerb https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275272 I think the US was mean to the Filipinos by treating them like they were immature children. I see that as quite racist. I didn't like that they even did that in the first place.]]> 2018-04-06 15:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275272 kopeckyk https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275538  I was surprised because the United States took control of the Philippians and controlled it in the worst way they could. They killed many people including men, women, and even children. I feel that they were and weren't following orders while killing others. The documents that we read didn't really tell me that they were following orders, but I feel like if I kept reading it would tell me more.]]> 2018-04-06 15:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275538 carollok https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275736 It was horrifying to read about people being shot and burned for absolutely no reason in the Philippines. We were all ready going into the country for selfish reasons and to kill thousands of their citizens makes it even worse. My question is who (government or people) ran the Filipino army?

]]> 2018-04-06 15:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249275736 cushmand https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276690 While reading these documents, I was shocked to read about the terrifying experiences that soldiers watched and forced upon many innocent people. These actions of American soldiers caught my eye and I thought about how similar this is to other nations in the past, like Germany holding prejudices towards many groups and religions. My question is, why didn't Filipinos fight back?]]> 2018-04-06 15:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276690 gunninkr https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276738 After reading these articles, I think that the way the American soldiers treated the Filipinos is terrible. From the articles, I couldn't really see anything the Filipinos had done wrong, but the Americans still treated them terribly and thought the Filipinos were much lesser than themselves. One question I have is what led the Americans to do these terrible things?]]> 2018-04-06 15:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276738 faderr https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276844 My thoughts are like most people's who read this. These are terrible things that our country did to people only about 100 years ago. It reminds me of what we did to the Native Americans who were here before us. Also, terrible things that we had no right to do to people who were there before us. The absolute atrocities that we committed against these people. Whether it be orders or thinking the people are non-human, these people are being killed with no remorse at all. Why didn't they try to stop it? or do anything about it?]]> 2018-04-06 15:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249276844 zahnt https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249277979 What comes to mind when I look at these documents is the tragedies that we blame other countries for and our country has just as bad in the past. It also reminds me of what the United States did to African Americans enslaving them into labor. I can most relate this to what the U.S. did to Native Americans; killing them, displacing them, and taking their homelands for themselves. When the U.S. stop being greedy? ]]> 2018-04-06 15:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249277979 ushert https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249281819 Reading these documents taught me how cruel we were in the past. Many of these innocent people were shot down with no remorse. This first showed me that the soldiers were relentless. Most of the acts I read about in the primary documents seemed unnecessary and knowing that many lives were taken out of vicious and over-the-top acts of violence makes me disappointed with my country.]]> 2018-04-06 16:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249281819 bazeleyd https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249284660 The Filipinos and the Iraq prisoners were treated horribly. Both were also beaten or killed for no reason

]]> 2018-04-06 16:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249284660 pelotn https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249284900 while i was reading I was shocked that people can actually live with themselves after doing what they did to the filipinos or even what they were doing at home(US) to people just by the fact that they did not like that they were different. i can infer that they felt superior which i believe that that is the wrong mindset to have going into trade with other countries. ]]> 2018-04-06 16:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249284900 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249286178 When I was reading this I was really surprised at how the Americans treated the Filipinos. The U.S controlled the Filipinos and killed so many people including men, women, and children.  ]]> 2018-04-06 16:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249286178 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249286695 When I was reading this I ]]> 2018-04-06 16:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/249286695 dennisg2 https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/255229885 2018-04-25 13:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cwiegman1/htc93bvwos56/wish/255229885