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[–] cattarhero 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

Those that ignore history are destined to repeat it. Back when the US was running the Philippines they were having some trouble with some Moslems there. "Black Jack" Pershing (I don't think he was a general yet) was in charge of the US military there. His soldiers captured 50 of the Moslem "fighters", lined them up by a mass grave and executed 49 of them. Then they slaughtered a bunch of hogs and piled them on top of the dead bodies in the grave and covered them up. He let the 50th prisoner go, so that he could tell others what had happened. They didn't have any Moslem problems in the Philippines for over 50 years.

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[–] Sev_ 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Speaking of ignorance and history, you realize that this was in all likelihood made up by American media in the 1920's, a decade after the event supposedly happened, right?

There is not one single reputable period source that references it, nor does Pershing himself speak of it in his auto-biography (nor is it mentioned in any biography, or interview with his men at the time). Pershing himself was actually reported as being exceedingly careful with the Moros (the Muslim fighters in the Philippines) as he didn't want to incite any kind of religious uprising prior to the elections in 1912, even going so far as to write an open letter to them in 1911, expressing his sadness at having to engage them in combat at all.

Pershing is on record having written: "I am sorry these Moros are such fools, but ... I shall lose as few men and kill as few Moros as possible."

So, you know, before you chastise others for ignoring history, maybe look up some of it for yourself.

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[–] cattarhero 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

So, are you Sunni or Shiah?