bsmall2Balangiga the My Lai of 1901
> Until this episode, many Americans had believed that their soldiers were different from others, operating on a higher moral plane because their cause was good. After Balangiga, however, a flood of revelations forced them out of their innocence. Newspaper reporters sought out returned veterans and from their accounts learned that American soldiers in the Philippines had resorted to all manner of torture.
https://libcom.org/article/us-conquest-philippines-1898-1902
#StephenKinzer #BalangigaMassacre
> Until this episode, many Americans had believed that their soldiers were different from others, operating on a higher moral plane because their cause was good. After Balangiga, however, a flood of revelations forced them out of their innocence. Newspaper reporters sought out returned veterans and from their accounts learned that American soldiers in the Philippines had resorted to all manner of torture.
https://libcom.org/article/us-conquest-philippines-1898-1902
#StephenKinzer #BalangigaMassacre
