> In 1899.. compelled to defend ourselves against.. Filipinos, who “assailed our sovereignty”.. #PresidentMcKinley announced angrily... The Filipinos were not fighting for independence, but “to control the #Philippines so they could loot them,” #GeneralOtis told Congress, while the #NewYorkTimes applauded his resort to force after the natives rejected “our kindness and indulgence”; the Times also commended Colonel Jacob Smith for using the brutal tactics of the #IndianWars.. #TurningTheTide