hey tanso did you see this pbs show on the pinas? i missed this one



http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/philippines/timeline.html

Introduction: Behind the Headlines

After September 11, the Bush administration responded forcefully to
help the Philippines combat its homegrown "terrorists" -- the Muslim
separatists who have turned the island of Mindanao into a battleground
and have pledged to fight Americans. This is hardly the first time the
Philippine government has confronted a rebel group within its own
borders. Nor is it the first time the United States has become deeply
involved in a bloody conflict in the nation. Follow the trail backward
to understand how these two countries have become linked in a violent
fight against insurgencies -- again.

Filipino poet Maria Fatima Lim once described her homeland as a nation
of people shouting at each other. With more than 84.5 million people
speaking more than 100 languages, the Philippines is anything but
quiet. Its people are spread across a vast archipelago of 7,100 islands
and live in environments that range from jungle villages to
overcrowded, media-saturated cities. Filipino culture is a swirl of
Roman Catholicism (with Muslim and tribal minorities), American pop
culture, hyperactive commerce and seemingly unquenchable peasant
rebellions.

Holding together such a sprawling, contradictory society has never been
easy. The United States knows this as well as anyone. At the end of the
19th century, it claimed the Philippines as a colony and fought a
guerilla war against Filipino rebels. The ensuing history of the
Philippines -- its shaky democracy, its armed insurrections and its
ongoing economic troubles -- has been marked by a recurring U.S.
military presence and political influence. As a new century begins, the
United States is still deeply involved in the Philippines -- and the
stakes are higher than ever.

NEXT - 1898-1933: America's Colony

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