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Originally Posted by dalakhani
The phillipino economy is actually going into a really good phase-and its not US support that is the catalyst but rather korean mostly.
What the US did with Marcos there was criminal.
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No it wasn't.
The Phillipines was in grave danger of being forcibly taken over by murderous communists. We did what was necessary to prevent that from happening ... and when that threat subsided ... we helped The Phillipines to become a democracy.
We employed similar startegies in South Korea, Taiwan, El Salvador, Chile, and Nicaragua ... fighting the greater evil first ... then resolving the lesser evil second.
Again, don't confuse strategies with objectives.
Back to the original question ... any other nitpicks in that list of 44 countries whom we've helped with our lives and our wealth?