America owned the philippines <:pinothink:401744526915534858>

yes we conquered it from Spain

america owns everything

we are the world

I dont know why but everytime I pass by a filipino they put their head down then continue with their conversation

in the Spanish-American War

lol

we took almost all of Spain's remaining colonies

just because they were there

Taught them to respect the SPANISH BVLL 500 years ago

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

lol, I didn't say it was a good war

it was kinda not a good war

I mean we got all the islands from it

for what those were worth

and we got Cuba until they had a revolution

Cuba was something the south always wanted

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinchina_Campaign

at least we can win against some 5 feet squinty eyed rice farmers with shitty rifles

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outnumbered as well

yes its easy to conquer vietnam

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Ss´d

that's not what the wargoal in the vietnam war was

conquering vietnam would have been fking easy as shit

it was to stop communism from spreading

youd expect it to be easier to change a countries politics than conquer them

and you failed profoundly

we went to war for something we didnt profit of and couldnt gain anything of at all

we actually just spread french influence

we went to war because they killed a missionary

the Kill-to-Loss ratio for US forces in the Vietnam war was 17-1

no

pettypilled

it was not an option to conquer them