> why this? there is a rumor out there, that the anti-japanese sentiment was intentionally dampened here in this country because of the americans' need to contain the commies. what was tragic is that our country got enough gibs from the u.s. after ww2, because early on we were politically pressured to be a cheap natural-resources provider & a surplus dumpster to the west and the newly reconstructed sokor + japan. that kind of shit will stunt any country's growth, and this country was no exception. the enduring hacienda clans + spanish-jewish conglomerates also made things worse for the politics of this country.  god should have placed this archipelago near south america instead.
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