![]() Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899-1903 $29.00 I am in agreement with the other reviewers that this is a very good history of the US/Philippine War that should be more broadly read. Parallels with Vietnam and the present oily Iraqi War are eerie: attacks on the patriotism of war critics to silence them, support of the wide spread use of various tortures against the adversary including "The Chinese Water Treatment" (aka "Chinese Water Torture"--from which "Waterboarding" is only a variation), the excusing of massacres of civilians by American soldiers, etc. There truly is nothing new under the sun when it comes to these dirty little 3rd world wars. I'm reminded of the poet Robinson Jeffers' poem "Blood Lakes." So many blood lakes and we always fall in--with apologies to Jeffers' spirit if I've essentially misquoted him. Perhaps we can overcome our national "Altzheimer's" on the issue of these 3rd world colonial/neo-colonial wars and stay out of them when the next opportunity presents itself. In the meantime, I would settle for our exit from the present Iraqi mess with all due and reasonable speed. America's moral force and image in the world is not improved by our involvement in such bloody horrors. ![]() Benevolent Tomorrow [CD on Demand] $8.98 Benevolent Tomorrow by Benevolent TomorrowThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. ![]() Imago Dei: Is God Benevolent? $9.95 USA Today did a poll that asked Americans what was their image of God. The responses were eye opening and broke down into 4 major views. Rick McDaniel examines these 4 views and helps us to capture the accurate image of God.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. |
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