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  1. bs2 @[email protected] ·

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    > .. the real ruler of Haiti was Col. L.W.T. Waller of the US Marines, fresh from atrocities in the conquest of the Philippines; he was acquitted in court-martial proceedings on grounds that he had merely been following higher orders to take no prisoners and to kill every male Filipino over age 10...
    #ColWaller #LWTWaller #WallerMarine #PhilippinesAndHaiti #RacistRulingHaiti
    #USAforeignPol #USAbackyard

    #usabackyard #usaforeignpol #racistrulinghaiti #philippinesandhaiti #wallermarine #lwtwaller
  2. bs2 @[email protected] ·

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    > On the island of #Samar in contrast, everyone over 10 was ordered killed by Waller’s commander #GeneralSmith who was “admonished” in a court-martial proceeding and retired a year and a half early by #PresidentRoosevelt, in punishment. As noted, [earlier in writing about Haiti] Waller was acquitted for executing these orders.

    #WallerMarine #ColWaller #TunringTheTide #NoamChomsky
    #SamarPhilippines #SamarIsland
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    #samarisland #samarphilippines #noamchomsky #tunringthetide #colwaller #wallermarine