Most of the American soldiers who are rampant in the Philippines are ordinary in the United States. They have ordinary family backgrounds, peaceful lives, and mediocre lives. If they had not come to the Philippines, their lives would have been unremarkable.
Although the United States has abolished slavery, domestic discrimination is very serious. Therefore, for the vast majority of American soldiers-especially African-American soldiers, the Philippines is really a paradise on earth. Not only will they not be discriminated against here, but also
He can still be superior to others, and there are actually girls who actively throw themselves into his arms. What is this if not heaven on earth?
Filipino girls probably don't know that for the vast majority of Africans, there is no concept of "responsibility" in their consciousness, so if you think that mother is more valuable than son, going to the United States with American soldiers will probably be in vain.
This is not because African-American soldiers became "scumbags" after arriving in the Philippines. They are also "scumbags" in the United States. African-American families in the United States have the highest proportion of single mothers among all ethnic groups.
Eisenhower was a smart man who helped exonerate American soldiers while avoiding questions about responsibility.
MacArthur was not so smart.
As the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Theater, the Philippines was MacArthur's responsibility. Even Eisenhower was inevitably harassed by reporters, and reporters who wanted to interview MacArthur were treated like strangers across the river.
MacArthur was not as close to the people as Eisenhower. He was a guy who loved success and never missed any opportunity to appear in front of the media. MacArthur also chose to cover up the evil deeds of American soldiers.
But the way of covering up is not so smart.
"Gentlemen, we all know that there are Americans in Manila, as well as southern Africans, British, and Australians, so those who evade responsibility may not be Americans-" MacArthur said at a press conference in Kyoto
As for Tan, he is in a good mood recently.
After the surrender ceremony, MacArthur came to Kyoto and officially assumed the post of Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Forces in Japan.
Following the provisions of the "Tydings-McDuffie Act," the Philippines should have become independent in 1944, which was last year.
Due to the war, the time for Philippine independence has been delayed. The latest timetable given by Washington is 1946, which is next year.
Now that MacArthur is no longer the governor-general in the Philippines, and the Pacific Theater is about to be abolished, MacArthur's attitude towards Manila is more casual and far less cautious than Eisenhower.
It may be that he has been away from Washington for too long, or it may be that MacArthur's political sensitivity is not very good. In short, MacArthur did not take this matter to heart, and instead showed the reporters present his diplomatic achievements in the past few days.
"I visited His Majesty the Emperor yesterday. We had a cordial and friendly exchange and took a group photo -" MacArthur showed a photo to reporters. In the photo, MacArthur was relaxed with his hands in his pockets, while Hirohito next to him was trying to hold his head high.
I have breasts, but my height is still quite different.
MacArthur's height is 1.8 meters.
The official height of Hirohito is 1.58 meters. Even if this figure is not mixed with water, the height difference between the two is still 22 centimeters.
MacArthur also did this on purpose. Under normal circumstances, if he had enough respect for Hirohito, the two of them would sit down when taking a photo, so that the height contrast between the two would not be too prominent.
MacArthur chose to stand and take a photo with Hirohito, which made the scene a bit funny.
Hirohito is Japan's "god" and his status is supreme.
The Supreme God took a photo with an American. There was such a huge height difference, just like an adult raising a child. This will have a huge impact on Hirohito's image in the minds of Japanese people.
As mentioned many times before, Japan has been committed to "pushing Asia to join Europe" since the Meiji Restoration. In the end, there was no hope, so it proposed to establish the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Therefore, Japan's long-standing admiration for the West is deeply rooted.
The root cause is still lack of confidence.
Since the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Japan has continuously won foreign wars, even defeating European military police such as Russia. This has obviously increased the confidence of the Japanese people.
Now the gap between Japan and the West is clearly revealed through a photo, and Japan has been brought back to its original shape. This is not an over-interpretation.
"Can we take pictures and keep them?" A reporter immediately asked.
MacArthur may indeed have had issues with political sensitivity.
However, MacArthur did have a good hand in establishing his own image, otherwise he would not have made so many mistakes and still had the power to do whatever he wanted.
"I've prepared it for you all. You can publish it in tomorrow's newspaper." MacArthur was well prepared, and there were plenty of photos.
The gifts MacArthur prepared for the reporters were not only photos, but also a Parker pen for each of them.
The five pens MacArthur used when signing the surrender document were all Parker pens.
Parker is an American brand. Its founder, George Parker, worked in a school. In order to increase his income, George Parker sold pens to students and was responsible for after-sales service.
With this, George Parker accumulated a wealth of after-sales experience. He improved the shortcomings of the pen, and thus the Parker pen was born.
"In addition to taking photos, don't you want to do something for those poor girls in Manila?" The reporters were not satisfied. There was no problem in publishing the photos in newspapers. MacArthur also had to provide the reporters with more and more exciting news.
This is also mutually beneficial.
MacArthur's face immediately darkened.
"As the commander-in-chief of the U.S.-Philippine coalition, I have not forgotten those Filipinos who betrayed us during the Philippine Campaign. This was a shameful betrayal. After all, they accepted severe punishment from the court-" MacArthur did not respond directly. The implication was that the Filipinos deserved it.
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This is also understandable.
The U.S. government can spend tens of millions of dollars every year to help the Philippines improve its infrastructure and educate Filipinos.
But there is no obligation to help Filipinos grow.
Those girls are indeed pitiful, but when they choose to make friends with American soldiers, their purpose is not simple, and their starting point is not all love.
If so, it's not all about admiration for American soldiers.
Perhaps there is more yearning for the United States.
From this perspective, there must be something hateful about a really pitiful person.
To put it bluntly, the Philippines was colonized by the Spanish for 300 years and then by the United States for nearly half a century. Do Filipinos have no idea about the nature of the Spaniards and Americans?
It is impossible not to know that over the past few hundred years, countless Filipino girls have been harmed by the Spaniards and Americans, and how many mothers have been able to get what they wanted based on the price of their children.
So knowing that making friends with American soldiers is risky, but still choosing to rush forward without hesitation, you have to bear the consequences of the risk.
Although the truth is this, MacArthur will definitely not expose it. It would be too cold-blooded and does not meet the character MacArthur wants.
So condemn those rebellious Filipinos.
"Aren't those girls innocent?" Some reporters still didn't understand and continued to pursue this issue.
This is not a question of whether you are smart or not. Journalists are also smart people, and of course they can see MacArthur's impatience.
Knowing that MacArthur was impatient and continuing to ask questions was an ulterior motive.
"From a personal perspective, I sympathize with their experiences - but from an adult perspective, we should all be responsible for our own choices. This is the most important lesson life teaches them." MacArthur is still not sensitive enough. He may
I never imagined how his casual attitude would be distorted when written with a journalist's pen.
If we were to choose the most sacred newspaper in the world during this period, it would definitely be the Lion City Daily.
Does what happened to the Manila girl have anything to do with the Lion City Daily?
It doesn’t matter at all, let alone the Lion City Daily. Even if you zoom in to the entire Lion City, the vigilance effect that Manila girls can play is limited, because girls in the Lion City are not as full of fantasies about Americans as girls in the Philippines.
American soldiers in the Lion City do not dare to be as bold as they were in Manila.
Although what MacArthur said is a bit cold, strictly speaking it is not wrong. Every adult should be responsible for his own life and should not place all his hopes on others, even if that person has a negative distance from you.
The editor of "Singapore Daily" seemed not to notice this, and focused more on the tragic experience of the Manila girl.
As a battlefield, the Philippines changed hands many times and suffered huge damage from the war. The life of the Filipinos was already very difficult.
Those girls who were abandoned by American soldiers would have had a better life if they had not had children and had a chance to start over.
For girls with children, life is very difficult. The most basic protection is not guaranteed. They have no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat.
The Lion City Daily still has a bottom line. They are not just accusing Americans of being irresponsible from a moral standpoint. They are actually calling on the newspaper to raise funds for those Manila girls and improve their living conditions.
"Our abilities are limited and we have not raised much funds and materials. We can only improve the lives of those girls and children in a short period of time. After a while, without more help, their lives will still be in trouble -
—" Li Jia has been in the limelight during this period. She has become the director of a charity organization. Her first charity project is to help those girls and children.
They are really girls. According to Li Jia's statistics, the vast majority of Filipino women who were abandoned in the beginning were under the age of 20, and many of them were not even adults.
The standards for adulthood in the Philippines are different from those in southern Africa. It is normal to get married before the age of 20.
Even so, attacking minors also breaks the moral bottom line of most people——
What was broken was the moral bottom line of southern Africans.
For Americans, the Philippines seems to have no moral bottom line. In the eyes of most American soldiers, the Philippines is just a novel adventure paradise.
"——So we call on the U.S. government to pay attention to this matter and not turn a blind eye. The U.S. soldiers can disappear. The U.S. government should be responsible for those girls and children. This also reminds us that Asia is Asia for Asians, not an adventure for outsiders.
Paradise, we must be self-reliant and self-reliant before we can truly stand up." Li Jia's implicit meaning is that the US government can also disappear, but it will require more money.
In accordance with the provisions of the "Tydings-McDuffie Act", when the Philippines becomes independent, the United States will pay a sum of money to the Philippines as compensation for its half-century of colonial rule.
Of course, the Americans didn't say it that way, but described it as "thank you Filipinos for their cooperation over the years."
The "Tydings-McDuffie Act" was passed 10 years ago. The compensation standards at that time are no longer appropriate today. After all, after a world war, the dollar has depreciated a lot, and compensation should also take this into consideration.
One layer of factors, increase appropriately.
Since it is "appropriate", it must not only satisfy Americans and Filipinos, but also satisfy spectators like the Lion City.
In short, the Americans won't be able to escape until some blood is shed.
"The tragedy of the Manila girls was not only caused by American soldiers. The Spaniards who colonized the Philippines for 300 years are also responsible, so not only the United States, but Spain should also compensate the Philippines." Li Jia said when talking about the United States.
It was quite polite, and when talking about Spain, the word "compensation" was used unceremoniously.
Spain originally sold the Philippines to the United States without any compensation.
Spain expressed its grievances: It was sold for a total of 20 million U.S. dollars, and it was not even half-sale and half-free. The Philippines has 290,000 square kilometers, so I suffered a big loss!
"And Japan, I hope the tragic experience of the Manila girl can serve as a warning to Japanese girls - Oh, Japan is a comfort station actively organized by the Japanese government, so that's okay -" Li Jia, as a native of the Lion City,
Draw a clear line with Japan.
"Is it possible that it was precisely because of the tragic experience of the Manila girls that the Japanese government took the initiative to organize that--" Polly, who was interviewing Li Jia, couldn't say it. The United States is hateful, and Japan is simply disgusting.
As a reporter for The Times, Polly prided herself on being well-informed, but she had never seen a country so arrogant before a meeting.
During World War II, the Japanese were more cruel than the Germans. Tens of thousands of prisoners of war from the US-Philippine coalition forces were killed at will, and even their own people were killed. In the Battle of Ryukyu, more than 100,000 Ryukyu people were forced to jump into the sea.
Now that Japan has been defeated, there seems to be no contradiction at all. It has seamlessly assumed the status of a defeated country and abandoned all dignity to serve the occupying forces.
The key is that if the Japanese men go into battle in person, then Polly can still have a high opinion of the Japanese men.
It was Japanese women who were first sacrificed by the Japanese government to the occupying forces. It was really unlucky to be a Japanese woman.
During the war, men either joined the army or worked in factories to produce various military supplies. Women were also not idle, taking care of the elderly, raising children, doing farm work and doing housework.
Now that Japanese men are completely lying down, Japanese women have to come forward to atone for their sins. How about their faces!
