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Didn't we write more than a dozen times here that politicians should never meddle with history?

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Why is it that all of a sudden the Philippine government is talking about an increased presence of American troops in this country? Are we in grave danger of fighting a real shooting war with China? Didn’t our politicians learn anything from our history when right before World War II, when we were still under the American Commonwealth, even the American military was totally unprepared for war against the Japanese.

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Neophyte politicians, Rep. Leni Robredo and Aileen Radaza of Lapu-Lapu City (I thought that Sen. Nancy Binay was also taking this course?) are getting a crash course on what is called "highly specialized Legislative coaching programs" at the Development Academy of the Philippines -Graduate  School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM) at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government.

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Five years after launching a search for Filipinos who may have passed through Ellis Island just off the tip of Manhattan, New York, from 1892 to 1954 on their way to carve a new life in America, historians have drawn a blank.

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Why is it that all of a sudden the Philippine government is talking about an increased presence of American troops in this country? Are we in grave danger of fighting a real shooting war with China? Didn’t our politicians learn anything from our history when right before World War II, when we were still under the American Commonwealth, even the American military was totally unprepared for war against the Japanese.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 956504 [Title] => Of game changers or chips off the old block? [Summary] =>

Neophyte politicians, Rep. Leni Robredo and Aileen Radaza of Lapu-Lapu City (I thought that Sen. Nancy Binay was also taking this course?) are getting a crash course on what is called "highly specialized Legislative coaching programs" at the Development Academy of the Philippines -Graduate  School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM) at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government.

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Five years after launching a search for Filipinos who may have passed through Ellis Island just off the tip of Manhattan, New York, from 1892 to 1954 on their way to carve a new life in America, historians have drawn a blank.

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