Did this actually happen?
>>403515
No, it's completely made up.
It's also pretty insulting to call people who are obviously fighting for the liberation of their country "Terrorists" just because they're from a Muslim nation and probably Muslim.
>>403515
No
>>403515
Well there wasn't a word for terrorism in his time so theres that.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pershing.asp
>>403519
but in this case they are.
Same shit is going on today- Islamic separatists in Mindinao, many factions in an ongoing guerilla war, terrorizing civilians and tourists, many are now ISIS affiliates.
>>403524
>Nonetheless, the desire for simplistic solutions to complex problems has spawned several widely-circulated notions that seek to transform a fight against terrorism to the easily-manageable level of a horror film or a comic strip. One popular notion is the concept that a pig is to a Muslim as a crucifix is to a vampire: simply arm yourself with a porker, and you can use it to render even the most fanatical terrorist helpless, sending him cowering in fear lest he come into contact with anything porcine.
>>403531
>but in this case they are
Nice one. You actually want to explain why or are we just supposed to take your word on that?
>>403539
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Conflict
>>403543
>1969
That doesn't sound like right before World War 1 to me. You do know people and cultures can change right? Why were the people described in the OP terrorists?
>>403515
I'd like to know the source of this.
Also, while its been years since I read a biography of Pershing, I seem to recall that the Moros were not so much hopped up on religion as on drugs. Pershing campaigned against the Moro strongholds, but this seems a little far-fetched to me.
>>403902
Also Pershing was in the Southwestern US before WWI, not Asia. Ever heard of the Pursuit of Pancho Villa?
>>403519
Ever heard of Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters, you mong?
From the perspective of the US they were terrorists
>>403515
Flip here.
No because the Moros actually had great respect for the Mericunts for the sole fact that they did what Spain failed to (weirdly) do: beat them up.
If they pulled off this shit, Moro history wouldve had nothing good to say as regards to Americans.
>>403531
Actually, the Moros aren't even fighting for independence: they're being Invaded by the USA. When Spain sold the Islands/USA betrayed the Filipino revolutionaries in 1898, the Spics sort of forgot to tell the USA that they never owned Muslim Mindanao. Thus starting the Moro War.
>>403985
>ter·ror·ist
>A person who uses terror in the pursuit of political aims.
So for example, the French Resistance and the partisans were still terrorists, just "justified" by the history books
>>403909
Wasn't that aftrr he returned from the Philippines? I remember reading in Patton's biography that he served in incursions in Mexico under Pershing, who was called a veteran from the Philippines
Does anyone else brainstorm torture techniques for Muslim terrorists in their spare time?
>>403515
No, mostly because it completely flies in the face of everything about Pershing's personality and character.
>>403515
Absolutely not. Pershing respected his enemies.
If you want a real butcher in the American-Philippine War look up General Jacob Smith.
