We weren't even close to flipping communist. The Soviets made the mistake of courting and arming outlier Moro extremist tribes and religious zealots. Firmly making themselves and their ideologies our enemy, atop of it being another White Man telling us how to behave for our own good. Communism was Taboo in the same manner as mainland Chinese polities. After Marcos Americans also became just another White Invader. You can trust an American to do what's best for himself, never turn your back on one. Completely negating the Respect, Redemption and Forgiveness for betraying the First Republic that MacArthur and his men earned in WW2.The nature of power poltiics makes bastards of all nations.
I wont lie and say we didn't do fucked up stuff, but the alternative was the soviets, and considering what communism does to every nation it infects we were by far the lesser evil.
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