America does not want the headache of taking on those people's problems.
2006-09-05 10:14:30
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answered by Vicki B 5
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They were an American protectorate after the Spanish American War, & fought an insurection against the US at the very beginign, but were defeated & became proud to be part of the American family, especially during WWII. They were granted their full & complete independence in accordance with prior agreement, and despite some problems w/ corrupt govt initially, have become a strong independent country that will never be a state of the US. Guam & Peurto Rico on the other hand may become states at some point.
2006-08-28 13:05:12
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answered by djack 5
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No, the Philippines became a U.S. colony at the end of the Spanish-American War and were granted their independence on July 4, 1946. They are very nationalistic and would never agree to be a state.
Oh BTW although Muslims dominate in the southernmost islands the predominate religion is Catholicism
2006-08-28 13:09:21
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answered by Larry T 5
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Are you kidding? Congress won't even let the District of Columbia become an American state. Puerto Rico either. So the Philippines? I think not. Despite their neocolonial political relations, the Philippines will remain a sovereign nation.
2006-08-28 13:02:56
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answered by snowbaal 5
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There is absolutley no reason to add more deased ridden people to our numbers as a country. What woule we as a country gain by allowing them to become a part of us? More whores? I think we have enough in all of the major cities. More homeless to worry about? Again a problem we already battle in every state. We have enought trash to pick up in the continental United States we really don't need to go help another **** hole get back on thier feet. I no way is it possible for the Philipines to become an American state.
2006-09-04 11:14:31
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answered by Thomas A 1
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The short answer is that it is possible. The U.S. Constitution states that "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union".
Now, to answer the question of how it would be politically percived for the congressmen who represent the existing 50 states to take action on this issue is open to a more speculitive analysis.
2006-09-04 20:54:45
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answered by wigreve 1
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Nothing is impossible.
In fact there is an out and out possibility that Hawaii may be a Philippine state too.
2006-09-05 08:59:38
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answered by curious 4
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Yeah, for a while the Phillipines were an American Colony.
2006-08-28 13:01:45
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answered by potatosalad2008 5
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Heck no! I dont think the Congress of the U.S. would allow tht and I also dont think tht the Phillipines would want tht to happen i think they are to proud to have their own country taken away and added to another country!
2006-09-05 10:04:51
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answered by motormouth_beachbum 2
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Not a chance, not with the whole Muslim-phobia thing going on in the US at the moment.
2006-08-28 13:04:11
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answered by Bapboy 4
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