Why did many Flilipinos feel betrayed by the US government after the Spanish-American War?

Answer 1

American way:
to day you're a friend,
tomorrow a worse enemy!

Refer to history book,
There're lot of instances!

Saddam, Shah of Iran,.......they all were US bodies, before they felt the knife in their back!

Answer 2

The US decided to make a late entrance into the colonialism game (which had, really, by then virtually ended), by retaining to itself some of Spains former posessions, including the Phillipines. Considering that intimations of freedom for the Fillipino people had beem made to secure thier aid in defeating Spain, 'betrayal' was certainly an apt characterization.

Of course, by the time WWII rolled around, 'abandoning' the Phillipines to the Japanese was also a 'betrayal.'

Answer 3

Here we go again!, did we not shower them with enough aid, or maybe we enslaved them, or did we somehow cause whatever current problems they have, by doing what they wanted us to do by closing our bases. I believe all we had was a naval and air base there, but of course we destroyed the whole country and, yada,yada,yada. Am I getting the gist of this question?

Answer 4

They probably thought that the US would grant independence to the Phillippines immediately. Eventually we did, though it took about 35 years...