Turn-of-the-20th Century Timeline of Gen. Aguinaldo's Stupidity a.k.a. Imperialist American Deception

Jesusa Bernardo ‎"The Sublime Paralytic, Apolinario Mabini, explains why Aguinaldo fell for the US deception. In his memoirs, he writes that:"

Mr. Aguinaldo had accepted [the verbal promises] because he ardently desired to return to the islands, fearful that other influential Filipinos should (rob him of glory and) reach an understandin...g with the Americans in the name of the people.""

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    Jesusa Bernardo

    Costly Stupidity
    
    This most unwise decision of Aguinaldo trusting the North Americans will allow the enemy to stage the most infamous Mock Battle of Manila and thus steal Philippine Independence right at his very nose. The implications of the... Mock Battle of Manila that purported to project the false claim that Spanish forces in the Philippines were defeated by the North Americans instead of the native revolutionaries would be severe. It would spell doom for the country in terms of international recognition of its sovereignty. The staged Battle would allow the US to forge the Protocol of Peace and, eventually the 1898 Treaty of Paris that supposedly 'ceded' Spanish control of the Philippines to the Americans. In the world of international treaties, Aguinaldo's gullibly negotiable stance outmatched bigtime by the wily United States spelled disaster to Philippine Independence.
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    José Miguel García Right from the start, he was already dependent on the north americans. What if there was no Antonio Luna in our history who exerted so much drive and pressure in the resistance, would he still have lead that defense no matter how short and how so lousily he conducted?

     
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    Jesusa Bernardo indeed, gen. luna continued the uncompromising and fiercely nationalist/anti-colonial stance of supremo andres bonifacio.
    
    unfortunately for our motherland, the creepy stupid-&-greedy-combined aguinaldo killed 'em both.