# Did the USA ever Apologize \[for its actions in the Philippines after taking them over in 1899\]?

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“The Concentration Camps of America’s Forgotten War”

[http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-concentration-camps-of-americas-forgotten-war/80333](http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-concentration-camps-of-americas-forgotten-war/80333)

_Amigo_ (2011)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jDQIpQa2mdk/maxresdefault.jpg "Amigo (2011) New HD Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDQIpQa2mdk)

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**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-usa-ever-apologize-for-its-actions-in-the-philippines-after-taking-them-over-in-1899/766048/62 "2017-09-04T21:53:38Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> The British committed what would be war crimes today against the Boers, and so forth.

The Boer prisoners were shot under Rule 303.

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**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-usa-ever-apologize-for-its-actions-in-the-philippines-after-taking-them-over-in-1899/766048/63 "2017-09-05T04:27:12Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> The Boer prisoners were shot under Rule 303.

Bricker is allowing himself a little jest here:

> **[Court-martial of Breaker Morant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_martial_of_Breaker_Morant)**
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> The 1902 court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officers – Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, George Witton, Henry Picton, Captain Alfred Taylor and Major Robert Lenehan – of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC), an irregular regiment of mounted rifles during the Second Boer War.
> The charges, which were in part prompted by a "letter of complaint" which was written by BVC Trooper Robert Mitchell Cochrane and signed by James Christie and...

“Rule 303” refers to the Enfield .303 rifle.

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