"The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!" President Trump tweeted, who was elected a year after President Rodrigo Duterte won, is known for using Twitter for expressing his opinions on certain issues, attacking against his haters, and sometimes rant.
"Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!" The 45th US president tweeted shortly after. He was then referring to US Gen John Pershing, who allegedly led a counter-insurgency attack against Muslim terrorists in the Philippines, between 1909 and 1913.
Based on earlier claims, Gen. Pershing, who was then the governor of Moro province in Mindanao executed 6 Muslim insurgents with bullets dipped in pig's blood, while six others were forced to watch. Apparently this kind of killing of Muslims is a direct insult to their beliefs because they consider pig's blood to be unholy and eating pork is strictly forbidden.
In several occasions during his campaign rallies in 2016, Donald Trump has repeatedly mentioned the Gen. Pershing's story during the Philippine-American War. Apparently, some political analysts believe that this was one of his ways to scare Muslim terrorists. However, several historians have already said that it did not happen, and it is only a myth.
"There is absolutely no evidence this occurred. It’s a made-up story. It doesn’t seem to matter how many times people say this isn’t true. No one can say where or when this occurred." Texas A&M University history professor Brian M. Linn told Washington Post. He published 'Guardians of Empire', a book about US military presence in Asia from 1902 to 1940.
Contributed by Abner Esteno
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