Insider attacks aren't new in this type of situation. General Douglas MacArthur was retained by Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth Government, to build a domestic fighting force for the country as it transitioned to independence from the US, which was interrupted by the outbreak of WWII., but the American Colonial Officials in Manila were frightened that if the Filipinos were trained up the Americans would be run out and not be able to build a post independence dynamic that was beneficial to US Business operating in the islands. Because of this there was no competent Philippine Army available to confront the invading Japanese. Even the Philippine Scouts, a branch of the US Army, were viewed with distrust and closely monitored in terms of weapons access.
The reason for this concern, 40 years into US Occupation of the Philippines, was that the US Military continued to take casualties throughout the 40 year period. The attacks were classified as "acts of banditry', but that definition of US military casualties in the Philippines was framed during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
This dynamic is horribly tragic, but should have been anticipated.
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