If the bitterest enemy of the United States had sought to bring upon it in that quarter the greatest trouble in the shortest time, he could have devised for that end no policy more successful than the one we actually pursued.
Reid critiques U.S. policy in the Philippines, suggesting it could not have been more detrimental if designed by an enemy.
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