i do not understand your reasoning
You fight against Spain, a noble cause, to help the Cubans gain independence. Then you demand the Philippines, a region which I was helping to gain independence. A region which is far outside of your sphere of influence.
Now you are sanctioning me because I'm helping to promote a unique mix of Eastern culture and Western civilization. You are sanctioning me because I am successful in bringing the light to those who have not yet felt the shockwave of Western society. All these lands were taken peacefully, I might add. You're hindering the course of the open and free market because you, the leader of your people, don't like someone. Undemocratic, uncapitalist, unfree. Japan, however, boasts free trade to all western nations because we took to what we thought was your civilized way of living. You have no justification for your actions.