The U.S. troops that are taking part in joint operations with the Armed Forces of the Philippines are doing so in defiance of the Philippine constitution, and against the wishes of the Filipino people. Those of us who are working to stop the unbridled aggression against the world that has been unleashed by the Bush White House should make every effort to defend Prof. Jose Maria Sison, and to support the Filipino people as they struggle to defend sovereignty and build peace. A scarcely interrupted century of US military occupation after the bloody Filipino-American War, must end. Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney General