The Following Were Arguments Made by Americans Opposed to the Annexation

The following were arguments made by Americans opposed to the annexation of the Philippines by the U.S. government EXCEPT

A) annexation would dishonor and destroy American's historic Constitutional commitments to self-determination and anti-colonialism.
B) the maintenance of despotism abroad could beget despotism at home.
C) imperialism was very costly and unlikely ever to be profitable.
D) annexation would have United States become mired and bogged down in the political and military morass of East Asia.
E) Filipinos were intellectual, cultural, and political equals of Americans.