“I love you long time, sailuh”
I’m sort of not giving a damn about the Philippines after their surly ejection of the military from Clark and Subic. Let them take care of themselves, bind themselves by treaty or contract.
Trying to separate Philippine hookers from servicemen with money to burn will turn out interesting.
I think the Philippines government was shocked when the Americans left when they were told. They were just trying to negotiate a more lucrative treaty. They didn’t expect their bluff to be called.
It didn’t help the Filipinos that the volcano significantly impaired the airbase at a critical point in the process.
No, historically what started the public opinion against the US was an organized campaign among the Manila left-wing political elite. The Mayor of Olongapo knew perfectly well what would happen when the Navy left despite the pious promises from Manila that the place would be turned into a merchant refit port for...yep, you guessed it, the Chinese, who ended up unwilling to pay what the U.S. Navy was paying for those facilities because they had their own workers at two bucks a day. None of this was the fault of the Subic locals, and it's historical revisionism of the first order to blame them.
I resent the speaker's clear implication that the U.S. military consists of animals who must remain safely caged. I resented it when it came from the Manila papers and I resent it now.
I was there a few times in the late ‘60’s as a young sailor aboard DLG-34. She was a beautiful ship.
I recall that the overthrow of Marcos, a rape case, and the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo [sp] were factors in the U.S. pull-out three decades ago.
We need a presence there.
Magsaysay street
San Miguel Beer
Mojos
S@#$%hit River Queens
Ah..... memories....
I was too young to be there but I heard San Miguel was good beer.
Wasn’t there a beer that was rumored to have formaldehyde in it?
No wonder I`m getting more pesos php`s per buck.
I went to Subic several times as crew of a Destroyer. It just might be the worst place in Asia outside of the Vietnam war zone. Sailors mugged ON base. Going on liberty only in groups. It’s a horrible place. Eff ‘em.
I have been known the haunt the streets of Olongapo during my time in the Philippines. Hehehehe
When this Philippine coastal town rid itself two decades ago of a giant US naval base, it wanted to shake off a colonial past and reject the ugly Americans