“I thought we pulled out of Clark because Mt. Pinatubo erupted and destroyed the place.”
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I think it was a case of the Philippines getting a bit snotty
about US military presence.
Clark is now a free trade zone, and only 40 km from Manila.
http://www.visitclark.com/
To be specific, it was the Senate that didn’t want us, the Aquino government was willing to let us stay.