Guess what, pares. Your choices have consequences. You wanted us out of the playing field, now deal with your own opponents. You demanded we leave the field you were playing upon. Now, we are gone and too late for the karma you reap, you ungrateful lot!
Yep, where have I heard that one before?
My Filipino buddy here told me the running joke was that the RP didn’t kick out the Americans but it was actually Mt Pinatubo erupted and blanketed the region with ashes that the US didn’t want to clean up after the damage it caused on the bases.