Posted on 11/13/2015 11:19:55 AM PST by QT3.14
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 âugly Americans.â Yet today the town is once again welcoming American military personnel and viewing the US as a vanguard against an increasingly pushy China. The US Navy began using the base in Subic Bay last year to deliver materiel and personnel for annual joint military exercises. Some 6,000 US personnel came to Subic in April, and are set to return for exercises in 2016 in agreement with Philippine authorities, according to a Western diplomat. US ships are using Subic Bay as a resupply port during routine calls, and two towering merchant marine ships flying American flags were docked here in late October.
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I see; the wailing and gnashing of teeth was audible as Puerto Rico dealt with one less handout...
They were limping by on handouts from the mainland taxpayers until that happened. It’s been a downward spiral ever since. They are nearing total collapse, and expect us (probably correctly) to bail them out again.
Sorry, wrong thread. I’d been on an exchange on a thread about Roosevelt Roads and Puerto Rico. Some of the comments apply here, but the Philippines is in better shape than PR.
I heard San Miguel was good beer.....I spent 18 mos. at Clarke and had at least 1000 San Magoos. Never had two that tasted alike.
I still laugh at his "heavy soup" starvation in jail.
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
I remember when the "Yankee Go Home!" B/S first started there. Our side asked, "Do you REALLY want the Imperial Japanese Navy cruising down through Surigao Strait again?" Saner minds prevailed - for a while - and we stayed there.
Yes, he didn’t lose an ounce since then. I believe it was “In Living Color” or a similar program showed him on a hunger strike chained to a garbage can or something similar - and when people were distracted he’d reach in and guzzle some food.
Mama Jolos. Feeding chickens to the alligator.
LOL! If you polled my crew back then it would be more like a majority of 90%. It had to be the LEAST popular liberty port.
It's a wonder God didn't burn it to the ground. It was the most decadent town in the history of man.
I'm glad I went there at the time I did-young, single and when liberty still meant liberty. With the liberty policies of today's Navy there wouldn't be much fun in visiting Olongapo.
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