[blueplum]

technically, Clark AFB was shut down after Mount Pinatubo blew its top and covered the place in ash

[cranked]

I wonder how long a nation, that has a growing beyond unsustainable national debt, can continue to stock the fires of world crisis after world crisis before desperation leads to taking the entire world down with it?

[Mark17]

technically, Clark AFB was shut down after Mount Pinatubo blew its top and covered the place in ash

You got it bro. I was driving through that area, some time ago. My friend said, you see that small stream over there? She said, before Pinatubo, that was a deep, raging river.

[Doofer]

Philippine military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro told reporters last week that the U.S. wanted to construct military facilities in five more areas in the northern Philippines.

That's doesn't reflect what he said. I don't have the link but what he said was the Americans could station troops and supplies on existing Philippine bases.

[SandwicheGuy]

technically, Clark AFB was shut down after Mount Pinatubo blew its top and covered the place in ash

That is not correct. The US Government and the Philippine Government could not agree on the new lease amount so agreed the Americans would close the base and leave. Most personnel had already left when Pinatubo blew up. Those that remained helped to clean up the mess before departing.

[escapefromboston]

Wasting money we don’t have

[sauropod]

Didn’t we give back Subic Bay?