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The Philippines are growing their economy. Their biggest mistake was pushing us out at Subic Bay. Now the PRC is starting to make their move in the So. China Sea and the US is OTL with Obama/Kerry/Hagel running the show.
Olongapo and Subic are resorts now, theme parks and everything. Not the kind of theme park I knew in the 80s. My wife is a nurse from PI, we met in the Persian Gulf. She agrees with me, the PI Senators have bashed us for years, the women know if they have sex with an American serviceman they can scream rape and make big bucks. Why we are going back in there to pull their a$$ out of the fire is beyond me. They are not our allies in Asia, they blame us for their problems as often as Obama blames Bush.