Yes.
They are desperate to get a US base now.
I’d like to see Duterte raise this as a campaign issue.
Noy Noy the idiot certainly has failed.
Yes.
They are desperate to get a US base now.
Maybe they will offer to pay for some new US Navy ships.
There’s a monument at Subic Bay to the courage of the 20-something Philippine senators that voted to kick us out (before Pinatubo made the choice in face of the 500 million dollar “rental” fee moot).
It seems there are many anti-colonialist leftists in the gov’t there — or used to be, before reality sunk in.
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Subic is a strategic location — one of two best natural ports in the Pacific, along with Cam Ranh Bay. Used to be known for the ability to dry-dock a carrier. And Clark has two parallel 12,000 foot runways, with lots of tarmac to boot.