Filipino men. When they get old they start living in a dream world. Their voters are like battered women-they keep coming back for more. One ex-girlfriend(filipina) said that life under Marcos was very boring. I took it to mean it was safe. When the US & the P.I. couldn’t get together on a financial arrangement for the 2 military bases Marcos threatened to kick us out and make a deal with the Soviet Union-go figure. The next time Mt. Pinitubo blew and we had to leave with no agreement. The P.I. really lost out on that one-or did they? The people like us but the leaders are out for themselves. They resent being a little brother(Dutarte’s words) but with the neighborhood they live in it’s to be expected.
Let’s not forget the elder Bush(VP) visiting there. “We admire your adherence to democratic principals”.
OH BTW-Reagan should have turned on Bush the way Trump would have. Mostly domestic stuff. Kinder and Gentler than WHAT?