The Phillipines ran us out of Clark and Subic. Now they need us. Will they let us back in for free(no rent)? These countries despise us until they need us.
Exactly.
At least the Philippines didn't use our notion of "free trade" against us like the rest of Asia that nestled under the American umbrella.
“The Phillipines ran us out of Clark and Subic.”
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That is much ado about nothing. There was a mutual agreement to end the US lease. The base area has been converted into an international trade zone. The Philippines does not despise America. Many Americans retire in the Philippines. I am one of them.