[Last Dakotan]

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.

[WellyP]

http://www.stripes.com/news/us-navy-carrier-arrives-in-philippines-more-help-on-the-way-1.252803

[sunrise_sunset]

If the U.S. is ousted from Asia, where all global growth is occurring, it is finished as power. This has nothing to do with the Philippines.