Comments on: The Forgotten War

By: Subby

Subby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:58:23 +0000

American service men are not raping philipine women.
Why would they? The philipine sex trade is internationally notorious. I’m sure american men are a hot commodity, bought or willing. Philipine men are will known to be male chauvinists.

By: likew

likew — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:07:50 +0000

The other white guy in the Phillipines
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20578367–601,00.html

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:56:53 +0000

I was told by a Filipino Japanese that the Phillppines Loves Americans but hate the American military this the boot from Subic Bay Base.
Just what I heard.
Maybe this local homegrown terrorisim might induce them to reopen base?
But the Filipinos Love Americans & hate our Military.
Source claims main cause was our GIs were raping thier women.
IE the boot from Subic Bay Naval Base.

By: SeaBee

SeaBee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:33:45 +0000

On October 23 2008, a UAV crashed in the Philipines (excuse my spelling), jihadist their acused the U.S of covert ops in the country. Anyone who knows more about this story please share.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:22:18 +0000

Being a Filipino, I would more than welcome the return of the US military in the country in whatever capacity. The politicians who voted Clark & Subic out of the country were all self-serving hypocrites who spend their vacations in the US and have their children go to US colleges. These are the same politicians who are currently selling out pieces of the country to the Chinese and whoever else will give them a cut of the profits.
Both my grandfathers were in the Death March and fought for the Philippines. My uncles and cousins have served both in the Philippine military and the US military…those who are still currently serving have said the same thing — the problem is the current government’s corruption as well as the corruption of some of the generals. Money that should be used to equip our troops end of going somewhere else.
WE NEED the US for military assistance but there’s always some hypocrite politician who say the country will give in to “imperialism” if we allow US troops in the country.
My relatives in the Philippine military have told stories about how they were always so close to wiping out the MILF/MNLF at times when they were suddenly ordered to stop the attack by some politician in Manila.

By: Hoovenson Haw

Hoovenson Haw — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:33:33 +0000

Please note that Mindanao is an island in southern Philippines and not a province.

By: Tom Billings

Tom Billings — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Wisdom in removing an ally’s support base has much to do with internal politics. Manila/tagalog elites of the Philippines had been as thoroughly split by Chinese co-optation in 1992 as they were by the Japanese in 1941, when Quezon was utterly surprised at how many of his richest friends deserted him as the Japanese invaded. The results now are possibly good, because it removes a major racial (yes, my dears, racism in elites against those of european descent is alive and well in many places, kept alive by ritually flogging the old colonials in political discussion) irritant to allowing US troops incountry to help the AFP.
It is fascinating that the Philippines Army has been the predominant service in an island nation with 7,000+ islands. It tells a lot about how much the Manila/tagalog elites have to suppress in the interior of their larger islands. The Philippines Navy, and their Marines, seem to be taking the lead in places like the Jolo Archipelago, where the sea is never far away, and is the major transport route to be watched.
As in Iraq, population protection is apparently being tried, in a situation at leat as complex. I have no idea which way this frog will end up jumping, though.
Regards,
Tom Billings

By: flying fart proudly joned

flying fart proudly joned — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:09:44 +0000

Nicaragua anyone? noone for democracy and freedom?

By: Walt White

Walt White — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:51:34 +0000

Their air force has no more air superiority fighters and their navy still uses retired US ships from WWII. Manila is reliant on American supplements to their military, so I was always confused why they kicked us out in ’92. Those bases were critical in disaster relief when Pinatubo blew that same year.