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2020-02-09 Southeast Asia

Philippine president says he will scrap military pact with US

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Posted by Fred 2020-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 “Hey Sailor, love you long time”
RIP Subic Bay

Posted by USN, Ret. 2020-02-09 09:47|| 2020-02-09 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Democracy is such a chancy thing.....

Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-09 10:27|| 2020-02-09 10:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Another Pina?

Posted by Lex 2020-02-09 10:33|| 2020-02-09 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 = Noriega situation

Posted by Lex 2020-02-09 10:36|| 2020-02-09 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, considering the high-handed and contemptuous way that the State Department has treated the Philippines, it's no wonder.

And why do they need special treatment anyway? Shouldn't we just tell them "don't commit crimes in a foreign country, and if you do all we're going to give you is an outdated list of local lawyers and then sayonara"? It's exactly what the State Department does for Americans abroad.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-09 11:30|| 2020-02-09 11:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Speaking from experience, erb?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-09 14:37|| 2020-02-09 14:37|| Front Page Top

#7 no more Angeles City

Posted by 746 2020-02-09 16:25|| 2020-02-09 16:25|| Front Page Top

#8 It's exactly what the State Department does for Americans abroad.

It’s common knowledge among expats, Skidmark. And not just those who fall afoul of the law — when Mr. Wife was suddenly struck down with amœbic dysentery in Bhopal, it was thanks to the local organization of his multinational employer that he didn’t die his hotel room or an anonymous Indian hospital, but got the best specialist on the subject to supervise his treatment. The State Department would not have been interested in intervening for a mere mid-level company man.

Or when the brother of an acquaintance disappeared while on a Caribbean vacation, the local embassy attacked the family rather than ask the police to search — and continued for years to block the family’s attempt to go down and find out what happened. They still don’t know, and in the process discovered this is a common State Department response.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-09 20:10|| 2020-02-09 20:10|| Front Page Top

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