BlkPaladin said:
Ok the US left the bases in the 90's due to budget cuts, but in 2012 the US got permission to use them again. |
No the US bases got shut down because our Congress voted upon it. I have no idea how people outside of the Philippines got fed of this propaganda.
The reason is because the US won't pay more for the rent but our government at that time said it's for our sovereignty which is bullshit on it's own because it was not the real reason.
To be honest both government played hardball at that time like a stinking break up between girlfriend and boyfriend that happened because of money.
Technically, the US didn't get them back. The EDCA treaty allows the US to have military presence on Philippine Military bases, it's not like before where the Americans have exclusivity of the bases. Then of course, there was the Visiting Forces Agreement that we have before that, that allows US Military to stay over and do joint exercise.
