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Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:50 PM

21. What vestiges? We no longer have any bases there, we dont levy or collect any taxes,

maintain and man their army, appoint anyone to office as they do all of that and more themselves so again what vestiges?
As for Puerto Rico thats a poor example for you to bring up since there have been 3 previous attempts to have them decide yet they keep sitting on the fence, in fact there is a new attempt to let them decide coming up in Nov.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_status_referendum,_2012

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Manila Police Block Protesters Near US Embassy [View all]	Judi Lynn	Jun 2012	OP
Disgusting. And the protesters are right, dammit.	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#1
" there's no possible justification for having U.S. troops in the Philippines."	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#3
Eloquent is the right word. Wonderful! Apparently many people who know it agree. Thank you. n/t	Judi Lynn	Jun 2012	#4
At least five good reasons for some US troops to be here in the Philippines.	4bucksagallon	Jun 2012	#2
There's nothing we can do to stop any of those groups	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#5
We tried pretending the rest of the world didnt matter before before WWII if you recall your history	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#8
It's not about pretending the rest of the world doesn't exist	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#9
My apologies then if you didnt mean that.	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#10
What is so terrible about being one country among a lot of other countries?	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#11
#1 No idea where that came from or how its related to the topic atm.	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#18
We should only be giving unconditional economic aid, not military aid.	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#22
That makes no sense at all since our troops arent fighting there they are assisting in training much	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#23
Yeah, training...like what kind of training?	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#24
This isnt about training them for war its about training them	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#25
If we have been coaching them since WW2 with these results	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#27
Well now thats their decision to be making isnt it. nt	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#28
Sure. Although whether the Philippines can make that decision	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#29
I feel secure in believing they can make their own decisions after all they did before when	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#30
And yet their citizens are having to protest the presence of our troops there today.	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#31
You are forgetting something.	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#32
The difference is, we don't have the United States on our backs	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#33
Are you saying that the elections are being rigged by the US in favor of the current government?	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#34
Do you think our government has to rig elections to have influence?	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#35
One thousand anti US protestors.	grantcart	Jun 2012	#6
Why would you defend our having troops there at all?	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#7
These "internal insurgents" are mostly thugs kidnapping foreigners for money.	DCBob	Jun 2012	#12
The thugs could be dealt with with a few Special Forces types.	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#15
Perhaps you are unaware the US military left the Philippines many many years ago.	DCBob	Jun 2012	#16
Agree with you....DCBob	4bucksagallon	Jun 2012	#36
Hi 4bucks..	DCBob	Jun 2012	#37
my point has nothing to do about 'the troops' or more to the	grantcart	Jun 2012	#13
I have a lot of Pinoy co-workers	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#14
There are no plans to make the Philippines a "US colony".	DCBob	Jun 2012	#17
"We should have given them full independence immediately in 1900." They have that.	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#19
You're missing the point	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#20
What vestiges? We no longer have any bases there, we dont levy or collect any taxes,	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#21
They closed Subic Bay and Clark AFB during Bush I, but of course no one sensible believed they left,	Judi Lynn	Jun 2012	#26

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