Philippine leader Duterte says he wants foreign troops out
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told an audience in Tokyo on Wednesday that he wants foreign troops out of his country.
TOKYO >> Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his wish for his country to be free of foreign military troops.
Duterte told an audience in Tokyo on Wednesday that he wants foreign troops out of his country, possibly within the next two years. He also said he is pursuing an independent foreign policy.
He was referring to visiting U.S. troops, who presence in five Philippine military camps was established under a security deal signed during Duterte’s predecessor as a counterbalance to China’s military assertiveness. But Duterte has cozied up to Beijing while criticizing U.S. foreign policy.
The Philippine leader is on a three-day visit to Japan. He is meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later Wednesday before attending a banquet hosted by Abe.
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So…..time to go?……how much will we save?….and how soon will we be asked to come back?
I don’t believe we are going to save anything – more likely spend more. Its not like we are going to fire military personnel. More likely they will be moved to an area with a higher cost of living so their stipends will most likely increase. We shall return as Douglass once said…
I am all for leaving. Good riddance. Cut off all funding of any kind. We do not need these bases. Nor do we need conflict thousands of miles from our borders.
We’ll leave but NO foreign aid, money or otherwise.
agree
Yep.
Good. We can save some money.
Fine, take our financial support with it. Spend it on our people instead.
Here’s a great legacy of our current President and Secretary of State
Remove the troops but please don’t touch Jollibee! Nooooooooo.
Dis pilipino…… lug lug!!!
When is he going to address their struggling economy?
Especially the contaminated scallops! Oops, hit a sore spot for those unfortunates that were afflicted. Go men na sai!
I think he’s really not serious; he knows it would hurt the economy.
Good riddance!
Since we are going to have to have visa requirements to visit the Philippines then I think we should stiffen up our own immigration policy toward this country.
Hope you are at least proficient in speaking, reading and writing Mandarin!!!!
Why does SA replay this story EVERY DAY???