US military Returning to SUBIC BAY ?

There are disavantages and advantages of having the US Military's return in the Philippines, if this is true. But I don't want to think of those disadvantages because there more benefits of having them. I am sure those the so-called makabayan will disagree, but come to think of it we need America.

Hi, I am no enemy of America, I am no communist, so I have no objections for them being here. If they just abide by our rules, if the American personnel in the military base respect the rights of the men and women in this Republic, if they make friendly relationships with the locals, then everything shall be fine.

I do not know about that but what I only know is that they are having some military exercises again in that area and I have not heard of any proposal that they return to their old naval base again. I think this would be hard already since the base is already converted to a private and commercial place already. It would be hard for them to re establish themselves there since they are military base they should be located in a place that is not loaded with commercial establishments around and within the base already. They can park their ships there but to maintain it there would be security risks since the base is already open to the public which could be infiltrated with terrorist posing as tourist.

I'm always comfortable with Americans so for me it's not a big deal. It's just sad to know that we have to "fight" other countries for jurisdiction issues, for me we are all citizens of this "lonely" planet and should work peacefully together. :)

U.S. bases returning is not the same as the U.S. bases before or during the cold war, circumstances has simply changed. Now if you are talking about the U.S. pivot to Asia then Subic would surely serve the purpose considering our position in Asia, the same with the former South Vietnamese base at Cam Ranh Bay. Honestly it is more to do with guarding free navigation and sea lanes that is vital to American interest, now with regards to external aggression, we can never count on anybody but our selves, the mutual pact is good but it's still us, Philippine must be strong in itself to deter external aggression, we are being picked upon simply because we are a weak link, so it's good that we give the right signal not to mess with us, America is welcome but no one wants to be allied with a corrupt and a weakling, think and hope the present administration is taking care of that right now, i hope.

I don't see any wrong for Americans backing here in our country. you see we our country has been an ally for almost decades now, from WWII to up to present. for years we are just maintaining the ties we had, to enhance or grow this ties Philippines should open again Subic or any military bases as there are some treats facing our country. I think we really need them since our military forces are weak.

Even after Subic Bay is returned to the rightful owner, the bi-lateral joint defence treaty is still valid, it doesn't means when Phillippine is under attack militarily, US will not intervene and will standby since they don't have a base there anymore. US is still obligated to fulfill its role under the term and will assist if help is requested from an old time ally in Pacific Ocean.