Philippine president tells US to “forget” about defense pact, saying US treats his country “like a dog with a leash”

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Philippine president tells US to “forget” about defense pact, saying US treats his country “like a dog with a leash”
By Press TV| October 25th, 2016|Military News, U.S. Navy|0 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he does not want to see any foreign troops in his country, and that the United States should “forget” a defense pact with Manila.

Duterte told reporters on Tuesday at the airport in the capital of Manila before leaving for Japan that if he stayed longer, he would not sign the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the US.

As a counter to China in the South China Sea, the US and the Philippines enacted the EDCA in 2014, giving the US military rotational access to five bases in the Philippines.

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I thought Obama was going to make the rest of the world love the US again... Idiot. The Philippines are in for some hard times - again.