WAY OFF BASE.

Focuses on the implications of the military bases of the U.S. in the Philippines. Conspiracy scenarios between the U.S. and the Philippines; Presence of U.S. forces on the Philippine soil; Decline of the importance of the military bases; Strategic arguments of the military bases; Reasons for the establishment of these bases in the Philippines; Interest of the U.S. in the political culture of the Philippines; History of relations between the U.S. and the Philippines; Statement that the bases are seen as an affront to Philippine sovereignty; Denial of the Philippine politicians that the bases protect them from foreign invaders; Economic arguments of the U.S. for the retention of bases; Statement that Philippines want the bases to be out by next year.