treetwise | BusinessWorld

It seems ironical that the much-heralded meeting between Philippine President Aquino and US President Obama would take place just a few days before the Philippines marks Independence Day. Here is the president of a poor and backward but supposedly independent country seeking and getting the requisite political pat-on-the-back from the president of the globally over-extended albeit still most militarily powerful country and the Philippines’ former colonizer.

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