Business as usual AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/12/2010

Business as usual AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/12/2010 Presidents may come and go, but the geopolitical interests of the USA remain pretty much the same. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that those who hoped that the inauguration of Barack Obama almost a year ago would herald a significant change in the Philippines’ relationship with Washington have so far been disappointed. Some of Arroyo’s critics made much of the disapproving reference in Obama’s inaugural address to “those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent.” Arroyo’s failure to meet Obama during his campaign, and later to make direct telephone contact with him after his election, was interpreted by this school of thought as punishment for her administration’s record. This, it now seems, was a misreading of the situation,.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100112com6.html

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