News post cycle 6

Recently the leader of the phillipines has taken various steps for cutting ties with the United States. That has been in ways such as taking all united states troops from the phillipines, something that has been going on for a long time. It seems like one reason he is doing so is due to the United States having a colonial precense there for a long time. Which i somewhat understand as taking the troops away would give the phillipines more of a sense of freedom. However while going away from the U.S., they are now turning to China, making agreements with them which could cause more tension between the U.S., phillipines, and china.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37773706