One may be forgiven to think or hope that change would come with Barrack Obama being elected as the first Black American president of the USA even for our nation which is affected directly by its foreign policy. His campaign did centered on change and hope. However, it seems Obama has no plans of deviating from the old approach of American foreign policy.
Alejandro Licaucho has written an analysis on the the news that Obama directed the World Bank to extend a $3 billion to the RP Government. This is despite Obamas denunciation of corruption in high places. This is came after Obama's call to GMA a couple of weeks ago and, of course, the subsequent Nicole "recantation".
It is not a far stretched to conclude that the Obama-lead US Government has no plans in abandoning its imperialist interest in the Philippines. The US is out to protect its interest through the VFA and thus continue to maintain military presence in the Philippines.
Critics have said that Barrack Obama, inheriting gargantuan problems and paving his way to the White House with equally gargantuan expectation would suffer because he is fated to fail to meet those expectations and fail to solve the problems. It seems to me that Obama, only months into his term, has been but a disappointment. Obama has been recently criticized because of sending more troops instead of pulling the troops out from Iraq. And now, it clearly shows that change that Obama promise and that we hoped for our country is nothing but promise.
