Reply #6: VFA opponents hit, belittle Obama-Arroyo phone talk

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abs-cbnNEWS.com | 03/15/2009 7:01 PM

Opponents of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States criticized and belittled the phone conversation between President Arroyo and US President Barack Obama and said the campaign to abrogate the agreement will continue.

.......The group also scored Obama for carrying over the policies of his predecessor George W. Bush.

"Mr. Obama’s call to Arroyo does not show any departure from the Bush policy of US intervention in other countries through military agreements like the VFA. This is not the change that people expect from the Obama administration. He’s giving us more of the same Bush "war on terror" rhetoric," Reyes said.

"Obama, who is also a lawyer, seems to be unaware the that the VFA was not even ratified by the US Senate and is not even enforceable in the US," Reyes added.

Bayan said that Obama’s support for the VFA will not change public perception of one-sidedness of the agreement, saying that they will only be challenged o "further expose the real US agenda in the VFA."

......."Like a true little brown brother, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde was giddy with joy at the fact that US President Barack Obama called up Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Since Remonde is simply her alter ego, we can surmise that GMA is no less thrilled and no less a little brown sister," the statement said.

"Showing their slavish mentality, Malacañang officials are happy that their master called up to make certain its imperial bidding is done," they added.

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