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Platapus · 07-04-11, 02:10 PM

It sounds like this is more a problem with the government of the Philippines than the US government.

Prior to 1991, the USAF had responsibility for maintaining the Clark cemetery. When the USAF left Clark, a memorandum of agreement was signed between the US government and the government of the Philippines stating that the government of the Philippines would be responsible for the upkeep of this cemetery as the cemetery rests on land owned by the Philippine government.

The Philippines have not maintained the cemetery and even after contracting with the Clark Development Corporation, the CDC has not maintained it. Recently the VFW has volunteered to maintain this cemetery, which is a laudable act, but does not detract that this is a failure of the Philippine government not ours.

The question is not should the US government maintain this cemetery, but can the US government maintain it as it does not belong to us. It is not our land.

The CDC and the Philippines have profited from the Clark Freeport Zone. Perhaps it is time for the Philippines to uphold their agreements in maintaining this cemetery.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It sounds like this is more a problem with the government of the Philippines than the US government. Prior to 1991, the USAF had responsibility for maintaining the Clark cemetery. When the USAF left Clark, a memorandum of agreement was signed between the US government and the government of the Philippines stating that the government of the Philippines would be responsible for the upkeep of this cemetery as the cemetery rests on land owned by the Philippine government. The Philippines have not maintained the cemetery and even after contracting with the Clark Development Corporation, the CDC has not maintained it. Recently the VFW has volunteered to maintain this cemetery, which is a laudable act, but does not detract that this is a failure of the Philippine government not ours. The question is not should the US government maintain this cemetery, but can the US government maintain it as it does not belong to us. It is not our land. The CDC and the Philippines have profited from the Clark Freeport Zone. Perhaps it is time for the Philippines to uphold their agreements in maintaining this cemetery. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.