ìU.S. Rips Philippines for pulling out of Iraq,î by Associated Press, found in Newport Daily News, 24 July, p. A3.

A simple excerpt here says it all:

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo denied any break with the United States during a foreign policy speech today, making clear that she felt she had to put the welfare of its 8 million citizens working overseas at the top of her priorities. Their remittances power the Philippine economy.î

The Overseas Filipino Workers embody that nationís economic connectivity to the Core, meaning they define the national security asset most worth protecting in any role that country assumes in a GWOT. Understanding war within the context of everything means we understand this reality.

Waging GWOT solely within the context of war means we just get pissed off when the Philippines appears to have abandoned our Iraq coalition.