A Need to be Independent

A former colony has to grow up at some point in its countryhood. It should no longer look to its former coloniser for its opinions and for guidance in conduct. It should not be bound by or committed to its selfish agenda. It has to think of its own people. Its president cannot be a puppet. It cannot be used to further the purposes of its former coloniser. Time this country exercised its independent authority and the right to govern itself. The US could have weaned the Philippines on independence on 4 July 1946 after walking on our resources for 48 years. We are now a septuagenarian, not a baby all of 7 months crawling to get around efficiently on his own.