No Blank Checks in the US Navy

Comment from a reader about "Let former US Navy Men Run Subic"

I fail to see anything in the authors comments that would indicate a "hatred" for Filipino's. The proposals are radical and unrealistic, but the basics of the rationale are historically fact based. The SB response is, in my opinion, commendably restrained, although suggesting that the U.S. Naval Base was "awash in US defense money" tends to display a total lack of understanding of the budgetary constraints under which military commands operate. With rare exception there are no blank checks.