I dearly hope he is just being sarcastic.
Whatever the US might have done (or not done) in the past, the gravy train is over. I even see more and more Filipinos, this country being the last bastion of uncritical, blind adoration for all things US of A, casting a critical eye on all the "wars for democracy", the third-world infrastructure, the raging inflation and the stagnant job market. If even the average Filipinos have figured out that the American Dream has evaporated, you're in real trouble
