Summary: The Philippine president is requesting that the over 500 US troops leave his country. The soldiers are there to monitor the unstable Islam population in the southern region of the Philippines. The leader of the country says that Americans will be in constant danger is they stay stationed in the country. President Obama has not taken this threat seriously, based on the fact that the Filipino president makes outrageous like this on a regular basis.
Analysis: I think the Philippine president is full of hot air. He was supposed to meet with President Obama recently, but their meeting was cancelled after the Filipino leader publicly used explicit language to describe Obama. I think he's just a loud mouth looking for attention (no I'm not talking about Trump). The US troops are there to help with anti-terrorist training for Filipino soldiers. It would be idiotic to stop that training.
Synthesis: This is similar to the conflict between the Americans and the Red Coats in the 1800's. The English sent soldiers, the Red Coats, to monitor the people of the thirteen colonies. The colonists resented this and a lot a violence was caused by their presence. It makes you wonder if something like that could happen in the Philippines.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-us-troops-mindanao-son-of-bitch-threat-obama/
Corresponding to your synthesis, it is disappointing to see history repeat itself.
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