While I disagree for other Reasons, the U.S. cannot count on the Philippines as a U.S. Ally, due to History, as the Philippines turned from U.S. Ally to demanding the U.S. Out of the Philippines.  Their Alliance with the U.S. depends on who is their "Democratically Elected" Leader, meaning any form of Long Term Alliance with the U.S. is not possible.

What's a WOMD, a WOman MD?   Democrat President Clinton using the term Weapons of Mass Destruction, to demand that U.S. Congress Declare War Against U.S. Ally Iraq, is like saying EVERYBODY that lives at Hawaii are Hawaiians (Haoles, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, all thrown together as one term "Hawaiians"), just like saying anybody that lives at Iraq are Iraqis (Actual Iraqis Arabs, Arabic Sunnis, Enemy of Iran. NON Iraqis Shia of Iraq as Millions of Iranians living at Iraq as the Majority Population of Iraq an Ally of Iran, Non Iraqis Kurdistanis aka Kurds Indo Europeans Farsi Shia an Ally of Iran.)