What they're saying about the Philippines

Newspaper reports and editorials(international papers mostly) about President Arroyo's decision to pull troops out of Iraq is not really being favorable to her.  Most if not have severely criticized her actions.  US is an angry big brother right now and very upset with the move Arroyo made.   NY Times(reg req'd)reports that Groups apparently emboldened by the   Philippine withdrawal issued threats to three other American allies in Iraq - Japan, Poland and Bulgaria - to pull out their soldiers or face attacks.

Because those militant Iraqis "won" the battle of driving out Filipino troops just by threatening(sp) to behead a Filipino Worker if their demands weren't met (which is full withdrawal of troops ) they can do thesame with other  countries.  I guess that's what the US  are trying to point out.   President Arroyo have to defend herself against barrage of criticism from other nations and coalition forces who thinks that her decision is the wrong one. 

Majority of Filipinos approved of what did though.