Balikatan 2009: Pictures of Connivance and Treachery 01/13/2009 by banbalikatan The whole concept of Balikatan from the very first one conducted up to the latest which will be conducted in Bicol region in April, 2009  is to ensure US military interventionism. They keep reassuring the people that their only purpose is to do “humanitarian missions” during the conduct of a Balikatan exercise. But...