Friendship day?

Protesters hold anti-U.S. military signs during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila to coincide with the Fourth of July celebration in the U.S. and is also marked in the Philippines as "Philippine-American Friendship Day" on Wednesday. The protesters also scored the U.S. military's alleged expansion of its forces in Asia and called for the pullout of its forces in the country. (AP/Bullit Marquez)