Next, Obama will visit Malaysia as the first US president to do so in the past half-century, to make another pitch for the TPPA. Past Malaysian governments, with strong Islamic influence especially during the premiership of Mahathir Mohammad, had been critical of US foreign policy, opposed US wars in the Middle East, and supported the setting up of a Palestinian state. Obama intends to sweeten US-Malaysia bilateral ties by offering economic advantages to the Najib Razak government in exchange for keeping to a moderate and pro-US Islamic position.
Kasabay nito, pinauunlad mismo ng US ang mga kampong madalas na gamitin ng kanilang mga tropa. Noong 2011, ipinagmayabang ni Harry Thomas, noo’y embahador ng US sa Pilipinas, na nagbigay ang US ng P200 milyong ayuda-militar sa rehimeng Aquino para paunlarin ang iba’t ibang kampo ng AFP.