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But if China owns those islands how come it can't enforce it ownership.

Adm. Samuel Locklear, the head of the US Pacific Command, specifically proposed the deployment of P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft in August 2011, according to Reuters. The P3 is already in the Philippines. I think the Filipinos are planning on arming the cutter sans frigate with harpoons...

But the US offered to build coastal radars for the Philippines, gave a frigate to the Philippines, offered surveillance flights using P3's to patrol the South China Seas, offered training and intelligence sharing to the Filipinos. So I suppose US actions are stronger than words.

I think you just misread it. He was just saying, if the US support them, they should go ahead and ask for help, if not pack their bags and abandon the whole thing. From what I understand, it was the US through the USN that offered P3 flights to patrol the disputed space back in 2011. Aquino was...

It is not my opinion that the US will abrogate the treaty, but since the shoal's sovereignty is disputed and since we have not ratified UNCLOS there really is no basis for our country to recognize any country's claim to the shoal. However, when we had bases in the Philippines, the USN in...

There is precedent to our government sitting it out. The 1974 Paracel battle between 4 South Vietnamese Naval ships and PLA ships, wherein a request For assistance from an ally was turned down. So you gameplan is to let others save you. How bout saving yourselves for once.

So you cannot handle someone who is objective sees your weak logic and bs.

What can I say, its Awami logic. No corruption happens if no cash is passed. Its amazing how they can say that with a straight face.

I tend to disagree. The Obama administration will view such an act as needless provocation by the Philippines. Obama will find every excuse to not get involved. I see us only getting in to the mix, if the Chinese does something incredibly dumb such as bombing mainland Philippines or sinking...

I never read your media as you claimed. Unfortunately, it comes up in google news. It will take you and your country a few decades to achieve a "minimum credible defense force". You have an air force that is more of a farce. You don't have the capability to operate and maintain 4th...

Philippine media misleads the Filipinos through sheer incompetence, recklessness and carelessness. They are not a reliable source of information.

Nice. When is BD getting ur new frigate?

You can't trust anything that comes out of Philippine media. They mostly do tabloid and sensationalized pieces with no amount of fact checking involved. Their media is as unreliable as their government.

What are you going to do if they don't fire? Wait there forever? They know exactly what you want and will deny you that pleasure. You'll grow old first before that ever happens. What they are trying to do is get the US behind them squarely so if they do open up on you with their greatest weapon...

Relax and take a deep breath. First I am not Chinese. I am a native California. OC born and bred. I pity you and your take on history. My country won WW2. Yes we had allies and their actions were noble and commendable. But do not for a moment think we were not the CORE of the entire effort...

You have been at most an opportunistic ally. When the going gets tough your country gets going - to home. You guys ran with your tails between your leg when one of your citizen got kidnapped in Iraq. You have only sent token representation when my country is engaged in warfare so you can bleed...

It probably does not belong to the Philippines according to an OP Ed piece of the largest circulating Philippine newspaper. It appears the disputed area is really not yours. Even your own government does not recognize it. In addition, the US does not recognize Unclos and therefore does not...

I find it petty that Filipinos would launch protest on Chinese embassies on May 11. Why can't they just spend their energies to find a way out of the mess they are in.

If China invades the Philippine mainland, the US gets involved. If China sinks Philippine naval warships in the disputed sea, the US will just complain and lament the loss of its former coast guard ship. Filipinos should not think we would send our kids to fight for their territorial ambitions...

I read they have close to a 100 billion dollars in reserves, yet, they chose to beg than buy.