It is called prerogative. Taiwan can fan the flames as hot as they want. Whether that is beneficial or disadvantageous is up to them to decide. BTW your media (Phil) is as guilty for fanning the flames and to be frank your media has low credibility.
Your argument is based on an evolving PLAN and a USN that is stagnant. A stagnant USN is far from the truth. In 19.5 years PLAN will probably attain near the current level of sophistication of the USN, BUT in 19.5 years the USN will be decades ahead of PLAN.
A case in point, PLAN is learning to...
That must be a new low for the Pinoy Navy. Using corvettes and frigates against fishing boats :omghaha:. Why not use your coast guard as they are more appropriate unless that concept is too complicated for your govenrment.
Even among Filipino-Americans I haven't seen much support for the their homeland's government. Most of them (at least those I know, work with and are friends with) have zero support to the inept, hopeless and corrupt to the core Philippine government. Moreover, most of them are derisive of the...
Well you have been parroting your "booming economy" so I posted a relevant facet of your economy. I never said there aren't poor people elsewhere. I'm sure sub Saharan Africans are poorer but in SEA that garbage eating stuff is extreme.
I think if Filipinos start working for the betterment of their entire country, they would be out of the crap they are in. I mean voting for murderers? That is just too much to take. Some (Not all) Filipinos have a damaged culture according to James Fallows.
James Fallows, a prominent American...
I read that the 6.6 % growth was cornered by the ultra rich. They were the only ones who benefited. The number of people living in poverty (Pinoys who recook food scavenge from garbage pits) actually increased.
Here are some links of Pinoys (poor souls who did not benefit from the economy)...
Oh man. READ YOUR OWN CITATION. There was no agreement signed. The Japanese offered loans and but your government has NOT SIGNED ANYTHING. NO CONTRACT = No ships
WRONG KID. Read the article you posted. Your government expressed interest but as of today NO FORMAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED. In the real world contracts are what matters not expressions of desire. As an example, your government announced to the world that they were buying a couple of Italian...
Finally a shade of sensibility in your reply. Metal fatigue is measured by airframe hours. There is a limit to the hours an airframe can be considered airworthy.
Just a note, the F5 freedom fighters of the Philippine airforce were retired because they reached airframe hours limit.
This is where I got you. The age of aircraft has nothing to do whether it flies or not. It is the airworthiness that matters. We have 50 or 60 year old planes still flying. Planes do not crash because they are old. Do some research bot.
Your claim that the Philippines wil be getting Japanese boats are UNSUBSTANTIATED.
Japan offered your government loans to buy Japanese built coast guard ships, YET, your government has not officially responded nor signed a purchase agreement.
The Korean frigates were also presented to your...
Well isn't it when the Philippines under the Marcos administration signed the UNCLOS, the Philippines specifically excluded the disputed areas in the South China Sea's because Marcos intended to negotiate those areas separately?
Official maps of the republic of the Philippines also did not...