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Agence France-Presse
October 4, 2013
China has to learn to "play by the rules" and the Philippines must sharply boost its defences to keep South China Sea territorial spats from escalating, two former US officials said Friday.
The Philippines has consistently accused China of aggressively pressing its claim to most of the South China Sea, even up to the coasts of neighbours like the Philippines, raising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Speaking at the sidelines of a maritime security forum in Manila, ex-US defence undersecretary Walter Slocombe stressed that no one wanted to see a confrontation with China over territory.
"We (military allies the Philippines and the United States) must find a way to defend our interests and our sovereignty, the rule of law and the proposition that issues like this are to be resolved peacefully and not by the threat of the use of force."
He warned: "There is a real danger of an incident blowing up and becoming a source of a much bigger conflict."
Dennis Blair, former commander of US forces in the Pacific, added: "We have to convince China that as it involves the rest of the region and the world in solving its problems, it has to play by the rules whether those rules are in business, diplomacy or in military force."
Both men said they could not fully explain why China was now pressing its territorial claims.
It could be a case of leaders manipulating nationalism, a mistaken assumption that the United States was withdrawing from Asia, or even the belief of some important Chinese figures that "China should run the world", Slocombe said.
China's restiveness had produced negative reactions, said Slocombe, who was in the Pentagon when Bill Clinton was US president. "In a very short time, China has made the US very popular in the Western Pacific."
But while the Philippines is relying on the United States to back it up against China, Slocombe said it must also undertake a serious effort to develop "a minimum deterrent military capacity".
"The Philippines needs to do a strategic analysis of what it needs to do for its maritime defence," added Blair, the US Pacific commander in 1999-2002.
This would include a multi-year programme to acquire modern weapons, properly train its personnel and develop military doctrines and mechanisms, and "organise itself in a more effective manner".
Such a programme for the poorly-armed Philippines "will not only support its relations with China but will find a much more willing and able and ready partner from its treaty ally, the United States", he added.
China must 'play by the rules', Philippines must arm: US experts | GlobalPost
October 4, 2013
China has to learn to "play by the rules" and the Philippines must sharply boost its defences to keep South China Sea territorial spats from escalating, two former US officials said Friday.
The Philippines has consistently accused China of aggressively pressing its claim to most of the South China Sea, even up to the coasts of neighbours like the Philippines, raising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Speaking at the sidelines of a maritime security forum in Manila, ex-US defence undersecretary Walter Slocombe stressed that no one wanted to see a confrontation with China over territory.
"We (military allies the Philippines and the United States) must find a way to defend our interests and our sovereignty, the rule of law and the proposition that issues like this are to be resolved peacefully and not by the threat of the use of force."
He warned: "There is a real danger of an incident blowing up and becoming a source of a much bigger conflict."
Dennis Blair, former commander of US forces in the Pacific, added: "We have to convince China that as it involves the rest of the region and the world in solving its problems, it has to play by the rules whether those rules are in business, diplomacy or in military force."
Both men said they could not fully explain why China was now pressing its territorial claims.
It could be a case of leaders manipulating nationalism, a mistaken assumption that the United States was withdrawing from Asia, or even the belief of some important Chinese figures that "China should run the world", Slocombe said.
China's restiveness had produced negative reactions, said Slocombe, who was in the Pentagon when Bill Clinton was US president. "In a very short time, China has made the US very popular in the Western Pacific."
But while the Philippines is relying on the United States to back it up against China, Slocombe said it must also undertake a serious effort to develop "a minimum deterrent military capacity".
"The Philippines needs to do a strategic analysis of what it needs to do for its maritime defence," added Blair, the US Pacific commander in 1999-2002.
This would include a multi-year programme to acquire modern weapons, properly train its personnel and develop military doctrines and mechanisms, and "organise itself in a more effective manner".
Such a programme for the poorly-armed Philippines "will not only support its relations with China but will find a much more willing and able and ready partner from its treaty ally, the United States", he added.
China must 'play by the rules', Philippines must arm: US experts | GlobalPost
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Here is a counter proposal. US should not invade sovereign nations, bomb the crap of them and overthrown democratically elected government. I would say its pot calling kettle black, but in this case the pot is at least five shades darker than the kettle.
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These stupid conflicts will solve themselves.
Once we have spent over 100 billion consistently and nearing or surpassing 200 billion in spending a year, well, I don't need to tell people who visits a defense forum what that means.
Once our economy reaches 15 Trillion which means our Per capita will be around $11,000 nominal and much more PPP, then our economy and living standard will greatly exceed every dispute nation sans japan.
At that point our dominance would be clear and well.....
Once we have spent over 100 billion consistently and nearing or surpassing 200 billion in spending a year, well, I don't need to tell people who visits a defense forum what that means.
Once our economy reaches 15 Trillion which means our Per capita will be around $11,000 nominal and much more PPP, then our economy and living standard will greatly exceed every dispute nation sans japan.
At that point our dominance would be clear and well.....
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I agree that the Philippines must arm itself to the teeth。
It is the right of every nation。
The US，as the sole ally of the Phiippines，must provide，free of charge and any other conditions，all the hardware and trainings that are required to make its ally a force that's at least comparable to Vietnam。
20 billion UDS a year and for 20 years should perhaps do it。
Is the US ready to shoulder its responsibility？
The US is a pancake that's being spread increasingly thin。
It is the right of every nation。
The US，as the sole ally of the Phiippines，must provide，free of charge and any other conditions，all the hardware and trainings that are required to make its ally a force that's at least comparable to Vietnam。
20 billion UDS a year and for 20 years should perhaps do it。
Is the US ready to shoulder its responsibility？
The US is a pancake that's being spread increasingly thin。
US only pivot back to Asia and make all the Chinese jumpy, China can't rule this world as long as US still dominate military for another 20 yrs.
By the time China sniff world domination most of the Chinese poster in here will probably die before they see China rule the world.
By the time China sniff world domination most of the Chinese poster in here will probably die before they see China rule the world.
