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The United States understands that the Dragon is sharpening its claws. The constant stream of anti-China rhetoric from the Philippines will encourage Beijing to decapitate the Philippines when the opportunity arises. Everyone is waiting for the refurbished Philippine frigate (which is a 50-year-old American coast guard cutter) to fire its gun. That will be the start of the Sino-Philippine War.
As a reminder, all Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles are thermonuclear-capable. China is not a country that you mouth-off at if you value your existence.
When the 5,000km Underground Great Wall opens up for a thermonuclear strike, the U.S. will be quaking in its boots. There's enough thermonuclear firepower to level a continent in the 5,000km Underground Great Wall. It's full of DF-5B 10-MIRVed, DF-31A 3-MIRVed, and DF-41 10-MIRVed ICBMs.
Back off from China bashing, Philippine officials told | GulfNews.com
"Back off from China bashing, Philippine officials told
Shame China policy has contributed largely to the deteriorating relations between the Philippines and China
By Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief
Published: 13:52 August 12, 2013
Manila: Senior officials of the US have advised Philippine officials, including President Benigno Aquino to back off from a rhetoric of China-bashing, a columnist said.
American officials have taken a strategy not to vulgarise the implementation of their policy to increase US presence in the Asia Pacific region, columnist Ellen Tordesillas of Inbox quoted former Philippine representative to the United Nations Lauro Baja as saying.
They [American officials] want a stable region. They dont want to prejudice their strategic relations with China, which is more important than claims [of six countries, including Chinas] over rocks and shoals [in the South China Sea], Baja was also quoted as saying.
Americans officials have also agreed with Philippine analysts view that the Shame China policy undertaken by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has contributed largely to the deteriorating relations between the Philippines and China, said Tordesillas, hinting this could affect the US strategy of rebalanced power in the Asia Pacific.
Aquino can be stubborn. But he listens to America, Tordesillas said.
As a proof of this, Foreign Affairs Secretary Del Rosario, admitted that his office has started looking for a modus vivendi with China, said Tordesillas, but did not give more details.
At the same time, two weeks before the Presidents State of the Nation Address [Sona in July 2013], US officials advised the DFA [department of foreign affairs] and Malacanang [the presidential palace] to tone down their anti-China rhetorics to reduce tension in the region.
That explains why in last months Sona there was no mention, not a word, about conflict with China, said the columnist.
This was surprising because of new reports stating that China has deployed again its vessels near Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea.
Aquinos 2013 Sona was relatively tame in comparison with his anti-China statements in his Sona in 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, Aquino decided to send back Philippine ships near Bajo de Masinloc or the Scarborrough Shoal in the South China Sea off northern Luzon, when he learned that Chinese vessels returned there following a resolved stand-off in May.
In response, the US relayed the advice through defence officials that it would not be wise [for Malacanang, the presidential palace] to send back the ships to Bajo de Masinloc. The ships were not sent back, said Tordesillas who quoted an unnamed source.
Because of Chinas relentless show of maritime power in the South China Sea, the Philippines also filed a suit with the UN Arbitral Court to resolve the issue internationally.
The columnist did not categorically say if the US has agreed to this approach when she said: The US has taken a neutral position in the conflicting claims in the South China Sea and has always been consistent in urging for a peaceful resolution of the conflicting claims.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama announced the rebalancing of US military forces from Middle East to Asia, also called a Pivot to Asia policy. Analysts said it was meant to stem Chinas hegemonic-tendencies in the region.
China, Taiwan, and Vietnam claim the whole of the South China Sea based on their historical rights on the said area. Brunei, Malaysia, and Philippines claim some parts of the Spratly Archipelago in the South China Sea, based on the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which grants 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone to countries starting from their shores."
As a reminder, all Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles are thermonuclear-capable. China is not a country that you mouth-off at if you value your existence.
When the 5,000km Underground Great Wall opens up for a thermonuclear strike, the U.S. will be quaking in its boots. There's enough thermonuclear firepower to level a continent in the 5,000km Underground Great Wall. It's full of DF-5B 10-MIRVed, DF-31A 3-MIRVed, and DF-41 10-MIRVed ICBMs.
Back off from China bashing, Philippine officials told | GulfNews.com
"Back off from China bashing, Philippine officials told
Shame China policy has contributed largely to the deteriorating relations between the Philippines and China
By Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief
Published: 13:52 August 12, 2013
Manila: Senior officials of the US have advised Philippine officials, including President Benigno Aquino to back off from a rhetoric of China-bashing, a columnist said.
American officials have taken a strategy not to vulgarise the implementation of their policy to increase US presence in the Asia Pacific region, columnist Ellen Tordesillas of Inbox quoted former Philippine representative to the United Nations Lauro Baja as saying.
They [American officials] want a stable region. They dont want to prejudice their strategic relations with China, which is more important than claims [of six countries, including Chinas] over rocks and shoals [in the South China Sea], Baja was also quoted as saying.
Americans officials have also agreed with Philippine analysts view that the Shame China policy undertaken by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has contributed largely to the deteriorating relations between the Philippines and China, said Tordesillas, hinting this could affect the US strategy of rebalanced power in the Asia Pacific.
Aquino can be stubborn. But he listens to America, Tordesillas said.
As a proof of this, Foreign Affairs Secretary Del Rosario, admitted that his office has started looking for a modus vivendi with China, said Tordesillas, but did not give more details.
At the same time, two weeks before the Presidents State of the Nation Address [Sona in July 2013], US officials advised the DFA [department of foreign affairs] and Malacanang [the presidential palace] to tone down their anti-China rhetorics to reduce tension in the region.
That explains why in last months Sona there was no mention, not a word, about conflict with China, said the columnist.
This was surprising because of new reports stating that China has deployed again its vessels near Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea.
Aquinos 2013 Sona was relatively tame in comparison with his anti-China statements in his Sona in 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, Aquino decided to send back Philippine ships near Bajo de Masinloc or the Scarborrough Shoal in the South China Sea off northern Luzon, when he learned that Chinese vessels returned there following a resolved stand-off in May.
In response, the US relayed the advice through defence officials that it would not be wise [for Malacanang, the presidential palace] to send back the ships to Bajo de Masinloc. The ships were not sent back, said Tordesillas who quoted an unnamed source.
Because of Chinas relentless show of maritime power in the South China Sea, the Philippines also filed a suit with the UN Arbitral Court to resolve the issue internationally.
The columnist did not categorically say if the US has agreed to this approach when she said: The US has taken a neutral position in the conflicting claims in the South China Sea and has always been consistent in urging for a peaceful resolution of the conflicting claims.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama announced the rebalancing of US military forces from Middle East to Asia, also called a Pivot to Asia policy. Analysts said it was meant to stem Chinas hegemonic-tendencies in the region.
China, Taiwan, and Vietnam claim the whole of the South China Sea based on their historical rights on the said area. Brunei, Malaysia, and Philippines claim some parts of the Spratly Archipelago in the South China Sea, based on the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which grants 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone to countries starting from their shores."
