Friday, March 1, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo: 'Any Attack Against The Philippines In The South China Sea Will ‘Trigger’ Mutual Defense Treaty Obligations



Reuters: Pompeo assures Philippines of U.S. protection in event of sea conflict

MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured the Philippines on Friday it would come to its defence if it came under attack in the South China Sea, reaffirming a defence code that Manila’s security chiefs have sought to revise.

Speaking during a stopover after a summit in Hanoi with North Korea, Pompeo said a 1951 Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defence Treaty would be adhered to if its ally was a victim of aggression, and singled out China as a threat to stability.

“China’s island-building and military activities in the South China Sea threaten your sovereignty, security and therefore economic livelihood as well as that of the United States,” he told a news conference in Manila.

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More News On U.S. Military Commitments To The Philippines In The Event Of An Attack

U.S. to protect PH in case of South China Sea attack – Pompeo -- CNN
Pompeo, Duterte reaffirm alliance, discuss cooperation on regional security -- CNN
Pompeo promises intervention if Philippines is attacked in South China Sea amid rising Chinese militarization -- The Washington Post
Pompeo assures Philippines of US protection in South China Sea -- FOX News
'We Have Your Back.' Mike Pompeo Says U.S. Won't Let China Blockade the South China Sea -- Time
Philippines, US reaffirm alliance after Duterte-Pompeo meeting -- Inquirer.net
Pompeo WARNS: US Will Defend Philippines Against ‘Armed Attack’ in S China Sea -- Sputnik

13 comments:

  1. Anon

    In the Who's Who list of cowards highly trained military personal who, hiding behind massive weaponry and backup support, kill innocent kids are at the top.


    Politicians, as the world saw following the shooter attack at that baseball practice, and listening to Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan's speech where he said "what you do to one of us you do to all of us" followed by no action whatsoever to begin effecting some little measure of gun control showed that the republicans, and the democrats in Congress are in fact worse than cowards, they are paid cowards.

    They are on that Who's who list, only a little behind those cowardly military folk.

    Fortuatly with up and comers like AOC, that may be about to change, at least for the Democrats.

    We and the world can only hope.

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    1. Right, Bob. How brave of you to follow the goose step line of the Democrat party to smear American soldiers who fight to keep you free. How deep a thinker you are to call Americans child murders.

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  2. Bob,

    If you love communism move to Cuba, Venezuela, Belo Russia, or North Korea.

    Or you can form a commune in North America. Some exist peacefully in the US. They can do what they want. One I read about of necessity does not practice "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". They could not make that sucker work. So they pay unequal wages. It is funny, but there is no point in pointing it out to them. They are not strident like you and they are peaceful. You on the other hand are strident and stupid. You need to have nose rubbed into it.

    A ne'er do well loser like yourself is always pining for the perfect utopia that never comes, that you can never make work, that you cannot show to work on paper, and the lack of which makes you complain that you cannot be all that you can be.

    Hell, AOC cannot even get the quote right. She said mentioned those that are unwilling to work. I think that means she wants your vote in particular Bob.

    Has it occurred to you Wiley Coyote supra genius that if the Democrat that opened fired on the baseball game did not have access to guns that he might have used bombs, poison, or biologicals weapons or just a stolen vehicle?

    Of course not. You are like AOC. You are dumb as a bunch of rocks and got your degree out of a Cracker Jack Box.

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  3. Fortuatly [sic] with up ...







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  4. The compliments was not meant for you schmendrik.

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  5. Ducking spineless babies name call bob
    Get real you wankers and say something of substance
    You reflect badly on your parents

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  6. Anon

    If it was a baseball game involving the elected officials of another country, maybe even your own, and the shooter had been trained properly,or better, if it had been a Navy Seal he would have killed everyone, including the kids waiting in the stands, and you would be in your glory.

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  7. Anon

    Cracker Jack Box? That is the best you can do you snotgoblinscrotumscratcher?

    I bet when you were born, if you were born, the doctor slapped your mother.

    When your wife went to a plastic surgeon he put a tail on her.

    So tell me, and I will keep it to myself. What are you doing here?

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  8. Anon

    Don't thank me for educating you but "The compliment (not "compliments")was not meant for you (S)chmendrik." you grammar deficient snotgoblinscrotumscratcher.

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  9. Anon

    Follow Goosestep behind the Democrats, are you frigging nuts? I am a Canadian. I don't support or believe in either party in the US. I have serious doubts as to the ability of the citizens of the US to turn things around and become at least some sembalence of the democracy and freedom loving entity they have pretended to be for the last 60 years.

    I am a concerned citizen of Canada who sees the continued malicious behavior of the Republican policies towards its citizens and the disruption of an albeit in name only, democratic neighbor. A process that appears unresolvable given the superficial and at best reactive, actions bordering on latent support of the other republican party, the Democrats who kowtow to their superiors at every opportunity. That is except of course for periodic and timely attempts to impress their base especially as elections draw near.

    Your support for the Republicans, and Trump is pitiful, unless of course you are in the multi millionaire strata of society which I sincerely doubt although you do speak and reason as if you are a member of that family.





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