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EurAsian Times: US Acquires ‘Critical’ Military Base Overlooking Taiwan & Claimed By China; Beijing Calls The Move ‘Provocative’
Amidst Chinese criticism mounting over the American role in the South China Sea, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr announced that four new military bases under a defense agreement with the US would be scattered across the country, including one in a province overlooking Taiwan.
“There are four extra sites scattered around the Philippines — there are some in the North, there are some around Palawan, there is some further South,” Marcos told reporters on the sidelines of the Filipino army’s founding anniversary.
The announcement comes after one of the most advanced fighter jets of the US Air Force, the F-22 Raptor, exercised with the Philippines Air Force (PAF) earlier this week, making it the first time the top-notch jet had visited the nation.
The Filipino President further stated that his country and the US would reveal the locations of the bases soon, adding the sites would strengthen the country’s capabilities to protect the “eastern half” of its main island, Luzon.
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WNU Editor: The Philippines President is defending his decision .... Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes (AP). China has responded to this U.S. - Philippine defense agreement .... US making Philippines a pawn as it pushes for access to more military bases: expert (Global Times).
China calls it 'provocative'? Fk u, china. Funny how quick the Philippine attitude toward US bases changed once china began bullying its neighbors. No doubt in time Saudi Arabia will learn this as well. So they think the U.S. was a bully? They ain't seen nothing yet
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DeleteTraveled to this country three times in my life, dated women there. I’m happy for them. It’s going to be a huge cash injection into the economy and many young soldiers and sailors are going to find decent cultured women to marry that they could never find in the west. Good on them.
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ReplyDeleteThe average Filipina that enters that business finds a permanent partner within six months. I remember reading that long ago, and from experience, i believe it. Not all doom and gloom.
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