US, Philippines vow joint defense ‘anywhere in the South China Sea’

[buster]

Reality is everyone is just being patient and tolerant of the CCP.


https://www.defensenews.com/newslet...oint-defense-anywhere-in-the-south-china-sea/

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

So we're going to go to war with China if they sink a Philippine fishing vessel?

 

[buster]

So we're going to go to war with China is they sink a Pilipino fishing vessel?

Hope not.

 

[Passport1]

No big deal. Really, the Chinese sailors just want some R&R in Olongapo. They've heard how cheap bar fines are and some wild and crazy the bar girls are there.


Also the beer is very good.

 

[Cujet]

I always enjoy visiting the Philippines. Love the people, the hands on industrious culture and getting out of the cities into some beautiful locations. I have no negative comments what so ever. Great folks.

 

[alarmguy]

Reality is everyone is just being patient and tolerant of the CCP.

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Tolerant is an understatement. The American people have been funding the build up and modernization of China's military for decades now. However we dont care, we rather have less expensive products and toys and let the kids worry about the next war.
We will sell our souls for the right price, then complain when things go south, like the next war involving China.
Everyone right this second is using a product from China that has helped to fund their military buildup. Freaky stuff how we allowed them to work into every aspect of our society.

 

[PimTac]

It’s a strategic move as both the USN and USCG plan to forward deploy ships there.

 

[PandaBear]

So we're going to go to war with China is they sink a Pilipino fishing vessel?

I remember China and Japan basically disguise small "warship" as coast guard / police to avoid full on military confrontation but still flex their muscles against each other's fishing vessels.

 

[SC Maintenance]

So we're going to go to war with China is they sink a Pilipino fishing vessel?

Its a bribe to the Philippines to join our side of the coming cold war rather than the other side.

Same reason we send checks to places like Jordan and Egypt every year.

 

[Deleted member 89374]

However we dont care

You got that wrong. We do care.

Corporate America, institutional investors, and the politicians they lobby, well, that's an entirely different story.

 

[Malo83]

No big deal. Really, the Chinese sailors just want some R&R in Olongapo. They've heard how cheap bar fines are and some wild and crazy the bar girls are there.


Also the beer is very good.

Amen to that, love the old San Miguel, still have a full 1 litre bottle of San Miguel that I picked up at a Sari Sari store.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Tolerant is an understatement. The American people have been funding the build up and modernization of China's military for decades now. However we dont care, we rather have less expensive products and toys and let the kids worry about the next war.
We will sell our souls for the right price, then complain when things go south, like the next war involving China.
Everyone right this second is using a product from China that has helped to fund their military buildup. Freaky stuff how we allowed them to work into every aspect of our society.

Tolstoy called it distributed responsibility. The ones that advocate the trade and who will ultimately start the war, won't be the ones doing the fighting. And neither will their kids.

 

[andrewg]

The placement of our military in the Philippines is critical to our upcoming war with China. It's inevitable.

 

[pbm]

Tolerant is an understatement. The American people have been funding the build up and modernization of China's military for decades now. However we dont care, we rather have less expensive products and toys and let the kids worry about the next war.
We will sell our souls for the right price, then complain when things go south, like the next war involving China.
Everyone right this second is using a product from China that has helped to fund their military buildup. Freaky stuff how we allowed them to work into every aspect of our society.

I thought we elected 'leaders' to make sure this didn't happen? 'We' save a few hundred dollars a year buying Chinese products while some in this country (even in government) becomes millionaires facilitating communist China.

 

[CKN]

The placement of our military in the Philippines is critical to our upcoming war with China. It's inevitable.

I would agree the South China Sea is a powder keg with a very short fuse.

 

[CKN]

I thought we elected 'leaders' to make sure this didn't happen? 'We' save a few hundred dollars a year buying Chinese products while some in this country (even in government) becomes millionaires facilitating communist China.

No. We don't have any laws which prevented China becoming what they are. We have no laws prohibiting China from buying real property here in the U.S., or bonds, stocks, etc.

Some countries prohibit foreign citizens from owning real property.

 

[RooflessVW]

The placement of our military in the Philippines is critical to our upcoming war with China. It's inevitable.

War is failure.

I thought we elected 'leaders' to make sure this didn't happen? 'We' save a few hundred dollars a year buying Chinese products while some in this country (even in government) becomes millionaires facilitating communist China.

Most people elect their "leaders" to hate the same people they hate.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Some countries prohibit foreign citizens from owning real property.

You mean like China

 

[CKN]

You mean like China

Yes-but there are many others.

 

[Pew]

And yet it wasn't too long ago that the Filipino population rallied with Duerte's anti-USA sentiment. Everybody wants to be anti-USA until they need protection.