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| Philippines seeks US help to protect troops in disputed sea |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [ARABNEWS] The Philippine defense chief said he asked the visiting US Pacific commander on Wednesday to help protect the transport of Filipino troops and supplies to Philippine-occupied reefs in the disputed South China Sea by deploying American patrol planes to discourage Chinese moves to block the resupply missions. The Philippines has protested past attempts by Chinese coasties ships to block smaller boats transporting military personnel, food and other supplies to a Filipino military ship outpost at disputed Second Thomas Shoal, which is also claimed and guarded by Chinese coasties ships. The tense standoff at the shoal has lasted two years. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the commander, Adm. Harry Harris Jr., assured him of US readiness to provide assistance, adding that the US military has flown an aircraft at least once when a Philippine boat delivered supplies last year to Filipino marines marooned on the rusty naval ship that ran aground years ago at the disputed shoal. AP journalists witnessing a resupply mission last year saw a US military plane hovering above a Filipino supply boat, which a Chinese coasties ship tried but failed to block. Such US military flights deter Chinese moves, Gazmin said, adding that Philippine resupply boats have been harassed less by Chinese coasties ships after the deployment of the US patrol plane. "If there are Americans flying around there, we won't be troubled," Gazmin said in an interview. "We need to be helped in our resupply missions. The best way they could assist is through their presence." Second Thomas Shoal, which is called Ayungin by Filipinos and Ren'ai by Chinese, and the nearby Spratly Islands lie about 190 km from the western Philippine province of Palawan, and about more than 1,000 km from southern China. China's Foreign Ministry says Beijing has "indisputable illusory sovereignty" over the shoal. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 All that's missing is for Darths Vlad + Dimitry = Mother Russia to set up in the Philippines wid Manila's consent. May not be able to avert war wid China, though, as at this time there is STILL no evidence that China is willing to give up, amend, or delay its OWG Co-Superpower + "post-US" Geopol Ambitions. NOT NECESSARILY UN-RELATED ... * E.G. TOPIX > [Israel National News = Arutz Sheva, Old = Repost] IRAN DEAL HASTENS US DECLINE. * CHINA DAILY FORUM > [Old = Repost] MORE POWERFUL, POST-NUKE DEAL IRAN TO BACK ASSAD[Continue = Expand Support]. * RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [BBC News] SYRIAN DICTATOR ASSAD CONFIDENT ON CONTINUED BACKING FROM SUPERPOWER RUSSIA AND REGIONAL POWER IRAN. * HUFFPO > IRAN KEY TO FIGHTING MIDDLE EAST TERROR, EXTREMISM, SAYS BRITISH MP. * SIASAT DAILY > BRITAIN SAYS IRAN IS [Too Big/Large a Nation-Country +] TOO POWERFUL TO LEAVE IN ISOLATION. The principles + premises contained in all of the above Artics can also be roughly applicable to CHINA in East Asia-Pacific. IRAN = CHINA = ARE ALREADY "REGIONAL POWERS" NOW INTENDED BY OWG GLOBALISTS TO BE "US-STYLE", "US-PAR", SUPERPOWERS = "CO-SUPERPOWER" IN CHARGE OF PARTICULAR REGION- AND CONTINENT-SPECIFIC OWG GLOBAL FEDERAL UNIONS. "Regional Power" inplies or infers inferiority or aubornment to higher-order/level Superpower which is NOT what the Globies have in mind. "Regional Power" > CHINA = PAR WID FELLOW "REGIONAL POWERS" PHILIPINES, VIETNAM, ASEAN, OR EVEN JAPAN, ETAL. A VIEW WHICH CHINA ITSELF DOES NOT ACCEPT + NEVER WILL SAVE THRU MILITARY FORCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-08-27 22:51 |
| #1 “Fuc* you Americans! Uncultured, crass Americans! We hate all of you! Fu- the Germans are here! Hello Americans! We love you!” ―Robin Williams |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-08-27 06:42 |