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| Philippines' Top Diplomat: 'We Must Have the Courage' to Demand U.S. Military Attack China |
| 2021-03-26 |
| [BREITBART] The top diplomat for the nation of the Philippines, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr., reportedly urged the country’s Senate on Wednesday to embrace a mutual defense treaty between the nation and the United States to involve the American military in its ongoing territorial conflict with China. Locsin, the most powerful diplomat representing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, reportedly repeated an argument that Duterte himself has made in the past: the Philippine military does not have the power to confront China, but its treaty-bound ally, the United States, does. Locsin urged politicians to have the "courage" to invoke the treaty in light of a fleet of hundreds of Chinese ships spotted illegally occupying Julian Felipe Reef, a Philippine territory, this week. "We do have a Mutual Defense Treaty which says very clearly, and has been explained by (former State) Secretary (Mike) Pompeo and (current) Secretary of State (Anthony) Blinken after him, that any attack on a Philippine vessel — however small, as long as it is a government vessel like a Coast Guard — is an attack on the United States and triggers the Mutual Defense Treaty," Locsin said on Wednesday, according to Philippine outlet One News. "And believe me, that response is — shall I say — global. And that lies within our power," he continued. "We must have the courage to go where probably we will not be able to go back from. Because if we don’t send that message to the other side, then they will just keep trenching and trenching and trenching in our territory, and then our sense of nationhood dies." Locsin made the comments during a Senate hearing, according to GMA News. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denounced China for invading Julian Felipe Reef in remarks on Monday, revealing that Manila had counted 220 Chinese ships illegally present there. Philippine officials claimed the ships were part of a "maritime militia" intended to intimidate the Philippines into ceding the territory. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Feeding hand met biting dog many years ago. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-26 06:05 |
| #1 I thought the Philippines gave America the finger and were going to ally with China. Fuck them. So fucking sick of worthless "allies" that can't contribute to their own defense and yet expect us to pour out our blood and treasure on their behalf. |
| Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944 2021-03-26 00:24 |