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2016-01-15 Southeast Asia

Philippines to Offer the Use of Eight Bases to US Forces

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Posted by Steve White 2016-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Left out is the fact the the Philippines was a Japanese colony from 1942-1945.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-01-15 00:06|| 2016-01-15 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 They do not want to end up as total cannon fodder like South Korea in a war with China.

Everyone wants the security We promised them. No one wants to pay for it until too late. Even now here.

Posted by newc 2016-01-15 02:15|| 2016-01-15 02:15|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Keep in mind too that the PI, for all their apparent generosity in offering the use of those bases, hasn't yet presented us with the bill for what they think is fair use. It'll be a doozy.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-01-15 05:15|| 2016-01-15 05:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Philippines - if you thought our Beltway or Mexico was corrupt, you haven't seen anything yet.

Best us terrible imperialists stay home this time.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-01-15 08:12|| 2016-01-15 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 So what's in this for us?
An un-sinkable aircraft carrier, and a platform for making faces at the chicoms?

You are right about the long, sad, and complicated history. Don't forget the other 3 factors: Location, location and location.

I just hope no one gets too sentimental about Subic, Clark, or Po City. Their time has passed. They have changed, and WE have changed.

Posted by Nguard 2016-01-15 09:02|| 2016-01-15 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 What comes with the PI is the upcoming confrontation about the Spratleys and whats under them. Not a huge issue immediately as the world is awash in oil, but not that far off, it again becomes a critical asset for the PI and its future. Are we prepared for what a commitment brings, and if so, those who benefit also must bear the risk and cost. So if the PI sees this as a cash cow, pass.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2016-01-15 12:20|| 2016-01-15 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 a huge boon to the hard workers of Angeles City

Posted by 746 2016-01-15 14:54|| 2016-01-15 14:54|| Front Page Top

#8 By most accounts Beijing isn't happy at all about the US =retenchment from the South China Sea to East China Sea to Guam-WESTPAC, e.g. Japan's warning or threat to counter the China CG's use of heavier-armed patrol vessels in waters near the Senkakus = Diaoyus wid JMSDF Naval + other armed military assets. China has voed to continue its patrols and match Japan's response tit-for-tat [iff not higher].

AS PER LUCIANNE + TOPIX ARTICS, POTUS OBAMA'S LAST FULL YEAR IN OFFICE COULD BE A DANGEROUS TIME FOR HIS ADMIN + ENTIRE US, VIA MILPOL CONFORNTAIONS AGZ AMERIKA'S OWG CO-SUPERPOWER SIBLINGS CHINA, IRAN, + RUSSIA WHOM ARE OUT TO EXPAND THEIR "SOLE" SPHERE(S) OF INTEREST AS BEFITTING THIER "US-STYLE/PAR", "CO-SUPERPOWER" STATUS.

Lest we fergit, MILPOL OR GEOPOL "PARITY" AGZ THE [EX?] "SOLE" SUPERPOWER = CO-SUPERPOWER US, NOT "INFERIORTY" TO SAME.

Ala US-LED ANTI-LED OWG-NWO + GLOBALISM WHERE THE US DIRECTLY ANDOR INDIRECTLY HELPS ITS RIVALS AND WANNABES BECOME MILPOL OR GEOPOL STRONGER RELATIVE TO THE US ITSELF.

* ANTI-US US OWG GLOBALIST POTUS OBAMA + GLOBIES, ETAL. ALIGNED = "ITS POLITICS, NOT TREASON", ERGO UNDER US LAW POTUS OBAMA CANNOT + WILL NOT BE IMPEACHED + REMOVED FROM OFFICE JUST FOR "POLITICS".

Pragmatically, IMO its highly doubtful or unlikely that beijing + PLA are going to wait to accomplish its agenda while JAPAN + OTHER US EAST ASIA ALLIES become Militarily stronger or Nukulaar relative to Mainland China - IT BEHOOVES BEIJING [Iran? Russia? Other?] TO MAKE THEIR MOVES WHILE A DEDICATED ANTI-US US POTUS, I.E. THE "WORST/WEAKEST" POTUS IN US HISTORY OR SINCE POTUS JIMMY CARTER, STILL OCCUPIES THE OVAL OFFICE AND HEADS THE US NATIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITY.

Pray hard + keep your fingers crossed, because Not-Amerika America + Nippon AMb. Sweet Caroline Kennedy is going to need it.

To paraph the late FRED THOMPSON in "Hunt for Red October", A US-CHINA WAR IN EAST ASIA-PACIFIC CAN EASILY "GET OUT OF CONTROL AND WE'LL ALL JUST BE LUCKY TO JUST LIVE THROUGH IT"!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-15 20:56|| 2016-01-15 20:56|| Front Page Top

#9 More Net News from thia Saturday AM + Thursday ...

* GLOBALTIMES@TWITTER > CHINA THREATENS TO DEPLOY WARSHIPS WIDIN 12-NMS OF SENKAKUS; JAPAN THREATENS EAST CHINA SEA STABILITY, TOKYO TO USE MILITARY VESSELS TO DRIVE AWAY CINESE VESSELS - GLOBAL TIMES.

* Also from GLOBAL TIMES = ...
> SHIPS DISPATCHED TO PATROL DIAOYU ISLANDS AMID JAPAN'S WARNINGS - AGENCY.
> CHINA DETERMINED TO SAFEGUARD SOVEREIGNTY OVER DAOYU ISLANDS.

* DEFENSE NEWS > PH SEEKS JOINT PATROLS WID US IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

Sorry, PH = Manila, I hope I'm wrong but I don't see Anti-US US OWG POTUS Obama doing that.

* GLOBALNATION.PH > US WON'T ALLOW CHINA TO CONTROL VITAL SEA [SCS].

* SAME > PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS THANK US SENATORS FOR ATTENTION TO ASIA-PACIFIC.

Ya mean the same US Senate that backs up Obama + gives him everyting he wants???

* THE-JAPAN-NEWS@TWITTER [Yomiuri Shimbun] > MSDF SEABORNE PATROLLING ACTION PLANNED TO GUARD SENKAKUS [China = Diaoyus].

Japan Foreign Minstry = "...If China claims 'Innocent Passage', it will seem as iff China is recognizing Japan's sovereignty over the Senkakus [China = Diaoyu Islands]".

SO IOW, JAPAN CAN'T OR WON'T DO WHAT POTUS OBAMA + USS "LASSEN" DID IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA???

* SAME > MSDF TO COVER MORE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* WORLD NEWS > [Khaleej Press] AMERICA'S FOREIGN RIVALS WAGE "HYBRID WARFARE".

* JAPANTIMES@TWITTER > US MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REGAIN ["Sole" Superpower?]GLOBAL LEADERSHIP.

* SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION USA [Twitter] REPORT ROLL OUT: US BASES IN OKINAWA - WHAT CAN BE DONE?

US, JAPAN HAVE COMMITMENT TO PREVENT CHINA FROM FORCIBLY TAKING OVER TAIWAN AND SENKAKUS FROM JAPAN - USN ADM. DENNIS J. BLAIR.

Yokay, but in 2016 + until Jan 2017 its still Anti-US US OWG Globalist POTUS Obama, NOT JAPAN = TOKYO, that is charge of the USDOD + US National Command Authority, hence in charge of any each + all Direct US Mil Response(s) to any World Crisis or Crises, OR IN ALTERNATE THE LACK OF SAME.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-15 23:05|| 2016-01-15 23:05|| Front Page Top

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