Posted on 02/25/2014 7:26:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Manila, Philippines - It’s all about oil. U.S. interest seems to be shifting from the Middle East to Asia, particularly the oil-rich waters surrounding the Philippines, China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Tension has been rising among and between the governments of these countries over territorial claims in around South China Sea and the Spratly Islands.
Overtly, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Philippines to try to ease tensions between the Manila and Beijing governments, urging China to go easy on imposing no-fly and no-sail zones over the disputed territories between the two countries.
Covertly, as confirmed by latest tweets from suspected American security secrets leaker Edward Snowden, Kerry is in Manila talking up the Aquino government to seriously consider becoming the 51st state of the U.S. Kerry said that becoming a U.S. state would be in the best interest of the Philippines because it would essentially put the American military at its disposal in its dispute with China. Of course, what Kerry is not saying is that it would grant the U.S. full access to the area’s rich oil resources.
The Filipino sentiment against American colonialism has significantly changed since the U.S. military bases were practically driven out of the Philippines in the early 1990′s. There is a growing displeasure with the Manila government. Filipinos are fed up with political dynasties, incompetence, corruption and all that kind of stuff.
Is it time to add another star to the stars and stripes?
To think that the Philippines would want to go from an independent country to a state of the United States and have Washington, DC call the shots is totally insane. Filipinos have enough problems without the meddlesome morons in Foggy Bottom running things. This proves John F'ing Kerry is on drugs
1934 act - aka Tydings-McDuffie (allowed for 10 year transition to statehood).
“Oh, and I have only seen about 5 blacks”........So what? Why bring that little statistic up? Hmmmmmmm? Since those ‘only 5 blacks’ were just in the airport or big cities I suppose your dish washing appliance has no worries huh? Oh yeah: WHERE IS THE QUOTE LIAR?
Some people rely on Free Republic for news.
Not for stupid made-up hoaxes.
How is it made-up?
A story from the people who claimed Obama was appointing Anderson Cooper our Ambassador to the Philippines?
Go here and try not to be so gullible next time.
Thanks for watching my back, Bobby. But be careful...our simpering little liar will go crying to the mods and get your posts taken down if you hurt his feelings.
Alex: where’s the quote, liar?
Woof, woof!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Not quite.
Japan had already decided, and begun preparations, to go to war with the US in the early ‘20s.
The embargoes of oil and metals, brought on by the Japanese Rape of Nanking by Japanese forces, only served to make the Japanese that much less capable once they begun the war.
If it were a red state, that would be a very big help to the electoral college while causing a massive shift on the Math in the house. Seat re-distribution would be very interesting.
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