This represents massive victory for China in the South China Seas. One of the primary reasons China has claimed these "islands" in the area is to set a marker for the Economic Exclusion Zones around those islands. Now China has gotten the Philippines to agree to what China wants in exchange for joint oil/gas exploration in the disputed areas. The whole US strategy of keeping China contained inside what is called the First Island Chain has been blown up with the Philippines dumping the US for China.
1 posted on
10/21/2016 10:39:29 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
This is a seismic shift in the power balance in the Western Pacific. It’s importance to geopolitics cannot be overstated. The unimaginable has happened.
To: C19fan
Way to go, Obozo, another ally lost................
3 posted on
10/21/2016 10:41:52 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Whatever happened to Craig Livingstone?..............)
To: C19fan
5 posted on
10/21/2016 10:42:14 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
Obama’s legacy grows. What else can he accomplish in his final months?
6 posted on
10/21/2016 10:42:37 AM PDT by
Dagnabitt
(Trump - Because countries without Islamic immigration are countries without Islamic terrorism.)
To: C19fan
CNBC part of the MSM and their beloved @$$ clown fuhrer Barack ‘I’m a community activist’ Obama. Leading the way in alienating everyone and making the world a more dangerous place.
7 posted on
10/21/2016 10:43:58 AM PDT by
Lent
To: C19fan
It wasn’t too long ago that Duterte was calling Obama a son of a whore one week and then trying to suck up to him a week later. I suspect this will turn out the same way.
To: C19fan
The Japanese Occupation was also tons of Fun
To: C19fan
11 posted on
10/21/2016 10:50:32 AM PDT by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: C19fan
Obozo has lost the game in the South China Sea. He may as well have been doing a Bill Clinton dicking bimbos for all the good he is a POTUS.
14 posted on
10/21/2016 11:03:14 AM PDT by
Enchante
(Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
To: C19fan
Duerte was bought personally. Both Clintons are examples.
15 posted on
10/21/2016 11:06:35 AM PDT by
Thud
To: NewJerseyJoe
21 posted on
10/21/2016 11:46:51 AM PDT by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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