Posted on 09/05/2020 5:01:31 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The new armed forces chief Gilbert Gapay tells lawmakers the Philippines is still ‘really dependent on the US’ to maintain the ‘bulk of our equipment’
His words contrast starkly to those of President Duterte, who vowed to Chinese officials in 2016 he would ‘separate’ from the US, which had ‘lost’
The Philippine military will maintain close ties with the United States and train with its forces even as it gets closer to China, the new armed forces chief told lawmakers in his confirmation hearing this week.
General Gilbert Gapay said that “while our ties with China are warming up, it doesn’t mean we are abandoning our ties with the United States and other traditional allies, we are maintaining all these ties with allied countries”.
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They’ll be conquered by China eventually.
No other way around it.
China is not a paper tiger.
Let’s hope the President severs ties immediately.
The Spanish were better to them than the Chicoms will be.
You just made yourself a Security Risk
The Philippine Gov’t under the socialist Duterte is trying to play both sides of the field.
He desperately wants close ties with China but, China is uninterested in being a partner and neighbor with the Philippines. China is only interested in total regional domination.
He uses the US Treaty as the stick to try to get China to play nice with the Philippines but, again, China doesn’t give a rats ass about what the Philippine gov’t wants.
Skunks are always run over in the middle of the road.
Can’t blame Duarte for trying to do the best he can for his nation. Suck right between superpowers. Everyone playing this game knows the rules; get the best deal for your people and nation you can. Trump, Xi, Duarte; this is the Art of the Deal.
You just said it some much better than me. The guy needs to examine the validity of his assumptions.
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