Posted on 10/23/2023 8:21:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
South China Sea Collision
This image released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shows a Chinese militia vessel, top, and Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Cabra as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Oct. 22, 2023. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea.
Philippine diplomats summoned a Chinese Embassy official in Manila on Monday for a strongly worded protest following Sunday’s collisions off Second Thomas Shoal. No injuries were reported but the encounters damaged a Philippine coast guard ship and a wooden-hulled supply boat operated by navy personnel, officials said.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called an emergency meeting with the defense secretary and other top military and security officials to discuss the latest hostilities in the disputed waters. The Philippines and other neighbors of China have resisted Beijing's sweeping territorial claims over virtually the entire South China Sea, and some, like Manila, have sought U.S. military support as incidents multiply.
After the meeting, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro blasted China in a news conference for resorting to “brute force” that he said endangered Filipino crew members and for twisting the facts to conceal its aggression.
“The Philippine government views the latest aggression by China as a blatant violation of international law,” Teodoro said. “China has no legal right or authority to conduct law enforcement operations in our territorial waters and in our exclusive economic zone.”
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... if we have any weapons left over.
Oooooh! It’s a RED LINE (could fade to pink, though).
This is like 1066 again.
We have no treaty obligation to defend the Philippines.
Back when President Trump was in office, there were mean Tweets!
Things are better now!
The first sentence of the article:
“The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty”
Joe, let’s not write any checks we’re not sure we can cash.
People in the Philipines have very long memories when it comes to having their borders threatened. They don’t wish to just give up and open the floodgates like you do.
We are spreading ourselves too thin confronting Russia, China and Iran at the same time. We’ve already depleted much of our military stockpile arming Ukraine. I get the feeling we are being set up.
“We have no treaty obligation to defend the Philippines.”
Your country (whoever the hell your ‘we’ represents) may not have such a treaty but the United States and the Philippines do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_(United_States%E2%80%93Philippines)
“The Mutual Defense Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America (MDT) was signed on August 30, 1951 by their representatives in Washington, D.C.. The treaty has eight articles and requires both nations to support each other if another party attacks the Philippines or the United States.”
China is the abusive mate who gets his way because everyone goes out of the way not to “trigger” him. Thing is, he’ll always reset to lesser and lesser triggers.
Please ask your parent or guardian to read and explain the article to you before you post.
“We have no treaty obligation to defend the Philippines.”
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Although SEATO went out of business in 1977, I suspect one or both of these are still in effect. Probably others too.
1) ANZUS Treaty, was an agreement signed in 1951 to protect the security of the Pacific.
2) Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; August 30, 1951
Not that it matters, if the Biden administration wants & needs a war, I am sure they will come up with better reason than Bush’s,
“He wanted to kill my daddy, so he has weapons a mass destruction”
which worked pretty well.
3 front war coming up!
Well at least we have a full Strategic Petroleum Reserve to tide us over.
This must be why the RATS want to bring the Gaza Philistine fight to America so we can go fight one against the Chinese in the Philippines.
“We are spreading ourselves too thin confronting Russia, China and Iran at the same time. We’ve already depleted much of our military stockpile arming Ukraine. I get the feeling we are being set up.”
Me too. And the Strategic Oil Reserve has been squandered.
We will be sitting ducks.
We sure as hell DO have an obligation to defend the Philippines!
China is a bullying bastard who is trying to illegally steal Philippine territory, in order to completely control the flow of shipping through the South China Sea. That must NEVER be allowed to happen. You think COVID-related shortages were bad? China strangling those sea lanes would be FAR worse.
Wrong.
We have no treaty obligation to defend the Philippines
And which country are living in?
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