BBM's Platform of Government

[Mr. Witcher]

75 strong delegate team daw. Wow ha, talo pa presidente ng US.

magantay lang daw tayo at me bunga naman daw yun. Parang sibuyas daw yun. [emoji1787]

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[babkalakal]

maalala ko lang ano na kaya development nung usapan ng pag utilize ng nuclear as power source sa Pilipinas?

[baludoy]

Systematic Ang pag sanitize ah


https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines/s...HC-QNUgkg&s=19


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[uls]

huwag na kayo galit biyahi uli si marcos

sangayon naman si idol

[shadow]

Philippines, Japan eye forming security triad with US | Philstar.com

Security triad with US and Japan.


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[uls]

kaya happy si idol heydarian kay marcos

he's pro-US/NATO/Asian-NATO

he's very happy seeing PH cooperate with the US plan to surround china with bases

[shadow]

Hinde na mag siga-siga China sa Pilipinas.

Bigger bully is here.


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[Yatta]

kaya happy si idol heydarian kay marcos

he's pro-US/NATO/Asian-NATO

he's very happy seeing PH cooperate with the US plan to surround china with bases

The enemy of my enemy is my friend...

Welcome to REALPOLITIK.

[Flipo]

kaya happy si idol heydarian kay marcos

he's pro-US/NATO/Asian-NATO

he's very happy seeing PH cooperate with the US plan to surround china with bases

A US pivot, finally? | Philstar.com

A US pivot, finally?
DEMAND AND SUPPLY - Boo Chanco - The Philippine Star
February 8, 2023 | 12:00am

The US is partly to blame for the belligerent China that is a threat to peace in our region. The Americans have terribly miscalculated their China posture.

When Deng Xiaoping said “to be rich is glorious,” the Americans presumed that the joys of capitalism will eventually make the Chinese reject communism and stop being a threat to democracies. But it just took one traditional Communist hardliner, Xi Jinping, to turn back the clock.

In fairness to US policymakers, the idea seemed plausible. In 2022, Forbes reported that China has the second highest number of US dollar billionaires at 539. Chinese entrepreneurs rode the technology boom and became fabulously rich.

Then, Xi Jinping decided to show the billionaires who is the boss. He called for common prosperity. That means, Chinese billionaires cannot be outrageously rich while hundreds of millions of other Chinese are barely getting out of poverty.

As the first show of force, the $37 billion IPO of Ant Financial of Jack Ma was pulled off at the last minute. His Alibaba was also hit with a $2.8 billion fine for abusing its dominant market position.

That was after Ma gave a speech in Shanghai, chiding Chinese financial regulators for stifling innovation. That’s how he crossed the line.

Ma, with his now reduced worth of $24.8 billion, should consider himself lucky he didn’t end up in jail. He resurfaced in Tokyo where he now lives.

So much for China abandoning communism for capitalism. China is back to the Maoist era, except that they are now rich enough to challenge the US and make trouble in our part of the world.

The problem with China is, it looks down on its neighbors.

Some years ago, I wrote from Singapore about an article published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies touching on our problems with China. The narrative and the insights of Amitav Acharya, a visiting professorial fellow of the Institute from the American University in Washington DC are particularly revealing.

Acharya recalls that during the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Hanoi in 2010, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton announced that the South China Sea was one of America’s core interests.

That statement, according to Acharya, provoked rough talk from her Chinese counterpart, who is supposed to have looked at Singapore’s then Foreign Minister George Yeo and said, “China is a big country and other countries are small countries and that’s just a fact.”

Spoken like the regional bully that China has become! That statement has been the hallmark of China’s policy towards its neighbors in Southeast Asia. Gloves off, charm offensive ended, China will get what it wants by whatever way it can just because it can. Wolf warrior diplomacy is on.

This is why America’s almost frantic efforts to strengthen defenses against Chinese aggression in the region is timely and welcome. Even if it is interpreted as preparing for war, it is perhaps the best way to prevent war.

While America was busy in Afghanistan and Iraq, China had been investing heavily in its military and is now a regional threat. Nothing stops a potential aggressor country than seeing adequate defenses being made against adventurism.

The then president Barack Obama saw China’s rising power and he announced a pivot to our region in terms of America’s attention, diplomatically and militarily. Unfortunately, Obama’s 2012 pivot to East Asia didn’t get far. Hopefully, this new pivot is different.

The Philippines gets little respect from China. China’s Coast Guard routinely shoos our fishermen away from parts of the West Philippine Sea that is within our exclusive economic zone.

China is a difficult country to trust. Here is a country that draws nine dashes around a body of water in a map and claims all that area is theirs. It does not abide with the rule of international law, even one that it had previously signed.

Experts say there are no grounds under UNCLOS for China to claim sovereignty beyond 12 nautical miles from any island within the U-shaped line. China is claiming historic rights, but there is no mention of historic rights in UNCLOS except to areas within territorial waters of an archipelagic state, and China is not one.

China has prevented us from developing potential natural gas deposits within our exclusive economic zone. Its naval militia disguised as fishing vessels have been active in our area.

Vietnam has the same problems with China, except that Vietnam is more assertive of their rights. Indonesia has also taken a strong stand, even blasting Chinese fishing vessels that intrude in their economic zone.

Unfortunately, Duterte allowed China to make him believe that he can barter our sovereignty with Chinese dole outs. In the end, Duterte didn’t even get China’s promised economic assistance. China took Duterte for a fool.

Now, President Marcos, has said he “cannot see the Philippines in the future without having the United States as a partner.” That’s a welcome relief.

Actually, we don’t have a choice. Those who say we should stay neutral do not realize that deciding to be neutral is making a choice to be on China’s side.

The new agreement with the US to station military equipment and build facilities in nine locations across the Philippines should help deter Chinese adventurism. This covers a big gap in our defense, our lack of modern military equipment.

In a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, we are almost immediately dragged in whether the Americans have bases here or not. Our northernmost, inhabited island of Itbayat is just 93 miles away.

The last time China threatened Taiwan after the Pelosi visit, it held military exercises around the island, including the Bashi Channel, a waterway separating Taiwan and the Philippines. That made it clear if war were to break out over Taiwan, the Philippines would be a battleground.

The US will have access to our military bases for logistics — storing fuel, ammunition, spare parts and equipment. That’s crucial as good logistics win wars.

For now, we simply have to make China realize that with the American presence, there are military resources within our territory that can give them more than a bloody nose if they try anything.

[uls]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend...

Welcome to REALPOLITIK.

yeah

kaya magkakampi russia china

common enemy

[uls]

during election campaign, one reason for voting leni is the thinking that marcos will continue du30's pro-china stance

kailangan manalo si leni para maibalik sa US ang Pinas

now it looks like mali ung thinking

pro-US pala si marcos

panu na?

di na kailangan si leni

[Flipo]

yeah

kaya magkakampi russia china

common enemy

Reasons for alliances | Philstar.com
Reasons for alliances
BREAKTHROUGH - Elfren S. Cruz - The Philippine Star
February 9, 2023 | 12:00am

The extension and expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) continues to be controversial among certain sectors of Philippine society. This agreement increases the number of Philippine bases from four to nine where the United States now has access. This allows US forces to preposition equipment and rotate armed personnel in nine Philippine military bases.

As I said in my last column, this is not an ideal agreement.

The best option is really for the Philippines to be allowed to defend its territorial sovereignty without the assistance from any foreign power. Unfortunately this is not the case. China has built bases in Philippine territory and is illegally claiming these areas as part of their territory. Even Filipino fishermen have been barred by Chinese naval vessels from fishing in internationally recognized Philippine waters.

The EDCA is therefore an alliance of convenience. It should be noted that alliances are formed based on common interests. In our particular case, the common interest is protection against Chinese aggression and expansionism in the West Philippine Sea.

It is possible that alliances can drag a country into wars. However, nations still form them when compatible interests provide the basis for cooperation. These phenomena is not new in history nor in the world today.

For example, the current alliance between the United States and South Korea rests on the fact that South Korea wants protection from North Korea and China, while the United States wants military bases and partners in projecting its power in East Asia. Each partner provides something that the other nation values.

In history, in the years before the Second World War, Britain and France agreed to defend Poland in case of invasion. This was not done out of the goodness of their hearts. They did so because they feared that if Germany was to conquer Poland, Germany would become militarily stronger, economically more self-sufficient and therefore, a greater threat to their own security. Thus, Britain, France and Poland shared common interest in defending Poland from a German invasion.

The strongest predictor of whether an alliance will succeed or not is if the partners have a common adversary.

Another important reason for the formation of alliances is the creation or preservation of a balance of power in a region or even in the world. A balance of power exists where no state or bloc has a clear military advantage over the other. Alliances form when it is in the interest of two or more nations to combine their capabilities in order to match the capabilities of another stronger state or bloc that poses a threat to their security. Nations may also form or join alliances not simply to balance power but also to counter threats, even if the most threatening state may not be the most powerful one.

Those states which are perceived as threatening depend on a number of factors. These may include geographic proximity, historical experience and the existence of high-value disputes.

In the case of the Philippines, the present threat is obviously from China due to the existence of territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. The current policy of expansion and aggression by China does not necessarily pose a threat for every nation in the world. However, it poses a clear and present danger to Philippine territorial sovereignty.

The Philippines has therefore joined the Indo-Pacific alliance that has been organized to contain China’s expansionism. This includes countries like South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. An unofficial member of this alliance is Taiwan.

As the Philippines joins this alliance, it should be clear to us that while there is a common interest in countering Chinese expansionism, each country may have its own set of interests. For example, the United States’ main interest would be to retain its great power status and prevent the ascendance of China into becoming a rival superpower. This may not necessarily be the main interest of the Philippines. Joining this Indo-Pacific alliance therefore does not necessarily mean that the Philippines wants to become a tool of the United States. It simply means that at the moment, we have a mutual interest in protecting our territories against Chinese intrusion.

It is very important to always remember that alliances of nations are made not because of love or admiration for any other country, but because of mutual vested interests.

[uls]

^^^

china is supporting russia in this war not because of love or admiration

it's in china's interest to prevent US/NATO from defeating russia coz if russia is defeated china knows it's next

if the west is using ukraine to wear down russia with a prolonged war,

it's in china's interest to wear down the west with a prolonged war against russia

[Yatta]

during election campaign, one reason for voting leni is the thinking that marcos will continue du30's pro-china stance

kailangan manalo si leni para maibalik sa US ang Pinas

now it looks like mali ung thinking

pro-US pala si marcos

panu na?

di na kailangan si leni

Nope. She's happily going about her life. Small-minded people think the Philippine presidency is a prize, when its actually a curse, what with all the problems the country has. Sabi nga ni Eleanor Roosevelt when FDR died and Harry Truman asked her what he can do for her, "no Mr. President, its us who should ask, what can we do for you? Its all your problem now".

[uls]

what made you think i was talking about leni's ambition or reluctance to become president?

that post was directed to leni supporters

did i imply that the presidency is a prize?

sabi ko nga dito:

01/10/23 Is WWIII inevitable?

bakit pumunta si kamala harris sa palawan last nov

kinausap si bbm to make sure da pilipins is on board

to make sure on whose side da pilipins is on

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tapos pumunta sa china si bbm itong january

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hirap maging presidente

ewan ko ba bakit tumakbo

gusto kasi ni meldy

try harder

[uls]

ngayon pro US pala si bbm nabawasan ang silbi ni leni sa amerika

[Ry_Tower]

during election campaign, one reason for voting leni is the thinking that marcos will continue du30's pro-china stance

kailangan manalo si leni para maibalik sa US ang Pinas

now it looks like mali ung thinking

pro-US pala si marcos

panu na?

di na kailangan si leni

Babaw naman kung yun lang dahilan mo.

[uls]

ang importante lang naman sa US kung magamit ka

kung cooperative ka

kung hindi cooperative si marcos the US will find a way to make leni president

marcos turns out to be cooperative so there's less urgency to replace marcos

[Ry_Tower]

ang importante lang naman sa US kung magamit ka

kung cooperative ka

kung hindi cooperative si marcos the US will find a way to make leni president

marcos turns out to be cooperative so there's less urgency to replace marcos

Hahaha, what you smokin?

Bakit nanalo si Duterte? Sa assumption mo na galing ng US hindo ba nila natunugan na Chinese puppet si PDuts?

Ano na ring kalokohan yan.

Nung napaalis US bases nagkakudeta ba kay Ramos?

Wehhhh

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[uls]

mas matindi ang pangangailangan ng US ngayon

during the bush jr and obama years nakatutok sila sa GWOT (global war on terror)

china wasn't seen as a threat back then

it was only during obama's 2nd term that the US started to focus on our region (they called it pivot to east asia)

the GWOT distracted the US which allowed china to strengthen

getting tough on china continued under Trump (trade war)

ngayon lang under biden naging very urgent i-contain ang china

if Marcos wasn't cooperative the US isn't going wait til 2028 for new PH leadership