US Defense Secretary James Mattis’ arrival in the Philippines on Monday could have been an opportunity to showcase America’s importance in the region. But, as NPR writes, the Philippines had somthing else in mind.
Shortly after Mattis’ arrival, In an announcement hailing the end to Manila’s campaign against the ISIS-inspired insurgency in Marawi, Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Negrillo Lorenza decided not to mention Washington’s support for the campaign. Manila’s praise was reserved for Russia and China, both of which provided arms that the Obama administration had withheld due to concerns about Duterte’s drug war.
While the weapons from Beijing and Moscow are insignificant in comparison to the military ties between Washington and Manila, for Duterte it is a way to remind the US that it cannot take its close ties with the Philippines for granted.
In related news, the Washington Post reported that President Trump will not attend the East Asia Summit held in the Philippines on November 14, though Trump will be in the country on the 12th and 13th.
The Philstar confirmed that a bilateral meeting between Trump and Duterte is being arranged for while Trump is there.
Porferio A. Anino Jr, are you better for it or you lost?
Matthew Beeler LOL Do you think containing China just started with Obama? US aggression toward Asia has a long history.
Many Asians still have a colonized mind. They will lick the white man’s butt and beg for more.
Above all!!! America is using their power yo plant isis or wars or troubles in the philippines so that filipino will beg them come help us so they could continue their propagandas to make philippine their puppet and toys to death and to corrupt!! But chinas government is helping is because they are benefiting from filipinos on markets, trades and in business which is very well helping each other but to the drugs menace it is rampant because of the past lp leadership that are motivated by oligarch in governing because of greediness to the wealth and money of the philippines even to the extend of filipino lives distruction and death ! Who is leberal party and oligarch??
Jo Kang Those bases in Japan have been their since 1945, how Steven they there to contain China?
Roy Danl yes americans has their greedy and user of islands and people like philippines!! Mac arthur declared to save filiponos during worldwar two but not them who fight but filipino people does! Yes they help but the result is not a real help but to make their own puppet until the devilish act of using our people as pawn to their own war that makes us hate their system under the decayed reign of those heartless presidents of america. God is good that before the philippine perished , President Trump and President Duterte Won! Thanks God!
Yes… the source of TERRORISM.
And u dont know…
Totz Faburada
It is our fault why we didnt care of these islands until French and Japanese took it.
Totz Faburada
You forgot…how many filipinos massacred during PHL-US war.
China had no record of FILIPINO Atrocities.
With so much hatred against the americans, there is one thing i have in mind nazis and japanese should have won the war. I wonder where we are right now.
You’re a chipmonk brained minute species!
U.S. is not containing China. It’s China’s bullying to my and other countries that made U.S. to grind China.
Leave West Philippine Sea, Daio Islands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bhutan Pheriphery, Tibet, etc. And the Allies will set you FREE!!!
Roy Danl You Americans think that you have dominated the world for last 50 years. The rest of the world thinks that you USA got lucky for 50 years, But you Americans have nothing to do with it. You are just slaves to Federal Reserve that is big part of the Bretton Woods agriment system. It is crashing as it speaks.
USA the terror of earth
Joel Arjona Never mind just releaced JFK assassination files, where CIA was planning "Operation Mongoose" where CIA would conduct terror operation in Mayami. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpR1pnalKuc
Spratley islands where China building their military bases is 20 years old problem. At the time it started US NAVY was queen of the Seas. It was in charge of protecting the "freedom of navigation". The Philippines could say absolutely nothing, as US was running it as a collony.
CORRECT.
At war to all nations for more than 200+ years
Jun Lomugdang Mosquera
He speaks chinese, it is expected.. It is understandable.
James Bogle Sr.
YES, TERRORISM created by your country.
INVADED IRAQ with no WMDs. 🙂
MILLIONS DIED…
AL-QAEDA was operatives of the U.S.
U lied? or U just dont know?
Hawaii was a US territory before the WW2?
🙂
How comes they took half of KOREA? If no armistice reached, KOREA is UNIFIED.
🙂
You forgot the VIETNAM WAR! US was defeated.
A shameful retreat.
Porferio A. Anino Jr
And PHIL was a long time ally with the US, But what PHL gets? get a negligible share.
ISRAEL, PAKISTAN, JORDAN, and other countries GOT More billions and billions of AID from the US.
Are u still not realizing it?
Are we choosing to be just puppets?
Yep, that’s why the US won the war against Japan, took half of Korea, owns Hawai and a Chain of islands that lead all the way to China.