1/25/2013

The brave or provocative Philippines



Depending on how you look at it, some may think the Philippines are very brave to want to stage a fight with China. Some will think it is a very provocative thing to do. Anyway, the Philippines are taking the disputed island claims in the South China Sea to the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas(ITLS) unilaterally as if it is a very brave act against China. And everyone knows that the ITLS has no jurisdiction over such claims if the interested parties could simply ignore its findings or recommendations.

So what are the Pinoys trying to prove? Or who is really behind this silly move, of a little mouse trying to pull the whiskers of the dragon? They have not forgotten how they threatened to arrest Chinese fishing boats only to flee when the Chinese wanted to sink their biggest antique called a warship. Or maybe they are still angry of that sheepish incident and wanted to prove that they are made of stronger stuff?

By making this provocative affront, it has forced Singapore which has always tried to be diplomatic, to take a stance to distance itself from the Philippines. Singapore has made an official statement that this is strictly a Pinoy initiative, nothing to do with Asean. And it added that such territorial claim can only be settled by the claimants and Singapore is not a claimant.

Singapore’s position would have undercut the Philippines if it ever thinks of using Asean to fight this spurious claim with China. And maybe the only country in Asean that would support such callous and silly move will be Vietnam. The rest of Asean would rather choose either to be neutral or to discuss with China through dialogue.

The Philippines have opened its cards, that it wants a confrontation with China, to provoke China, to raise tension, which is the last thing Asean wants with China being the biggest trading partners with several of the Asean states.

12 comments:

The said...

Pure bravado.

狐假虎威

Anonymous said...

I say bring it on

Anonymous said...

Who 狐假虎威? Where got powerful connection?  There is definitely someone behind it. 

The said...

Uncle Sam is behind it. The Nipponese also want to supply them with warships.

Anonymous said...

Pinoys are naive people always falling for the same old tricks of the ruling elites of UK cum US. They want to destroy 2/3 of the world population and that means all chinese, arabs, european, russians, aficans etc.

Anonymous said...

"I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed." Albert Einstein.

Anonymous said...

Singapore keeps saying in the state-controlled media that it is a 'national' decision of pinoy nothing to do with the rest of the countries in the SEA association.

Anonymous said...

Look at it from the Philippines perspective. If there are resource rich islands 200 miles away from your shore and some country 1000 or so miles away claimed it is theirs, what will you do if it is your country?

Fortunately or unfortunately these islands are not closed to Spore otherwise we will probably do the same thing if you cannot confront a bigger country.



Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Unfortunately for the Pinoys, they don't have the guns like the Europeans that claimed North America, Australia and many countries around the world at one time, including the Philippines. And the Philippines definitely do not have the guns to take the islands from the Chinese.

And China has all the historical documents to claim these islands when they were sailing the oceans at a time when the Pinoys were still rowing around in dug out tree trunks and did not know of the presence of these islands.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

redbean, You are talking about a Pinoy-land long ago. Now they are "garang". Their cops have already shot and killed (accidentally) a bunch of China tourists.

Guns got plenty. Every male pinoy loves his cock, and his gun. Anything wrong, just shoot!. Pure animalistic reaction to perceived threat.

Anonymous said...

They can't even do a proper job confronting an errant cop turned hostage taker.

And you expect them to fight a war? Of course someone must be piling on the coals to stoke the fire. It is an open secret.

Anonymous said...

Let's leave the Pinoys to fight their war lah....they want to stand up to the Red Bully....also we got called nose dirt by the "cousin" of Bully. Maybe we should have stood up against him lor