The last 6 years of warm relations between China and the Philippines were too good to be true. The romance in the eyes of many would be shortlived, a flash in the pan. It would not outlive the rein of Duterte and would fade away quickly as an aberration. The power elite of the Philippines, especially the military and political elites were abundantly in favour of closer relations with their former colonial masters. Many have very special relationship with the Americans built over many years. The Americans would be back, like what MacCarthur said to resume as the colonial master of the Philippines.
Any analyst looking at the political landscape could easily come to the conclusion that Filipino American relationship would be back to normal. Some may even expect the return of the Americans to Clark Air Force Base and Subic Naval Base. The Americans too were waiting for this moment and did not mind sitting it out for 6 years. There were no prominent politicians like Duterte and sharing the same kind of thinking and policies with respect to relations with China or the USA available to continue his pro development policies. Duterte's daughter is still young and junior and not yet in the political mainstream of things. Practically every politician of any standing is pro American...except a dark horse in Marcos Jr. Not many thought much of him given his family history and that he had recently returned from exile in Hawaii.
The game was set for more good years with the return of the Americans. There would be more jobs for waitresses, hostesses and bar men and pimps. The Americans threw in their lot with the Vice President Leni Robredo. Unfortunately, against all odds, the Filipinos voted for the Marcos/Duterte team to the disappointment of the Americans. No more good years with the Americans but more economic development and closer ties with China. Sara Duterte is a chip off the old block, very similar in thinking as her father and there is no doubt where her sentiment lies.
Bongbong Marcos could still be anyone's guess at face value. Her family's background was pro Americans. Only the Americans know who is Bongbong Marcos and what the Americans had done to his family. By the time the election was over, it was clear that Bongbong was in the same camp as the Dutertes, pro Philippines, pro economic growth.
The last few years of his father's life and subsequent exile in Hawaii could have influenced his thinking and perceptions of the Americans. The ouster of his father and his exile were engineered by the Americans. He was removed from power by the Americans like all American supported and backed Presidents all over the world. The king maker was and is the American. Bongbong must be aware of this. And the Hawaiian Court ruling against his family to return US2b of their wealth to the state was a bitter pill too big to swallow. This came with an added US$300m fine for not complying with the court order. Bongbong must have taken these quite badly.
After his family's return to the Philippines, Bongbong spent a lot of his time rebuilding the family business, mainly with China. They have pleasant experience and relationship with China since his father's day. Bongbong had met Mao during a family visit with his parents. Coincidently, his grandfather was from Fujian, just like the grandmother of Duterte, and the ancestors of the Aquinos.
The stage is now set for another 6 years of good relations with China to the chagrin of the Americans. This time the Americans may not want to wait and may become impatient. Bongbong and Sara have to be extra vigilant of dark corners, of NGOS, NED and pro American elements. 6 years of Duterte were bad enough, but there was hope that it would just be 6 years. With Bongbong and Sara, it could be another 6 years plus 6, and by then it would be nothing that the Americans could do to make a come back to claim Clark and Subic as their playgrounds.
What is inexplicable in the Philippines is that the Americans were ruthless colonialists and had committed massacres and genocides on the Filipinos in the millions. But the Filipinos love the Americans and would like to be ruled by the Americans, or at least some quarters in the Philippines have such love affairs with the Americans. Therefore, any anti American or nationalist Filipinos would never stand a chance to win in a general election when so many unseen forces and pork barrel politics would see to it that American supported candidates would easily win. Somehow, in some inexplicable ways, dark horses, lone rangers like Duterte from Mindanao, could win the Presidential election. And now the most feared by the Americans has happened in Bongbong Marcos Jr becoming the President of the Philippines. This is something that the Americans had miscalculated. Never had it occurred to them that the Marcos could return to rule the Philippines again. The Americans had cut and burnt bridges with the Marcos and now have to deal with the return of the Marcos. There is no where to hide for the Americans.
Philippines internal politics may become chaotic again with the potential for colour revolution incited by you know who. Civil unrest and terrorist acts could be on the rise when foreign hands are busy to create instability for regime change. The Filipinos must be united to support and protect their President and Vice President from vicious forces of destruction.
Every country that has been a colony of some powerful country hates their colonial masters after gaining independence. The Africans hated the French, British, Belgians spainish and Italians. The Koreans and mainland Chinese hate the Japanese. India has no good impression of Britain but lots of convidence in themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe strange phenomon is HK where many love the British and the Taiwanese love the Japanese even more supporing Japan on China.
Are Chinese that been subjected to colonial rule that short of self respect and confidence and embrace everything foreign as best?
ReplyDeleteThe Philippines and her Fellow Asean Members shall enjoy much prosperities when they live peacefully with China and the Rest of Asia.
By now, they should have seen through
the Evil Deed and
Wild Ambition of
Controlling the World.
Why should anyone get controlled and manipulated by
Others?
It is just commonsense that peace brings prosperity and happiness.
Cheers
The Chinese that like to lick the balls of westerners is a small minority inside China. Most of these shameless ball lickers are the bananas found in colonised countries where they still could not see anything wrong in colonialism and still wished to be slaves and subjects to be ruled by white men, and see themselves as inferior subhumans to the white men, their masters.
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ReplyDeleteUS House-speaker Nanny Pelosi is here in Sin to sucker the Bananas.
See
the Reason why the Bananas
suck up to their White Idols ?
How they wish to have White Fathers.
Every where the Americans go, they harp about peace and security and threats and they are there to protect the countries and to maintain peace.
ReplyDeleteThe reality is that there is peace in many parts of the world without the Americans. But once the Americans came, these regions became unstable, and many ended up in a state of war or under threats of war.
The Americans would stroke and hype about threats, raise tension to imprison countries to become dependent on the Americans under an deluded state of threats from imaginary enemies and live in a constant state of fear.
The fear mongering and war mongering Americans would then take control of these countries and would sell them more weapons, start an arms race between neighbouring countries for the benefits of the American war industry.
ReplyDeleteThe White created the Imagined Sky Fairy to frighten and entice the Guilt-stricken like the Way it scares the
Weak
to the Imagine Threat. Only the
Weakling and Superstitious
unthinking Folks fall into the Evil Scheme and Trickery.
On the side of US war
ReplyDeleteOn the side of China progress
Beware
Marcos was a dictator, and that is a fact and never in doubt. The USA had shouted that they do not support Dictators and openly supporting Marcos was therefore a sham and a stain for the USA in the eyes of the world. So, they had to engineered his removal, clear and simple. The assassination of Aquino provided the spark, maybe linked to the CIA or using their support and expertise in assassination.
ReplyDeleteNow, the USA knows the Marcos family still holds decades of stolen wealth from the Philippines, hidden somewhere. And they started taking legal action against Imelda Marcos in Hawaii, forcing her to pay fines of billions, which she refused to comply. She would face arrest if she remains or return to Hawaii. That was the sticking point, and instrumental in the change of heart of the Imelda Marcos family.
When things run smoothly in favour of the USA, or when leader are cowed and obedient to the USA, all is rosy for them. Once they do anything to upset the applecart, trouble brews for them. Duterte had, for years, been eyeing good relations with China, but fearing for his safety posed by the CIA, the assassination arm of the USA. He knows the price to pay and in later years tempering his shift towards China, like a yoyo. He is also wary of the pro USA faction in his Government and the Military. He had to watch traitors behind his back at home, while avoiding assassination from abroad.
Marcos Jr will face problems, if he becomes pro China too hastily and that is why he is playing a careful balancing game. Of course, in any country that had been colonised by the USA for decades, we can expect large segments of the population being brainwashed and bought over by the Evil Empire and will continue to support their return. The Philippines is no exception.
This is also evident in Vietnam. The Vietnamese Government favours the Beijing camp, as economically, Vietnam relies heavily on Chinese investments and trade, but some segments of the population that have tasted the years of free spending by the Yankees, like those Vietnamese women that have illegitimate children of USA military personnel and needed their paternal support, will still favour them.
Leni Lobredo is a stooge, in the boots of Zelensky in Ukraine, which the USA cultivated and wanted to implant in the Philippines, but failed. Had she won, the USA would now march triumphantly back to control the Philippines, six years after being push into the wilderness by Duterte.
ReplyDeleteThere is a very pertinent fact from the last election that can be gleaned from the election results and that is the support for Marcos Jr and Sara Dutertes, despite the baggage carried by Marcos Jr. It clearly shows that Philippine people obviously support the lean towards the China direction, which was put to them during the election campaign. It is a telling sign of the shift in the thinking of the majority of the Philippine voters.
But, with the support and funding of the USA, Leni Lobredo will give Marcos Jr much to think about moving forward. Just to give an idea, look at Sri Lanka and Pakistan, all the protesting bears the fingerprint of regime changes going on. Who is behind them?
The witch coming to town
ReplyDeleteMost of the supporters of the USA are in the military and police, and also the foreign ministry. The US have been very active cultivating and bribing the senior staff in these departments. Bong Bong would need time to appoint younger officers to replace those in the pockets of the US.
ReplyDeleteThe only interest of the US is to use the Philippines as a base for their anti China and hegemonic agenda. They are not interested in the economy and prosperity of the Pinoys. This is on records, after centuries of colonisation, the Pinoys are still poor, their economy and infrastruture not fully developed and need to find jobs overseas as sailors and maids.
The witch, if she goes to Taiwan, better sit on a broom, in order not to risk being shot down.
ReplyDeleteWe never know what part India plays in the unrest in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The USA wants to encircle China and is making great effort to destabilize South Asia and South East Asia, particularly countries with borders with China, particularly Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, so they can implant stooges to carry out their plan.
ReplyDeleteIndia is a member of the QUAD, so they are in the same bed as the USA and harbouring the same agenda, and confronting China is their common objective. Just look at the anti China propaganda that the Indians are formulating via video sites like Gravitas (WION). They are sometimes laughable and unbelievable. Just like the BBC, NYT and Washington Post.
This witch has compromised her own safety in this trip that she is now the hot target for so many parties wanting to use her as sacrificial lamb to start a war with China. The American aircraft carriers would have a tough time protecting her and her aircraft could be shot down anywhere near China and put the blame on China.
ReplyDeleteHer chances of surviving this trip is in question.