What did the
Americans gain, a foothold in Asian for their soldiers, weapons and military
installations to maintain military supremacy and world hegemony at little cost
and at the expense of the Philippines.
The big
question is who needs who more? Is China going to invade the Philippines? Bull.
It is the Americans that benefited for
harping the fear and from the arrangement, with the Philippines as their
running dog, to bolster the pivot to Asia, for the sake of the Empire.
Should not
the Philippines be demanding for a ransom for hosting the military bases and
risking a war with China? How much value is the Philippines’ contribution to
the American Empire and how much the Philippines are losing for becoming an
American military base, the first target to be hit if war broke out between
China and the USA?
Finally
Duterte has opened the eyes of the Pinoys and the raw deal they are in. They
have been taken for a ride. Nobody is going to attack the Philippines. Why
become a stooge of the Americans for the reward of a few museum pieces?
Independence
is priceless. Why should the Philippines compromise its independence to become
a military base for the American Empire? Why?
This applies
to the other Asian and Asean states. The Japanese and South Koreans have no
choice. They are semi colonies of the Empire. The Americans are in control
militarily and would not leave. They are the frontline states of the Empire,
the first to be attacked and the first to be destroyed, with all the military
bases as prime targets.
The
Philippines had chased the American colonialists out of their country before.
Why would the Philippines, so proud of their independence, now so willing to be
a semi colony of the American Empire again?
What about
the other Asian and Asean states? Why are they providing bases to the Americans
and barking for the Americans without extracting a heavy price from the
Americans? It is the Americans that are desperately in need of military bases
here to maintain their military supremacy, to project their military power. The
Americans should pay a heavy price for the privilege of stationing their
soldiers and weapons in another country, compromising their national security
and independence, not the other way. The
Asian and Asean countries should not be so stupid not to know the value of
their compromising act, to allow foreign troops on their territories. But many
stupidly believe that they would be invaded and must invite the Americans into
their soil. Ask the neighbouring countries of China if they have been invaded
by China?
The only
Asian country that is suffering from this delusion is India, everyday worrying
about a Chinese invasion. What a joke! For the rest of independent Asian and
Asean countries, why become cronies of the Empire when they could stand tall as
independent nations? However, stupidity has no cure. Some of the stupids are
worrying about being invaded by China and North Korea.