According to a report by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on December 27, Philippine President Z1z Duterte Z2z suddenly "fired" at the United States. He made a public announcement at the joint meeting of Malacanang Palace and cabinet members and anti-epidemic expert groups. It is pointed out that the United States must provide the Philippines with at least 20 million doses of the new crown vaccine, otherwise it will terminate the "Visiting Force Agreement" and the US military should not want to stay in the Philippines.
In the meeting, Duterte mentioned the purchase of the new crown vaccine and repeatedly emphasized the purchase of the new crown vaccine as soon as possible. This is an "emergency" in the country and needs to be purchased at all costs to allow citizens and soldiers to be vaccinated as soon as possible to ensure The safety of domestic people's lives.
One: Just after receiving a large amount of weapons and equipment and US dollars, Duterte immediately turned his face and "fired" at the United States, Trump threatened to induce the Philippines to be a pawn, but he was played by Duterte as a monkey again and again One time
China and the Philippines have always had disputes in the South China Sea. The United States and the United Kingdom see it in their eyes and want to use the Philippines to provoke the South China Sea dispute and directly turn the Philippines into a "pawn" in the South China Sea.
Of course, the Philippines under Duterte's control is not a fool. It captures the US's desire to use him, and in turn uses the US again and again, taking money from the US pocket for weapons. Because the United States wants the Philippines, it often makes small favors.
-According to a report on the "Defense World" website on December 8, the United States has donated US$128 million worth of weapons to the Philippines, including sniper rifles, anti-IED (improved explosive device) equipment, and a C-130 military transport aircraft . In addition to the donated weapons and equipment, Christopher also mentioned that the U.S. government has provided assistance worth 1.1 billion pesos (approximately US$23.4 million) to the Philippines, which was recently hit by a typhoon, as well as the continuous support provided by the Philippines in anti-terrorism and maritime security. .
US Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, Philippine Secretary of Defense Lorenzana and Foreign Minister Losin attended the donation ceremony. Since then, the U.S. military also presented a C-130 military transport aircraft to the Philippine armed forces.
The Philippines has disputes with China in the South China Sea. However, since Duterte came to power in the past few years, it has attacked the United States and has openly confronted the United States in many aspects. On the South China Sea issue, the Philippines has also made it clear that it will not participate in military exercises in the South China Sea and will not hold military exercises with the United States in the South China Sea.
However, at the end of November, Philippine Defense Secretary Lorenzana publicly stated that whether the Filipino people like it or not, once China and the United States shoot in the South China Sea, the Philippines will join the war.
Lorenzana, who is currently the Secretary of Defense of the Philippines, used to be an army general in the Philippines. The reason why he said these words that smell of gunpowder or to please the United States is precisely because the United States gifted the Philippines to no one including the "Scan Eagle". The aircraft includes weapons worth 18 million US dollars, in addition to 100 "Tao-2" anti-tank missile , 12 anti-tank missile launch systems, and 24 MK-82 aerial bombs. According to news from
, the Philippines is the country that has provided the most US military assistance in this region so far. Since 2015, the United States has delivered aircraft, ships, armored vehicles, small arms and other military equipment worth more than 33 billion pesos (about 650 million US dollars) to the Philippines.
combing through the above information, it can be seen that the United States has donated a large number of weapons and US dollars to the Philippines twice in just over 10 days before and after December. However, the United States has never expected that in only 20 days, there should be no Philippine troops. After playing around with the weapons presented by the United States, Duterte suddenly turned his head and asked the United States again for the new crown vaccine, and even called for the US military to get out of the Philippines.
I don’t know if Trump’s face has been beaten!
Second, the pain of history will never be erased. The Philippines is swaying from side to side. How long can you play the trick of eating the East and West?
The Philippines is located in the Western Pacific, a multi-ethnic archipelago country in Southeast Asia, covering an area of 299,700 square kilometers and a population of approximately 102 million.
In 1896, Filipinos people fought for the overthrow of Spanish colonial rule and resistance to American aggressionFight for national independence. After the defeat, the United States won and the Philippines became a colony of the United States. The United States paid a heavy price for this war. As of June 30, 1901, it had sent a total of 3,477 officers and 108,800 soldiers to the Philippines, fought 2,811, killed 4,243 people and injured 2,818, costing 1 billion. Dollars. The Filipino people have also paid a huge price for their independence and freedom. 16,000 people died in battle, and more than 200,000 people died due to injuries and illnesses.
was occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. After World War II, the Philippines once again became a colony of the United States. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines gained independence. Since its independence, the Philippines has experienced rapid economic growth several times. However, the political situation is often turbulent, government corruption, and social instability have become a major factor hindering its development. However, the pain of history can never be erased.
After Duterte came to power in 2016, his words and deeds were like a "sky cannon", repeatedly "rebelling" against the United States, and the Philippines finally lived a life of straight waist.
Duterte dared to be so aggressive with the United States because he caught the pawn of the United States and did not want to give up the Philippines. At least he could not play the pawn and became an enemy; the other was that he wanted to continue the Agreement on Visiting the Forces signed in 1998. "If the agreement is abolished, the U.S. military will not be able to maintain its military presence in the Philippines, its military influence in the region will also be greatly weakened, and the number of U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines will be reduced to zero.
The clever old Du knows that this is the lifeblood of the United States, so he has repeatedly talked about this agreement. In February of this year, Lao Du stated that he would abolish the "Visiting Forces Agreement." On June 1, the Philippines announced a six-month suspension of the "Visiting Forces Agreement" with the United States. After the expiration, it would be suspended for six months. In other words, the Philippines has frozen the "Visiting Forces Agreement."
In July of this year, the Philippines once again strongly said "no" to the threat of US military purchases. From June this year it was ready to switch to purchasing US attack helicopters to mid-July when it declared that it still wanted to purchase Turkish helicopters. A reversal change took place in just one month. , Once again that the Philippines is unwilling to be instigated and manipulated by others and dare to stand up and say "no".
Turkey’s T-129 helicopter
started in 2016, and the Philippines’ foreign policy has taken a major turn. It will no longer be a gunman for the United States and actively seek cooperation with China. In the past four years, China's investment in the Philippines has risen to more than US$1 billion, and the relationship between the two countries has improved significantly. Duterte once stated strongly that he would not step into Washington.
However, this summer, the United States carried out two aircraft carrier exercises in the Philippine waters. Previously, in the same sea area, the US " Nimitz " and "Reagan" had already conducted one exercise, and "Nimitz" a week later. The USS and the "Roosevelt" aircraft carrier conducted another exercise.
It can be seen that the Philippines is always swaying from side to side. After eating the east and the west, I wonder how long the trick can be played? No matter where the U.S.-Philippines relationship is heading, this kind of voice saying "no" to the logic of robbers, especially U.S. imperial hegemony, should become stronger and stronger! Only when there are more voices of "no" and the power of daring to use the sword is stronger, can hegemonism be swept into the garbage dump of history!
