And most will say "so what." It just means that China grabs a bigger footprint in the South China Sea, and we lose another strategic alliance...thank you Obama.
BEIJING — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stunned Washington Thursday by announcing a “separation” from the United States, but the Pentagon has heard nothing about it officially.
Duterte's comments during a visit to China appear to jeopardize American military plans to expand its footprint near the South China Sea.
"I announce my separation from the United States ... both in military and economics also," Duterte said in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday.
And most will say "so what." It just means that China grabs a bigger footprint in the South China Sea, and we lose another strategic alliance...thank you Obama.
BEIJING — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stunned Washington Thursday by announcing a “separation” from the United States, but the Pentagon has heard nothing about it officially.
Duterte's comments during a visit to China appear to jeopardize American military plans to expand its footprint near the South China Sea.
"I announce my separation from the United States ... both in military and economics also," Duterte said in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday.
The phillipine gov. run the U.S. out of Subic bay years ago. Let them fend for themselves
Yeah, they did, but over the past few years have been letting U.S. Ships back into Subic Bay...it seems their hopes for an international cargo port did not materialize. True, they can fend for themselves, doing so by letting the Chinese Navy into their ports...in China's quest to control the Pacific. We used to control the Pacific, but not anymore. Just as Russia is on the move/rise to control the Atlantic...another ocean we used to control.
And most will say "so what." It just means that China grabs a bigger footprint in the South China Sea, and we lose another strategic alliance...thank you Obama.
BEIJING — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stunned Washington Thursday by announcing a “separation” from the United States, but the Pentagon has heard nothing about it officially.
Duterte's comments during a visit to China appear to jeopardize American military plans to expand its footprint near the South China Sea.
"I announce my separation from the United States ... both in military and economics also," Duterte said in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday.
b And most will say "so what." It just... (show quote)
================== This stupid ignorant president is now brainwashed by China. US saved them during WW2. Now, this new president wants to be a dictator of communist so that he could stay in power for life. He is now in alliance with China. China is a clever communist country, and is also taking all the Spratley islands that belong to Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam. China is now the power that wanted to dominate the Pacific countries in Asia. Duterte must be stopped. He is becoming a communist dictator.
And most will say "so what." It just means that China grabs a bigger footprint in the South China Sea, and we lose another strategic alliance...thank you Obama.
BEIJING — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stunned Washington Thursday by announcing a “separation” from the United States, but the Pentagon has heard nothing about it officially.
Duterte's comments during a visit to China appear to jeopardize American military plans to expand its footprint near the South China Sea.
"I announce my separation from the United States ... both in military and economics also," Duterte said in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday.