Every time I see the name of the president of the Philippines, it's weird.
It's like if the president of Chile was Augusto Pinochet Jr.
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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Yea, he is their son, FYI. I fucking hate nepotism.
I know, but that's my point. The son of the dictator that was ousted gets elected president. Weird as fuck.
Lot of people loved Marcos Sr., my wife grew up under him. She says he accomplished much. She goes off about the infrastructure improvements she saw as a kid and later as an adult. Roads, hospitals, education, the very things that make society work.
The son of the dictator that was ousted gets ~~elected~~ installed by the US as a puppet president
It is. I honestly think we should just bar whole families from politics if they're related. It might be slightly unjust to those family members but we've got enough people that it's not like we're going to run out of candidates anytime soon.
SCS is not part of china's 'sovereignity'. It is named so because it is south of china, and not because it is china's south sea.
Marcos Questions ‘Secret’ Duterte Deal with China on Sea Dispute
The previous administration made and respected a gentleman's agreement in the area. This isn't a question of sovereignty, but of whether the Philippines is under an obligation to respect deals made by previous administrations.
We should rename it to the South East Asian Sea, SEAS for short.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Manila has complained vociferously about Chinese patrol ships firing water cannon at Philippine boats and supply vessels.Beijing has said that it is defending its sovereignty.
The US is bound by a treaty signed with the Philippines to come to the South East Asian nation’s defence, should it come under attack.The US has said it will stand by its commitments to its allies in the region, and has sought to draw them closer including holding a summit with the Philippines and Japan last month.On Friday night, Mr Marcos had just finished delivering the opening address at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore when a delegate posed a hypothetical situation where Chinese water cannon killed a Filipino soldier.
Almost certainly it's going to be a red line.”Asked by the BBC for comment, a Chinese military spokesman said that “if only one personnel was accidentally killed in a conflict or accident that triggers war, then I really believe it’s a belligerent country”.He also took issue with Mr Marcos criticising China's moves to claim sovereignty in his speech, and accused the Philippines of “deflecting the blame on China”.WATCH: BBC on board Philippine ship hit by Chinese water cannonHours later US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in his speech that "the harassment that the Philippines has faced is dangerous - plain and simple".When asked how the US would respond to the situation posed to Mr Marcos, he said that while their commitment to their treaty with the Philippines was "ironclad", he would not speculate on how the US might react.
"Addressing a roomful of delegates mostly from Asia, he underscored the US' commitment to the Indo-Pacific region, which he said remained their priority, despite the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.He listed the ways they were building up various Asian countries' defences through military exercises, agreements, and US troop presence.
Following a meeting between Mr Austin and Mr Dong, both sides said they were working on resuming telephone conversations between military commanders - a key hotline severed in 2022 after then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan - and establishing a crisis communications working group.
And I certainly hope that he'll do the same," said Mr Austin, who added that such communication would improve stability in the region.The Chinese military said the meeting was “positive, practical and constructive” and that the US-China relationship was “stabilising from further deterioration”.
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