The Philippines: Why it is Choosing US Destruction Over Chinese Construction
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- - The US has dominated the foreign and domestic policy of the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines for decades, having formally ruled the nation as a colony from 1898-1946;
- The Philippines has been used for US military basing throughout the Cold War and is now enlarging its military footprint on the Philippines under the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.;
- It was under President Rodrigo Duterte that the US was being pressured to leave the nation while also expanding closer ties with China who was and still is the Philippines’ largest trade partner;
- Today, infrastructure projects underway during President Duterte’s administration have been literally torn down, instead military bases are being built to point missiles at the Philippines’ largest trade partner, China;
- The US through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has created large numbers of media platforms, political organizations, and education programs meant to convince the Philippine people that serving US foreign policy objectives is in their own best interests;
- The ultimate irony is that these US efforts have convinced Filipinos that fighting China is necessary to protect their sovereignty, when in fact US influence over Philippine foreign policy already constitutes the usurpation of Philippine sovereignty;
- Ukraine provides an example of where this process of the US using the Philippines as a proxy against China ultimately leads if the Philippine people are unable to recognize their current government is serving US interests at the expense of their own interests;
A previous video about the YSEALI program mentioned in this report:
The New Atlas - Modern American Imperialism Part 2: Building Eager Armies Helping Colonize their own Nations (May 2024):
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NEO - The Philippines: Why it is Choosing US Destruction Over Chinese Construction:
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SCMP - China-Philippines ties on ‘brink of total breakdown’: unpacking the collapse (June 29, 2024):
www.scmp.com/week-asia/politi...
AP - China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines (May 3, 2024):
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The NEO article is here: journal-neo.su/2024/07/03/the-philippines-why-it-is-choosing-us-destruction-over-chinese-construction/
A video on the US State Department's YSEALI program is here: czcams.com/video/_BkhYL6HNms/video.htmlsi=srXnh7VUqjRaOBBz
I went to Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand earlier this year.
The contrast in Infrastructure development between Manila and the other countries was stunning.
Seems all the other were well developed using Chinese technology and money. It was obvious the Manila was being handled by the US State Dept.
1994, mischief reef is the start of the answer to your question
After all the fiasco is over and when finally, China finishes its maginot.
Marcos will enjoy his millions in Hawaii for being a leashed barker.
And it stupefies me why my government wanted this barker!
Being islanders, they are cut off from the world information-wise. They still think Japan is more advanced than China. They are just 20 years behind in information update.
THERES NO RUNNING PROPAGANDA!! EVERYTHING IS SELF EVIDENT! YOU CAN FREAKING SEE VIDEOS AND STORIES, EVEN MEDIA ITSELF GOES TO TENSION TO SEE FIRSTHAND!! THIS BALD NEVER DONE BASIC RESEARCH! HE LIKE JUMP INTO DISCUSION AND GOES WILD AND SPREAD MISINFORMATION!! WEST PHIL. SEA IS THERE BEFORE YOU EVEN BORN! Google MAP IS FREE!
I understand this bald hate US and Anti US but it has nothing to do with tensions in WPS. REPORT THIS ACCOUNT!!
This is what happens when a country ruling elites are self serving, corrupt and selfish to the core.
@@user-kb9bd5tt8f virtually all kids of oligarchs are schooled in the US or UK and even when they get sick they seek US treatment as if anything local is bad.
that is what happened when you allowed dual citizenship.
Ruling elites? More like a group of lapdogs with leashes in the hands of their colonial masters. 😂
@@jayjer2Not necessarily dual citizenship, but more of due to incredibly uneducated voters and politicians. People for example keep focusing about the war on drugs of Duterte but he was the only one that tackled the obvious problems of the country. One is the archaic tax laws that were literally never changed since the time of Marcos Senior. Another is the unfair dupoly of Globe and Smart. Extended passport validity period to 10 years and made gift cards have no expiry. Pointed out historical facts like the Balanggiga Massacre that no one knows about. He may not be perfect but he knew a lot about what the country needed, unfortunately our dumb laws dont allow second terms thus making every project of each subsequent president useless because the new president will never work on finishing the last one 🤦♂️ Making the country effectively unprogressive and useless. The nuclear power plant is the best example, one president wanted cheap energy, the next one is bitter and didnt finish it out of pride rather than the collective benefit of the people of the country. What’s funny is that bitter president has been brainwashed into the youth as some sort of martyr 😂 When she actually ruined the country and made the lives of every Filipino more poor. It is only in the Philippines where people are so brainwashed that they love the people that made them poor e
The education system of the Philippines is divided into private and public school, both are controlled by the elites of society, private school are especially school for the elites, while public school creates an inferior image deserving for the poor.
Anywhere in the world, if there is a border dispute, it is usually the result of a line drawn by an Englishman; if it is an internal dispute, it is usually the US fueling it. Difference in implementation of divide and conquer strategy.
So true.
Nothing new there.
Every six days somewhere in the world people celebrate "independence " from the Brits
to take this further? all wars since ww2 have been an almost direct result of our mishandling of the aftermath of ww2. correct me if im wrong.
Well observed
USA was unceremoniously kicked out of Philippines years ago, they'd be smart to do it again!
If that was done, it happened 'in-name' only.
The Philippines is the closest thing to an unofficial US state.
In fact, the US Government was considering making the Philippines the 51st state, in the 1950s.
It's a colony, no matter what that play-acting government, in Manila, pretends.
Only the most visible bases, namely Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Station were handed back to the Philippines. The Americans never left.
@ailouros6669 true. there were 'talks' then that this move was by design for usa to get access to other asean ports which it did from spore, but was limited.
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
@@MatewanMassacre "Israel" is US' 51st state, and, it decides US policy.
The CIA has obviously been busy in the Philippines. The prognosis for the people will not be good.
US CIA headquarters in Southeast Asia is in US Embassy in Manila.
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
The US doesn't have to do anything to get the Philippines favor, the Philippines will remain as their lapdog no matter what.
@@rap3208 Pity.
@@rap3208 China is going down
Because US propaganda is so strong in the Philippines in every level
Well they’ve got to get rid of it then.
Same as in Thailand.
Has been for a very long time since it colonized the country. Notice how so many Filipinos speak with an Americanized accented tilt?
the way filipinos see it american influence is south korea and chinese influence is north korea, and filipinos don't want to be north korea.
@@GaryGraham-sx4pm Why would filipinas want to be north korea or south korea? Shouldn’t they just be filipinas?
Australia is determined to follow NATO down hill
The Aussie military is " Load and ready " waiting the order from his master .... all the deploy military personal carry a extra item in their "pack " a body bag with their name attach !
It already is
Australia worrying about China when its the USA that are cashing in on selling Australian resources right from under their noses.
Best part is the customers that purchase the resources pay for them in US dollars. So sad
Downward trajectory
Many Filipinos tend to have _"colonial mentality"._ Not only were Philippines' lands colonized, but also the minds of its people were colonized. Even after the colonizer left, the people's minds remain enslaved and loyal to their former masters. It's like _Stockholm Syndrome._
"American go home!"
"Bring me with you na."
The US-funded media, NGOs and intelligence workers never left 😂
We were controlled by not one, but two Western powers. So that plays a major role in why we're so screwed up.
Philippines love to export their women to US. 😂😂😂😂
The "nation" is named after a long dead European monarch, with its people having surnames of their former colonial masters. The Philippines has never been a sovereign nation.
Philippines wouldn't be what we see today - if their politicians are working for the Filipino people
I tell you only the elites, almost all assume the top echelon of Philippine society once the Spanish were replaced by the Americans. They gain their position during the commonwealth era here.
Once we gained the so-called independence in 1946, these elites remain there.
Just read the Philippine mainstream media here annually these elites, owns all corporations here earns billions of pesos of revenue every year while the masses are mired in slave like wage rates.
I for myself see this worsening economic woes that this country is experiencing. One hundred pesos isn't even good enough to buy at least half a kilogram of pork meat.
Exactly..!! a country that is practically self sufficient and yet it is one of the most backward country is ASEAN.
Duterte tried, but as in democracy, 4 years later in electorial change of president, everything is undone and policies changed, not necessarily for the best interests of the people. That's where so-called democracy failed time and time again. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@bemmychan1518 and the funniest part is both Russia and China supposedly authoritarian countries sees major infrastructure developments as well as better standard of living for their people because their leaders are leading them for decades already.
Bong Bong is for himself and for retaining his families wealth which Marcos had placed for safe keeping in the USA.
The Philippine people need to wake up
They are awake but their simple minds are too easily brainwashed by american propaganda.
They won't. They worship the colonizers. I know trust me because I've been observing the people in the Philippines
a lot of people here hate BOTH the US and China. Both are imperialist wankers hell-bent on expansion
You are right, but I don't know the Chinese nine dash line ever exist in the UN international maritime laws.
@@codelessunlimited7701 I did not know that USA who's backing PH in UNCLOS does not sign UNCLOS. USA want to force PH and CH to observe UNCLOS while the former did not want to adhere to the said international law. I did not know that USA is a hypocrite too.🤣
Perhaps the deal is tht Marcos getting all /some money/properties back tht was FROZEN in Gangster land. This is another Zelensky style leader.
Yup..
unfortunately, he was the more compromised candidate during the elections. They had a lot of him apparently- thus the pivot. We really got played.
Philippines is in the WESTERN HEMISPHERE! (figuratively)
This is why China is not including it in the Belt and Road Initiative.
But seriously, because Marcos Money is frozen in Western banks. To access, Marcos has to obey USA.
Marcos junior Could sell his mums shoes and furs on Vinted
Bongbong is as corrupt as his father. Playing anti China makes sense for him because this divert his people attention away from real problems of his country
Bank accounts still frozen . !!!
I heard US is transferring missiles from the Philippines to other countries 😅 😂 . USA using the Philippines bases to flex 💪 USA muscles on China. I don't think US in a position to get involved in shooting war with China as of 2024
In every single war game the Pentagon has run, the USA lost. It’s only getting worse. Most if not all of the US surface fleet could be sunk by China’s land based anti ship missiles, except in the most distant places from China. Russia has demilitarised the west already and so they barely have anything left for a war against China.
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
US couldn't be any clearer when they clarified that the inked mutual defense treaty covered Philippines boundary as stipulated in 1951
@@patrickgzwhatever clarified or agreed by them is not worth the paper it's inked. History is the proof time & again.
Failure by anyone to realise the above is fatal.😅
@@tkh2944 maybe in old times. with internet, its more 'fatal' for a 'superpower' to break it. but you might be right, maybe all is already lost
Brian, I'm Filipino, what happened is this: the majority of Filipinos voted for Marcos because they thought they were getting continuity of policies of the last president, despite what foreign media reports, Duterte is popular and well loved, with lots of achievements, it's only our pro-US liberal elite who hate him. Marcos pretended to be our ally, and we were fooled, he's one of the worst president's in recent times, our economy on the way down, he wants war with China and is using lawfare against prominent allies of the last president, including our VP, who is Duterte's daughter. All the big media companies here are on the side of the regime, so it will be difficult for outsiders or TV viewers to know this,if not for just one pro-Duterte TV station, (the owner is in hiding because he's one of the victims of said lawfare) ,and we also have a lot of pro-Duterte political vloggers/youtubers. Our only hope now is if a revolution ousts Marcos, which is not impossible, or if we vote him out in 2028, both bad options, since he is leading our country to disaster.
I was always curious about Duterte's daughter. I thought she was somehow compromised and was simply rebellious toward her father, but lawfare against her would explain everything. I never know what to make about the Philippines. When I read of frequent brown outs and hear from my neighbors of child kidnappings being a very real fear, I can't tell how much is true and how much is propaganda.
@@asl6304 The brown outs are real. I had to live through them when I was a child.
That being said, the alternative is simply the worst option, as Leni and the Yellow faction are even more diehard pro-US than BBM as well. The irony of BBM wanting a war with China is that if we did eventually end up experiencing a catastrophic defeat, it might spur the need for those kinds of necessary change that would be radical in nature. Let's not forget though, that the anti-Chinese hatred in the Philippines had its roots in the Spanish, not American, colonial period.
I was wondering what happened to Duterte's daughter. She's never in the media nor social platforms and thought she is not continuing her father's good works. Now I get it. I am in Australia.
@@aliceloke2679Father good work ???😅😅😅 ....... to send Philippines under the authority of china ???!. What a traitor way duterti has !!!.
I hate what is going on in our country right now....I never thought Marcos would handle things this way....😔😔😔 such a disappointment!!!
I tell you months ago a US military transport plane landed on Manila international Airport without any signal. This caused delays in domestic and international flights for hours.
Besides that lthe Philippine foreign affairs department literally becomes just the mouthpiece of US state department.
Their polotician were bought or brainwashed
The politicians here are more corrupted than a hardrive with ransomware.
Or blackmailed.
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
All 3.
You forgot uninformed on a LOT of things especially some in the senate and congress(there's three communists in these seats) and what is hilarious is that they kept on yapping about the govt since way back but still end up receiving money from the very institution that they are a part of lol
A Foreign Agent bill should be passed here in the Philippines. In reality though, it will never happen as the crocodiles in the Legislative are busy enriching themselves and would gladly sell their mothers for financial gains from the US when the opportunity arises. The Judicial is bought as well and don't do anything but protect their paymasters. They just watch all the constitutional violations going on regarding the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) even if the US is already parking their nuclear systems in our islands. They just don't care if the country gets decimated because they can always get out of the country.
Marcos Jr knows his inheritance of family assets depends on the US not confiscating it. So, of course, he is all in to look after US interest, more than Philippines' interest.
Sadly the Philippines never learned.
the philipinoys should be happy bc they got what they voted for.
They are too dumb to learn anything
As we know the people of that country are not thinkers.
@@user-vt5ln7qq4j sorry to say, but we were fooled straight from the start.
yup becuz FAILIpinos are more interested in stupid showbiz break ups of C-list actors and "maritessing" instead of learning.
That ship thing. China agreed that Philippines can resupply soldiers there, but no reconstruction. Then new president came in and they started sending supplies to fix this wreck.
US policy of "defending" freedom, democracy and justice is just variation of Henry Ford famous quote "A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black." - "They can have any freedom, democracy and justice, for as long as it serves US interests."
Marcos Jr knows his inheritance of family assets depends on the US not confiscating it. So, of course, he is all in to look after US interest, more than Philippines' interest.
Yep, Over 100 years of US colonialism
I am Filipino. Straight Facts..
we need more Filipino like you who understand the situation.
So why do you follow US government propaganda on face masks 😷?
What happened to the Duerte movement? At least he just acting for the interest of the Philipines people. The way Marcos is going, Philipines gonna be Ukraine soon.
It is what it is. I noticed the "deafening" silence of the major Asean ctries. They certainly can see the spectre of unnecessary damage and loss of ordinary human lives to follow. Pinoys are too emotional for their own good period.
I am Chinese. Rest assured, you are facing China, not Russia. China will never turn the Philippines into Ukraine. The US plot has been exposed from the very beginning, and China is in no way threatened by it, so China is actually doing what it can to de-escalate and try to convince the Philippines to do the same.
The problem is how the Philippines exits this proxy situation because it hurts its trade ties with not only China but the whole world. No one would want to invest in a country that seems to be throwing itself into a total war.
To show the double standards of the West, I would like to introduce French Island claims of the Tromelin, Juan de Nova, and Bassas da India, the latter two in the Madagascan Channel. French claims to these islets allow France to claim control of 280,000 km² of exclusive economic zone (EEZ), making France the state controlling the largest maritime area in the world with a total of 11.7 million km² of EEZ. So France controls fishing and exploitation rights off the coast of Madagascar/Mauritius and maintains military garrisons on these features.
According to the ruling of the UNCLOS Philippines award, islets and atolls such as Tromelin and Bassas da India that cannot support human habitation are legally classified as 'rocks' that are not entitled to EEZ, “[r]ocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf”.
So how does France get away with depriving Madagascar/Mauritius of their offshore resources? Like China with its '9-dash line' in the SCS, France bases its claims on historical title and its argument mirrors that of China in the SCS namely that, French “acts of sovereignty and administration over this islet... even before the independence of Mauritius [in 1968] ... without UK [the previous Mauritian colonising authority] protest”. For French colonised Madagascar such arguments are moot.
Similarly, China has displayed acts of sovereignty and administration over SCS islet[s] ... even before the independence of the Philippines [in 1947] ... without US [the previous Philippine colonising authority] protest.
Furthermore, France, upon ratifying UNCLOS in 1996, declared that it does not accept any of the dispute settlement procedures provided for in Part XV, section 2, of UNCLOS with respect inter alia to “[d]isputes concerning the interpretation or application of articles 15, 74 and 83 relating to sea boundary delimitations, or those involving historic bays or titles”. Again this is similar to China's declaration on ratifying UNCLOS.
France goes further and states that "it would not give its consent to any third-party dispute settlement mechanism on that issue".
Where the French case differs from the Philippines, is that the UNCLOS tribunal overrode China's claim that its condition for joining UNCLOS incorporated a disclaimer as regards dispute resolution. Instead, a compulsory dispute mechanism in the form of the Hague Tribunal was instituted and imposed on the China-Philippines SCS dispute.
The Philippines SCS case, viewed from within a historical global context, appears to suggest that historic rights can only be enjoyed by post-colonising European states, and also negates Philippine claims to Sabah (see below).
Consistency in treatment is the basis of any law or 'rules-based order'. When a search is conducted of Western overseas territories you get numerous examples of Western countries overriding the rights and resources of global south countries; maintaining such situations by bribing their political class into unfavorable bilateral agreements!
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/01/18/qu-est-ce-que-cette-ile-de-tromelin-qui-fait-autant-reagir_5064820_4355770.html
www.ejiltalk.org/the-south-china-sea-moves-to-the-indian-ocean-conflicting-claims-over-the-tromelin-islet-and-its-maritime-entitlements/
As regards the United Kingdom, the British [historic] claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands is based on the argument that “Britain has “continuously, peacefully and effectively inhabited and administered” the Islands since 1833. It also bases its case on the principle of self-determination, that people of territories such as the Falklands have the right to choose their own future and status.
The British however admit that the Falklands is an archipelago consisting of 778 islands and islets. Of these, only two are populated, and yet the UK exercises control over a further uninhabited 776 islands. The residents of the island [who are not indigenous to the territory, so cannot claim customary/historical aboriginal economic rights to fishing nearby waters or to temporary habitation of uninhabited islands] can only exercise self-determination over the land they reside on [and/or derive economic sustenance]. As they are not a sovereign state and the Falklands is not a contiguous territory, their residency rights cannot extend to nearby unoccupied islands and adjoining seas.
In short, the UK cannot use them as a proxy to claim territorial rights over unoccupied islands. The sovereign protection granted by the UK government can only concern the actual land the residents are on.
Furthermore, on Jan. 12th, 2021, British patrol vessels expelled an Irish fishing trawler within 12 nautical miles of the 'sea feature' [in the North Sea] Rockall - treating the 1955 ‘annexation’ of Rockall by the UK Royal Navy as an assertion of sovereignty.
By exercising territorial sea control, the British have established that 'sea features' can be sovereign territory and exert at least a 12-nautical mile territorial sea exclusion, while the French extend such rights by their customary assertions to the possession of their 'sea features' to an EEZ in the Madagascan channel.
Secondly, regarding historic title, the British 'Falklands' argument is no different from the French argument above and the Chinese '9-dash' argument that they exercised control before the independence of the modern nation-states of Argentina, Madagascar/Mauritius, and the Philippines.
If Chinese historic claims are overruled then neither the UK nor France should be allowed to underpin their claims based on historic title.
Ironically, the Philippines itself claims historical rights to Sabah (Now part of Malaysia). Arguing - nonsensically in my opinion, that Sabah belonged to the historic Sultanate of Sulu, and the Philippines is the Successor State to the Sultanate.
This, in my view, fails two tests, firstly that almost all post-colonial nation-states had boundaries drawn dissecting historic pre-colonial sovereign entities (irrespective of European treaty obligations with pre-colonial sovereign entities), and secondly that territorial legitimacy is passed from the final colonising authority to the post-colonial nation state.
In the Philippines case, the US (its last colonising authority) enshrined territorial terms for the Philippines at independence in the Treaty of Manila (1946); requiring adherence to the terms of the 1898 'Treaty of Paris' which in turn did not include the then British territory of Sabah or the SCS.
In law, there are two legitimate ways of arguing, you can argue from authority [ i.e. the decision of a court - precedent] or you can argue from analogy [i.e. assert that prevailing custom legitimizes your actions]. For instance, if you live in a country where everyone has guns irrespective of the law or licensure, you can argue that you're entitled to have a gun with the same conditions as others. China arguing from analogy, that the customary territorial behaviour of Western states across the world legitimizes its actions, is a powerful rebuttal of the Philippine Tribunal decision.
A law that is not obeyed is no law at all.
@@JA-pn4ji TQVM for your very detailed explanation. You've obviously spent a fair bit of time researching this topic. TQ again. Very informative indeed 👍😍👌
The US has never signed an agreement that it intended to honour
Ever .. just like the Brits
If you look at the so called "broken promises" with the indigenous tribes of the US where every single treaty that's been signed has been reneged upon, that's a good starting point. Why honor agreements when it's easier to violate them since you have the advantage in technology, numbers, money, etc...? Who's going to force you to honor your agreements? Typical colonial, imperialistic, blood thirsty US/Western mentality. Kill, enslave, and steal your way to prosperity.
So true
The Phil has always and is a US colony. It's political, military, education, business and social class across a broad spectrum are enamored by the US. The dream for most Filipinos is to hold a blue US passport so what else do you expect.
Assist Donald Trump MAGA dreams?
Also Filipino women chooses to become a hoo.re for US soldiers as well.
Just look how bad the poverty is when those women gets impregnated by US soldiers and leave them to fend for themselves.
Painful and unfortunate but true.
EXACTLY.
100%
Excellent analysis of the most unfortunate history of my failed country. How my fellow Filipinos have been so brainwashed by its colonial masters who have treated them with such loathing and disrespect baffles me. My grandfather Claro M Recto was a true patriot who tried to awaken the masses to break away from the shackles of their colonial bullies but they were no match for Empire. God knows he died trying. The CIA presence in the Philippines was no different then as it is now. And forever the Philippines will be a vassal of Empire to be used and abused much like Ukraine. So sad.
Could his actions be because his father's ill gotten gains in American dollars are hostage to sanctions?
Uncle Sam is holding his papa's balls.
During the election campaign, he promised to bring it back to the Philippines and admitted it was stolen money, but creeps will be creeps, giving out American cash for votes. It's usual to preside over buying votes there, down to local elections like Barnaguy captains, who still call it democracy.
he would also gain the benefits of kickbacks from uS sales of weapons to PH at very high prices .
More than that. Most of the richest "Filipinos" are Chinese. In the event of war their wealth can be seized. Some Filipinos stand to benefit enormously in this coming war, no matter the outcome.
He is his father son.... 🙄
he will always has an escape route...
Bet his family has a safe house/bunker in HAWAII..?🤨 😂
Another good example of US meddling in The Philippines that hasn't received much attention, is an American who was arrested in Davao with explosives. It's an area with a lot of Muslims and especially Islamic terrorism. This was when president Duterte was mayor of Davao. The American was flown to Manila, where he was put on a plane to the US. I can't remember who was president back then but it was before Duterte. Obviously, Duterte wasn't happy about it. Makes you wonder what he was doing there and why the US government was so keen to get him out so he would not face justice.
The President at the time before Duterte was Cory Aquino's son, Benigno Aquino III.
Actually, I remember it wrong. He was hurt in the explosion. His name was Michael Terrence Meiring and even New York Times reported on it
Muslim terrorism? Can you be more biased & hateful?
It was aquino, the US lackey
We Filipinos are just waiting for Marcos, Jr. to finish his 3 years in office until June 30, 2025, in order to move him in office through people power! This is so so that Sarah Duterte (VP) can take over and may run again in 2028 until 2034! Weekly BIG rallies are now going-on around the Philippine which the local medias are not reporting!
Wish thinking, too late.
Western media too doesn’t report south ocean peoples demonstrations
Perhaps we'll have a People Power movement that removed Bong bong father Marcos and was replaced by Aquino?
Thanks for your comment. I was wondering what is happening on the ground there. I figured that people must be able to see what is going on. I feel distressed for the people there. Also feel distressed for those 7 sailors on the ship, who should have been evacuated a long time ago. Filipinos are warm, wonderful people. Can't believe U.S. is setting them up to get killed. Meanwhile, U.S. will sit safely on the other side of the ocean, supplying weapons. As an American, it makes me sick.
Correction. His term is six years without reelection. Term ends in 2028.
I find it so hard to watch The New Atlas. So much truth bombs making me angry. I must force myself to watch. It's like watching documentaries about pedofelia. It's important to know but it makes me angry and frustrated. Damn good work though.
No surprise. I have been watching this happen in the Philippines.SMH. Such a shame.
It's amazing to see how stupid people can be to allow themselves to be used as toilet paper to be discarded after use! 😢
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
Thats Philippines to you hahahaha
That's Marcos, present government policies, following the US interest not for us pilipino. We will go backwards worse than African aborigin. The proof is that water and electricity are entirely Philippines. The worst is happening part of Zamboanga City. There is no water to drink, the water is dirty, only good to wash the feet. Terrible, it's really terrible.
I can totally confirm for Eastern Europe - around 1990 when communist regimes fell, US and Germany set up tens of "think-tanks" (just in my country) funded by the US NED, Open Society, German Konrad Adenauer, etc and now transferred to the EU budget. These exploited the rightful unhappiness of people of the recent regimes and corruption and redirected that energy to their liking to install obedient politicians that pushed us in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, then NATO, then the EU and now effectively war with the Russian Federation. They use the oldest trick in the world - "you're fine and hard-working people, but you're living poorly because these Russians are robbing you with the expensive energy they are selling you" - put sanctions on them, at the same time we are being robbed by corrupt local politicians and oligarchs that work for the EU & US.
You DO understand that the Eastern European regimes fell only because the Soviet Union collapsed, right? They were defacto under Soviet control. They were not just mere Soviet satellites, they took their orders directly from the Kremlin. The Warsaw Pact never existed, it was the greatest Soviet propaganda ploy ever. The West fell for it hook, line and sinker.
Only Taiwan and Philippines themselves can’t see clearly!!😱
Corruption behind all this politicians + NGO + media's= unrest
But their politicians see clearly and counting the easy money they receive in their bank account from selling their people down the drain
There is still hope for Taiwan because when Hong Kong returned to China, due to a century of British influence, an overwhelming majority of Hong Kongers were anti-China, now in the last 4 years, a majority of the people have a pro-China attitude and that is mainly due to kicking out pro-Western media, CIA agents, US funded dissidents and NGOs.
The Philippines is an Oligarchy, were 200 families make fat profits on the hard work of the Filipino people. Most Filipinos do not like China due to the conflict in the South China Sea. I lived in the Philippines for ten years and I was surprised how US friendly they where. Some Filipinos dislike the US bases, and there has been demonstrations. Anyway, allowing more US bases will backfire. Less Chinese investment and trade can be expected.
Filipinos smittten by the white men. Ask and most of their females dream of having a rich White American who can bring her over to USA to live her DREAM Life.
Excellent analysis of a timely subject. The "dark" events of the present need exposure so all may understand what is happening. Well done.
The views of the previous Philippines president and the current one are pretty wild; one was about eliminating violence and improving the economy. The other one seems to be like China bad China this China that. It reminds me of the 2004 election and the whole WMD hyped up if we choose the other guy Kerry talking points.
Look the Marcos family US backed Dictator for decades
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
Since Murica bought the Philippines from Spain in 1898, they have been a good obedient lapdog, moreover, the education in this country has been relatively low plus 50k+ constant Murican soldiers in the military bases around the country doesn't help either. Even if they want to get out of this abusive relationship, they can't. It's Amber Heard 2.0 to 10.0 altogether.
The US didn't 'buy' anything from Spain. They went in and took it, slaughtering close to 2 million Filipinos along the way.
BOUGHT 😂 it was stolen the Spanish American war America started spoiler alert. The US massacred untold thousands of Philippinoes so bad it only stopped after outrage by the US public.
They didn’t buy it. They seized it as part of the spoils of the Spanish American war. It was how they get Cuba, Puerto Rico as well. A war that was started by the US by a false flag.
Agreed.
However the USA did not "buy" the Philippenes, they only bought the infrastructure built by Spain.
They fought a bloody war against those who were already fighting for independence as explained by Brian.
The same happened in Cuba.
cheers
That's how the Philippine can have a film titles "Love You Long Time" in 2023 without understanding (or they actually do...) the infamous phrase of "Me love you long time" from the Stanley Kubrick 1987 movies. Today a lot of ignorant westerners still using that phrase to make fun of Asian women (not just Vietnamese).
philipines are american colony since the times of Spanish american war.
Just like europe is american colony as per brzeziński's ""back up plan" if Eurasia was to start to forming powerfull anti-american block(which already happened with Russo-Chinese-Iranian-Saudi alliance and with expansion of BRICS+ states). The "colonization" (notice not allignment but colonization) of Europe for american interests. Philipines would end up the same. They are basically pacific ukraine. Now what happens next is rather easy to spot. State of america will send some of it's vassals in Europe as sacrificial lambs when ukrainians will run out. I pressume we Poles will be among first of "new sacrifices" for american interests along balten and probably Romanians. After us Germans. Everything for "america". If we won't wake up to it we will be another "acceptable loss" for americans.
They have ultimate personal relationship, in deep, like lovers like slaves. Filipinos got special money, work permits ++ in the US, Japan, Europe and everywhere in this world to control sheep in Animal Farms. Just How much? for 4legs
.. if you won't wake up to it you will be speaking russian
@@GaryGraham-sx4pm Oh stop this boogeyman excuse, you're just mirroring. Within 70 years of Soviet Union existence and in past 30 years of modern Russia, non of minor folks of Russia were forced to forget their native language, in fact they are encouraged to learn them, evengthough some of them are so redundant, that they are barely spoken in day to day life. Now, let us see how many native regions of Asia came in contact with Anglo-German colonizers actually ditched their own alphabets in favour of latin letters?
Brian the🐐.... Well done mate, you make a difference with your work, no doubt.
I recall a story of that girl who escaped North Korea and then after attending some big university in USA (don't remember which exactly) she was amazed at how much freedom of thinking is suppressed in USA even in comparison to N. Korea.
Name of her pls
@@el-_-grando-_-_-scabandri Yeonmi Park.
It wasn't too difficult to google. ;)
~34:00 “…US interests are their own interests…” The US does this to their own population as well. “US interests” = corporate interests. But USAns seem to never get it. They think their politicians care about their working class constituents. If you’re not a billionaire, you don’t matter.
Yeonmi's statement about US maybe true. But she is an unreliable source for info. After she arrived in SK, she became a puppet of SK and US intelligence. She spreads outrageous lies.
@@el-_-grando-_-_-scabandri Three years after she graduated from Columbia with a degree in human rights, Park is raising alarm bells about America’s cancel culture and woke ideology. In her book “While Time Remains,” out February 14, Park writes how she made it all the way to the United States only to find some of the same encroachments on freedom that she thought she left behind in North Korea - from identity politics and victim mentality to elite hypocrisy. - New York Post
Marcos Jr was educated in the u.s. and elected specifically to do the bidding of the u.s., just like ma and pa. The only question remaining is does he have a taste for women's shoes or young boys?
don't forget his daddy's dirt money still in US pending and frozen. that's is the control button for Marcos Junior from the US.
It's Britain not the US. He was rumored as one of Zelensky's batch mate in a prestigious school.
He likes ❄️, there's a rumor circulating of a "snorting" video
Philippines and Japan are the two puppies of the US in Asia.
US and Japan are eternal enemies of Philippine people both were invaders killing millions of civilians during their invasion atrocities.
Why left South Korea?
Taiwan too
They are not sovereign countries
I am Half Japanese and Filipino. But I was raised in Japan moved to the Philippines. The country is fucked by liberals. Philippines is a Asian USA. Both country are so similar
Liberalism is all about corruption and propaganda.
Filipino is much bad
The problem is that Philippines, like some south Asian countries believe that colonial rule was the best thing that ever happened to them.
Just a classic case of what Malcolm X called the Field Slaves vs the House Slaves. The house slaves who love their slave masters more than the masters loving themselves. That's how the Philippine can have a film titles "Love You Long Time" in 2023 without understanding (or they actually do...) the infamous phrase of "Me love you long time" from the Stanley Kubrick 1987 movies. Today a lot of ignorant westerners still using that phrase to make fun of Asian women (not just Vietnamese).
100% correct thank you.
As an Aussie this is going to spell disaster for our economy if US and our own Govt fks our trade with China ... We'll be back to Victas and hills joists😂😂😂
No chance for Philippines to join BRICS. Easy to invite US to your country and hard to send them off.
Thanks again Brian for your information and analysis on US China and the Philippines. I was in the Philippines from Canada in the Philippines from 2019 to 2021 during start of covid lockdown. I saw what US media was doing in the Philippines 😅 😂
I knew this was more than a china economic lockdown by the USA. Of course came the war in Ukraine in February 2022.😅 😂
Actually the US war in Ukraine began in 2014 under Obama..whatever the msm reports, believe the opposite 😫
Brian, I agree with you on the South China Morning Post. I cancelled my subscription two years ago.
The Philippines intentionally grounded a vessel (the _Sierra Madre)_ onto the Second Thomas Shoal. China had offered to repair the grounded vessel and get it back into the ocean, but Philippines refused China's aid. In 1999, Philippine president Joseph Estrada promised that the vessel would be towed away. In 2014, the Chinese government asked the Philippines to remove the grounded ship.
In 2017, China and the Philippines established a gentlemen's agreement that the status quo be maintained for the South China Sea. Under the status quo agreement, *no construction materials are allowed* to fortify the _Sierra Madre._ However, the Philippines violated the agreement and started sending construction materials to repair the rusting vessel.
Chinese are too weak. If this were Russia or even India, you can rest assured they would not let it sit for 25 years. Now it’s too late to resolve it peacefully.
China recently has carried out research team to see the ecological damage that wrecked ship has been causing to the area and published a assessment report about it. So very likely China has enough of Philippines provocation and removing it within the next few months. We will see if I'm right. I think the Philippine government see that coming & quickly have temporary agreement again to calm it down. China already deployed a big medical ship in the area and neighboring islands.
Dear Pinoys, please share this video with your country fellows.
Stir up the US is. Malaysia said it was thinking of joining BRICS, then suddenly the Philippines is making a claim of Malaysian state of Sabah.
It's different with Sabah. Even before Malaysia mentioned it's intention BRICS, Philippines has already had a claim over Sabah since 1970's. Sabah belongs to the Philippines. Philippines leased Sabah to Malaysia. To be specific, the sultanate of Sulu owns Sabah
Oh BRian, how exicited you get when you hit whats right, you get it.
As a Filipino, I hate what's going on right now in the Philippines. Mainstream media and politicians are promoting sinophobia. You can see Filipino reactions on social media being racists and stupid. I miss the leadership of Duterte and his foreign policy.
di lang yan the LAMEstream media are more into showbiz nonsense eh and important news gets reported late..
Totally agree with you about the infrastructure (lack of) in the Philippines - just check out the "international airport" in Manila. I am determined to not fly through there again if I can avoid it.
To quote the great Annie Lennox
“some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused”
❤US have Marco jr by the ball's 😮ohhohh, god bless the Philippines peoples❤😮😮ohhohh
Guess it's a way of Philippines president in showing his like- mindedness, loyalty and obedience to US dominance and hegemony. In fact, Philippines is going through a roller coaster of stabilities and hostilities w China in every successive presidency. Once a scholar from UK, Prof Martin Jacques, commemted that Filipinos tend to know more about US than even their neighbors and their mindsets are generally still being colonized despite winning national independence for long.
Won independence? Correction, we didn't win the independence. It was a propaganda to say that we won so that we would trust the colonizers
There are still many influential Spanish families with close ties to imperial Europe that yield power in the Philippines. That fact coupled with US pressure and the obvious lack of moral conviction on behalf of the military make for obvious conclusions.
And one of those Spanish familes is ARANETA. Lisa ARANETA from the ARANETA clan is the wife of Marcos Jr. Go figure out
Every time I watch Brian's videos, I learn something new.
OUTSTANDING video by Brian! I wish ALL of the Phillipines could see this!
Naaah Pilipinos are busy with Kathryn and Alden's love life
Because Marcos Snr and Imelda had absconded with 43 Billions $USD twenty years ago to Hawaii. Their family wealth is all stored in the USA. Marcos Jr knows his inheritance of family assets depends on the US not confiscating it. So, of course, he is all in to look after US interest, more than Philippines' interest. 😭
They don't call it the "South Anti-China Morning Post" for nothing...🤣
Slander China Morning Post
This reminds me, got to get active reporting a lot of the posts there as many tantamount to hate speech, misinformation and inciting terr0r1sm.. against Chinese. 🤖
But isn't South China Morning Post Singaporean? So Singapore is a lapdog too?
Self destruction just like Thailand, India & Vietnam.
Indonesia realized their mistakes & terminated Japan & quickly reappointed China who put up their first HSR & now operating now. Philipppine will learn soon.
Philippines must be addicted to Hollywood movies.
Filipinos literally worship anything american.
Filipinos are the biggest consumers of American media, from movies to social media platforms, thoroughly indoctrinated by propaganda.
Yes they are because hollywood films are blockbuster hits here
High speed rail = tourism = more money in the economy. How's a military base help the Philippines economy?
Some Filipinos loved to be Americans. They loved Philippines to join US Unions.. They want to marry Americans with white skin, blond hair,
big blue eyes, sharp and pointed nose. They loved US $. Most of all, a Pilipino politician will have a chance to be elected US president. 👍
That's how the Philippine can have a film titles "Love You Long Time" in 2023 without understanding (or they actually do...) the infamous phrase of "Me love you long time" from the Stanley Kubrick 1987 movies. Today a lot of ignorant westerners still using that phrase to make fun of Asian women (not just Vietnamese).
That US cooption program reminds me of the Roman Empire’s way of dealing with their neighbours. They failed with Arminius, though - and the result was the defeat & annihilation of 3 Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest.
Great review!! Spot on.
HK and Macau should reduce Filipino workers. National security. They may be spying or sabotaging China economy. Buy from friendly countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.
No offense but I wouldn't worry too much about Filippino helpers being up to much. It would probably affect the Philippines economy though.
Thank you very much for your updates and insightful analysis🙏👍🙏
Thanks Brian.
Intermediate Range Missile Launchers which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads are already in the Philippines. And the worst part is, when the perpetrators are successful in pushing the Philippines into a proxy war on the behalf of the US Empire finally materializes and the bombs and missiles start to rain down on the country, the very politicians in the Marcos Junior government calling for belligerence and beating the drums of war against China will in fact, be the very first to put their families on the very firsts flights out of the country to avoid the chaos and death while the rest of the Filipinos who have no where to go will be thrown into the meatgrinder just as how Zelenskiy is now forcibly taking Ukrainian citizens off the streets in that country only to throw them into the frontlines all in the name of defending he declining state of US Empire hegemony.
Thank you for the explanations Brian! Hoping many of us Filipinos will be able to listen this analysis so to weigh things around.
Amazing work once again
Wow, that was so Educational.!❤
Once a dog forever having a mind of a dog thinking their US master will protect them.
Filippines must choose a new name from their own culture. The same with Indonesia, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea...
New Zealand is already called Aotearoa.
Thank you Brian .👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼
Never forget Balangiga
My ancestors lived in Samar Island so this must never be forgotten.
Great work as usual Brian, safety always first, take care yourself.
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Thanks Brian. 😊👍
Excellent vid!
Thank you
Sad for the Philippines 😢
Will Bong Bong learn from Zelenski....not likely🤔🤔
Amazing informatio. Thankyou? Can you try to also explain what is going on in France?
Check out Alexander Mercouris for a break down on what's happening in France. Excellent French coverage.
@@darrellcrook6334 thanks. I've been a fan of Alexander for quite a while. And I did watch his video on it. However, I need extra information. For some reason. I feel like I'm not getting the whole story. Take for ins6ance the fragmented french Left. They surprisingly managed to put together a united front, which I'd say is a good thing; but then, which direction will they vote in the national assembly? Will they be united as a block or will they go their own separate ways?
Which leftists are with or pro Russia?
There is no way that the extreme left , the real communist party of France will go against Russia.
Even jean luc despite his rethoric will not dare to send anything to Ukraine. The socialists are just like Macron. And at the end of the day La Pen will side with whatever NATO dictates. France is going nowhere. There will be more riots and strikes and that's about it.
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The incompetence and corruption that runs through this administration are getting more ridiculous. I feel for people with disabilities not getting the help they deserve. Thank you Leah Foster Alderman, imagine investing $1.5k and receiving $6.5k in 4 days.
That woman totally changed my life for good. I have come across individuals but none is as honest as Leah. So surprised you know her too.
I've seen different people talking about this Leah, she must be very amazing for people to talk this good about her.
Please I'm new to this, how can I get her assistance?
Leah Foster Alderman. You'll definitely find out more if you look her up online
Exactly that's her name, look her up with the name above!
Never thought the Philippine government is that stupid
I am Filipino. Yes, most of our Politicians are corrupt.. 😢
You born yesterday?
@@prestonyoung3807 they really are, or on the flipside, an opportunity to siphon off aid or bad mouthing China so they can receive funds from US.
@@ddtking7630 Was trying to be optimistic.
@@prestonyoung3807 oh I see! In that case we shall all join hands in condemning Marcos senior for not wearing condoms at all times!
Son of thieves are desperate to get his hands on those stolen gains by parents.....by pleasing those holding those stolen gains.
I know this sounds a bit stupid, but it's true and effective. If the Chinese ever want to win the hearts and minds of the Filipino people, they should put more effort into the cultural stuff alongside the infra projects. Filipinos love entertainment. Shoot a couple of movies in the Philippines (maybe a romcom) and collaborate with the local celebrities and studios. Send good-looking artists, celebrities, or vloggers to travel and try filipino cuisines. (Do not forget to put english substitles and goofy laugh tracks and try not to criticise too much). If ever a cpc agent is reading this, I'm telling you this will work like a charm. Give it a year.😂
With that mentality, i can see why they voted Marcos in. What the country REALLY needs is improve its education level.
@@basque888exactly.
@@basque888Education is not everything. You can’t eat education. Job creation is much better than education. There are millions of Filipinos with a university degree that are unemployed and underemployed.
@@wong3150 Then don't educate yourself, dont let your kids go to school. Its fine with me.
@@basque888 Are you from the Philippines? Do you realize that there are too many university graduates who are competing for too few degree level jobs? Many Philippines university graduates are working in jobs that don't require a tertiary education because they cannot obtain a suitable job. This is the situation in many Asian countries like China, Malaysia and Indonesia. Professional wages in Malaysia have been stagnant for decades. Malaysia is producing too many university graduates but the nation cannot generate enough jobs. Many Asian countries have "over-education", not under education. These countries need more blue collar industrial workers, not more white collar university graduates. Malaysia has a high unemployment rate for university graduates but it has to import hundreds of thousands of migrant workers (who don't need much education) to perform jobs that go begging. Even Australia is suffering from the lack of blue collar workers. Aussies have to pay to go to university but they get a free education if they opt for trade school to train to become builders, plumbers, electricians, nurses, social workers, etc. Currently, the Australian government is fast tracking the migration intake of construction workers because the country wants to build millions of new homes. Don't misunderstand my reply about education. Education is good but it must be focused on the real needs of a country, and not to educate the population for the sake of educating which would be a waste of valuable resources.
You are incredible. Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared.
Hello Mr. Berletic! As always you are on point in your analysis. Thank you and keep safe.
Brian you are a good speaker, with intelligence and eloquence. I enjoy your podcast. the subject and reporting content quality is top notch. Furthermore, I commend you for not using much of any filler words such as "YA KNOW" or "LIKE", that habit really irritates me. :) keep up the great work!
Love your Channel Brian!, pls think about getting a less stark background...😁
Bcos BB Marcos jr. is Zelensky 2.0
nice job friend
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We love you Brian. Fearless😍