How the Philippines could Avoid an Invasion of Taiwan
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2023
- In the event of an Chinese invasion of Taiwan, it would be crucial for China to isolate the island. One of the most important chokepoints, however, is currently controlled by the Philippines, who allow U.S. forces to be stationed nearby.
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FURTHER READING:
Why is the Bashi Channel so important for Taiwan, China and the Neighboring States? (Geopolitics Today):
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Why China’s Military Wants to Control These 2 Waterways in East Asia (The Diplomat):
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As Indonesians, our country has a non-aligned attitude that does not take sides with anyone. But some of us hate china and some hate america. But if one of them attacks our Filipino brothers we are ready to fight with the Filipino people.
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Thank you. Mabuhay Indonesia-Philippine Friendship and Brotherhood.
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Thank you our brothers and sisters Indonesian 🇲🇨 . We must help each other , Filipinos are also Indonesian descendants historically❤.🇵🇭♥️🇲🇨
🇵🇭 is aligned with 🇺🇲.don't be naive like ukraine.we all know this.bciz its a vassal if USA just like Japan,Italy ang Germany.
Indo, Brunei and Malaysia were doing trades in the past. In the past, my grandfather who's Sultan in Northern Mindanao do trades with them specially in Borneo. Spaniards called us Moro for some reason that they hated us because they haven't conquered the Southern part of Philippines yet they makes people believe they have conquered it which is not true. Sultanates rule have been influenced since then by their culture and we have been coexisting with them until now, though they fear us and been cautious since then. Filipinos race have similarities to those friendly neighbors and been neutral.
For those that support China, remember that the Philippines rejected the renewal of lease agreements of the US air and naval bases in the Philippines during the 1990s and didn't have any significant US military presence until as early as 2012, more than 2 decades or 20 years. This includes Clark Air Base and Subic naval base, 2 of the largest overseas base of the US. Negotiations about the EDCA only became serious in 2010s when China started harassing the Philippine coast guard, Philippine navy, and most importantly Filipino fishermen and started laying claims to the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. For more than 20 years, China was given a chance to prove to the world that in the absence of US presence in the Philippines, that they are a friend, and not some bully. But here we are, in this huge mess. Don't get me wrong, this is no hate against the Chinese people, but towards the Government of China.
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Or those who support USA and Hollywood fantasies, look everywhere. Countries who were destroyed by US instigation of troubles..... Disaster and chaos is assured
Wait, so did China ever kill any Filipinos in history? I know Americans slaughtered a bunch then colonized it. But not sure if China did.
Well written. China is a friend to nobody. The CCP cares only about itself, not even the Chinese people.
regardless, the Philippines has always been a U.S. junior up to today
If you want to fight injustice in your sea against China, don't forget your big brother 🇮🇩. We will always support our ❤️ 🇵🇭.
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Should anything happened to our Filipino brother, we are ready to help.
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Honestly, Indonesia would stay neutral to remain its stable relationship with China if Philippine was in war with China. Helping Philippine provides no benefit to Indonesia from Indonesian government perspective as China had helped Indonesia build infrastructure and improve their trading economic while Philippine not so much.
Filipinos and Indonesians are blood brothers no matter what happens.
we are one. 1 blood 1 heart, asean country lets unite as one ,❤❤❤❤
The Philippines is one of the most strategic countries in the Far East. That is both a blessing and a curse.
That's why I cringe everytime I heard tanklies and ultranationalist say the Philippines needs to be neutral in foreign affairs. There's so such thing as neutral when the archipelago stands in the strategic waterways of the Indo-Pacific.
@@Gillan1220There's an example. And the name is Switzerland. Except Philippines isn't as unreachable as Swiss. In fact it is easily reachable.
@@Zyleace Very much reachable by China's navy in terms of striking distance (amphibious invasion is another thing, something China is building up but not yet mastered), ballistic missile range (DF-3/3As were originally targeting U.S. bases in the PH), and even bomber range.
@@Gillan1220 I certainly would entertain the idea of a neutral Philippines, but we are not as good as Switzerland geographically. Well, neutral in this case serves as a good stall tactic to delay wars. After all, we don't want the worst thing to happen.
@@Zyleace Switzerland isn't nearly as strategic though. From the napoleonic era to the world wars armies were more than willing to just bypass it since it was better to just leave them alone in their neutrality. Meanwhile other neutral states like belgium and the lowlands were still invaded because of their strategic importance: how flat they are compared to the ardennes and rhine river valleys, meaning the terrain is conducive towards army movement and maneuver.
Indonesia and Philippines should unite...after all,we both came from the same ancestry...our facial attributes came from the same bloodline...
We tried once, the project called Maphilindo (Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia) was introduced i think in the 70's, but it got scrapped for some reason or another,
If it did succeed the country of Maphilindo would've been the 3rd most powerful nation today,
@@fixylieberus2925 its because malaysia has issues of land dispute of sirawak indonesia and sabah philippines.. so uhmm , yeah .. its likely to fail
South East Asians should stand up to the bullying China
Yes brother, we are all south east asians and we will not let the chinese bully us!
@@fixylieberus2925 MAPHILINDO a world nuclear power if succeeded...
As a Filipino, I would like to thank our indonesian brothers on this comment section. we love you!
The EDCA sites would have never been built if only China stopped harassing Filipino ships and honored the arbitral ruling that the Philippines won.
China will never recognize any international law. May karma stay forever in china.
No wonder Duterte is against EDCA. He's China's puppet and is on their payroll.
@Joy-TheJoyful-Meowbecause they are signatory to it. If so, that means any agreements china made or will make have very little weight and anyone who deals with china should be wary about them honoring their contracts when things don't go in their favor.
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Chinese only honor agreements when it’s in their best interest. Look what they did to Hong Kong... they agreed to 50 years of “one country two systems” but didn’t even make it to 23 years before their greedy tyrannical hands grabbed HK and took away all civil liberties.
The CCP is not to be trusted.
Philippine is one of main reason why the possibility of China to attack Taiwan was decrease
I doubt having a few supply bases on the Philippines will help Taiwan. I just don't see the logic of the video. China has a huge missile force plus a very large littoral water navy, it is an obvious overkill for taking Taiwan, it has always been about fighting the US and Japan. Having a few thousand soldiers in the Philippines is not going to make much of a difference, even reassigning an additional carrier fleet to the Philippines wouldn't. China is not Iraq, it is the biggest industrial nation on earth capable of producing all it's own weapons and is nuclear armed. The Philippines is within range of China's mainland based missiles and bombers.
@@olderchin1558 It works both ways.
@@olderchin1558 like the saying says since World War 2
"War is fought with weapons, but are WON by MAN"
having a huge pile of missiles only gives an upper hand but does not guarantee assured victory. The Philippines is a "GIANT UNSINKABLE AIRCRAFT CARRIER" thats why the US built the LARGEST AIR FORCE BASE in the World in the Philippines because of its significant importance. No matter how much China strike down airport facilities with missiles, IT CAN ALWAYS BE REPAIRED in a couple of days. Thats how important the Philippines to the US.
@@zzzzz50505 The Philippines is not the prize in this war. It is Taiwan.
In today's transparent warfare, precision bombing with guided munition is not about destroying runways, it is about destroying ammunition store, planes on the ground, support structures like radars, large congregation of troops. You can't rebuild these stuff in 2 days. This is exactly what is happening in Ukraine. Unlike Ukraine, there are no trenches or supply lines in the South China Sea, islands are just isolated targets. They can't be supplied safely, which is why the American want to forward deploy their supplies. Unfortunately this tactic is good for a short war only. Not feasible for a long attrition war against an opponent that can find your bases and target them with missiles.
Philippines's President tried very hard to play both ways, with China then with the US. He spoke with two mouths and all for the money. Now Philippines became a "lapdog" and a "front pawn" for the US trying to contain China. If Philippines try to make any moves to fight China, China can wiped out Philippines in matter of an hour. So Philippines better think twice prior it wants to start a war with China.
Actually China is just a province of Taiwan, Taiwan's govt is the original govt
if Spanish didn't lost to Dutch in Taiwan.. Taiwan will be still part of PH.
@@ColoniaMurder20 yes that could be great, Taiwan is a province of the Philippines
@@ColoniaMurder20 they should have fought better🙂
@@think_again82 Taiwan was part of PH before dutch stole it from Spanish. indigenous in Taiwan were austronesian and negrito.
@@ColoniaMurder20that wouldn't prevent kongxia or Qing from taking Taiwan.
Philippines and US have current mutual defense treaty. Whoever the commander in chief of the two countries, they have to abide by the treaty agreements. Since China is still grabbing Philippines territorial lands even at the time of the friendly former President Duterte, Philippines realized that diplomacy is not enough. Strengthening its alliance with US is therefore necessary.
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I'm still scared of what will US do to philippines in future because there's a chance me, my relatives and all of my other friends will be draft in military if war actually happen to US and China. but my country is called "stragestic country" so i have no choice
@@UwU-og8qk you are scared of what the US might do to the Philippines in the future? 🤔 you obviously don't recognize what China is doing to the Philippines right now, this very day, and what China has been trying to do to the Philippines for decades. China has been intentionally and strategically trying to gain more and more influence and control over you my friend and all of the Philippines and their demonic communist Quest To Rule The World. I understand you may be very young and don't understand the real threat that communism, Chinese communism is to the Philippines and the world. The Chinese government oppresses and crushes and imprisons and torments and murders their own people on a daily basis! How do you expect them to treat you? Alliances are for the benefit of all countries involved and I can tell you right now there are many Americans especially US veterans that love the Filipino people and are ready to fight and give our lives if necessary for you! Don't be scared of what the US might do in the future, you should be concerned about what China is trying to do right now! But more importantly than all of that my friend is if you will repent and turn to God through his son Jesus Christ, be saved and spiritually born again and make a decision to really serve God the way he wants you to. God will deliver you from all your fears if you will serve him and cooperate with him by obeying him. He will deliver you from your fears whether they are real or imagined. And he would make you a man of Courage that God forbid if it was necessary you would be willing to fight side-by-side with your American brothers that love you I love your family and love your friends to protect your people and your Homeland! Pagpalian ka ng Diyos kaibigan ko at pagpalian ka ng Diyos ang Pilipinas! Oh God please in the name of Jesus. 🇺🇸💖🇵🇭
@@UwU-og8qk Don't worry you can just run away or flee the country. There are those who will die for your freedom. Those who takes their national anthem in heart. No wonder there are few heroes in the world.
I love Indonesians. In my 26 years or so practice as an orthopedic surgeon in Manila, I have come to treat and get to know many Indonesians. What can I say... definitely those I have met look just like us Filipinos... must be brothers from the same race... only separated by past colonization, language and cultures. I make sure my Indonesian patients know my heart is with them and that I give them the best of me.
As American we love Philippines 🇵🇭
When Duterte announced HIS split from the United States he was literally talking about HIMSELF only. The Filipino PEOPLE never "split" from the USA. That is why as soon as Duterte left office as President US-Philippine relations snapped back to normal!
When duterte did that . Duterte can be friends with China and can prevent in attacking countries.. we don't need war.. we need peace
I am expecting that duterte will be invited to live in china and be one of the governor in one of china's province.
Duterte was playing it safe and he was focusing the building the country's economy same as trump.
But you can't denied that before duterte U.S treated us like shit, even threatened our government, if we don't follow them they will cut their support, like what!! lol. now they know that we can shift side anytime just look at them now lol, but actually i prefer china, over U.S if only china didn't bully our fisher man maybe the alliance of china and ph will continue, U.S is far and china is just our neighbor.
@@rudyd7306 you're giving Dutard too much credit :) he will be invited to clean Xi's basement toilet :) :) :)
you know you're screwed up if japan goes back to its ww2 fighting spirit
"if japan goes back to its ww2 fighting spirit" , China should nuke Japan to get Japan to pay back the WW2 blood debts.
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japan was only strong in ww2 because they industrialized nearly a century ahead of everyone else in asia. the only reason why they were even able to maintain their strength was through colonization and imperialism. without those things, japan is a relatively weak country. yall be overhyping japan in ww2 but overlook the simple fact that most war powers like the UK, france, germany, and japan heavily relied on colonizing other countries to sustain their power.
not really we just drop Betelgeuse to them not just sun
Lets give China its greatest humiliating defeat never seen in the modern era. I would love to hear China, the province of Taiwan!
You mean, West Taiwan.
@@atlantisnautilus3012 that will do too
Some people are delusional. 😮😅
@@kylorokx1552 it's actually the Republic of China, not PRC
Amen. May God grant this wish for the peace of the world.
Its kinda crazy how low your subscribers are! Keep it up man! This is amazing quality content here.
I do hope that none of this ever happens, as a Filipino, I don't view anyone as enemy, we don't have enemies. We lose lives in a war, no one wins in a war, if only we could live in harmony but people just says, that's impossible and just dreams WITHOUT even trying themselves. They just have mindsets of giving up peace already.
If the US military bases in Subic Bay and Clark were still there, China would never have encroached on the South China Sea.
First of all, the rejection of the phil senate in the ccontinued use of clark and subic is not the sole reason why US military left. There were several factors that are not often mentioned.
First, US govt still wants to pay $200m a year for the continued use of the 2 of america's largest military bases outside mainland USA. This is an insult considering US gives pakistan and egypt billions per year including modern military equipment and US doesnt even have bases there.
Second the $200m paid by the US is not even in cash but partly in the form of vietnam war era huey helicopters locally dubbed as 'flying coffins' and 'widow makers'. And even those donation are subject to US senate approval.
Third, increased social costs to the people living near the bases thru unwanted children, AIDS, prostitution etc.
Fourth and most important, US see no need to have huge military bases that time given the collapse of the soviet union and the end of the cold war.
Those were the real reasons why US left the phils.
And this was good bcoz when US military were still in the phils, US always interfere with the internal affiars of the country, continue to keep the country poor in order for the country to be dependent on america. After america left, phi economy took off with country's GDP growing year after year non stop. The only time gdp fell was during the height of the pandemic. Currently, phil economy is back to being one of the highest in the world. This is why we are wary of the return of US to the phils. Possible return of economic turmoil and political instability
@@albertteng1191 Did I say anything about the cause? No. I said if the bases were still there then China would not have dared to build their islands in the South China Sea and the situation would be a lot different today. And most Filipino people I talk to echo this sentiment strongly. Your apparent anti-American leaning is in the minority.
And BTW what the hell are you talking about, that the Philippines economy is one of the best in the world? Sadly the Philippines is falling further and further behind, it is becoming an economic puppet of China, thanks to years of corrupt leadership and culture that goes all the way from Barangay captains to Malacañang.
Ang USA ay tritor na bansa lol
@@albertteng1191you need not to worry the return of us bases here will not instill economic turmoil as our economy has functioned for decades without them i doubt just their mere presence will affect our economy so bad that it goes back into the age of the 1960s
@@albertteng1191 Former president Marcos is useless for the united state because the Coldwar has almost it's end The US become friendly with china in economic policies And left the Philippines Also Philippines is not that strategic cause they have Japan Sokor and Taiwan in the most critical role for the US defense
We lived a simple life in the Philippines but when there is war we are always in the center of it. 😂
Because geographically if you hold the Philippines you control a massive set of shipping lanes to many places in Asia. Why do you think China’s first encroachment was near the Philippine shores? Putting Philippines under threat means easily invading the rest of the pacific.
We have been through a lot already as Spanish slaves and during WW2. We learned how to fight against superpowers even without firearms. Imagine that no matter how friendly we are to everybody, we are still dragged to fight against a superpowers . 😂
@@cherryperez2517 many Filipinos were not merely slaves under colonial rule. If we were how come we have laws from the spanish era that still exist today? What are you talking about Cherry? Are You reading history from some social justice narrative?? Without the Spanish we’d still he picking our noses with the hands we wipe our butts with. The only reason why we revolted against the crown is so that we wouldn’t send back taxes to pay for taxes so the educated clan gangsters here could get richer. Many people were happy with the status quo in fact many became poorer until the Americans came along and liberalized education, health care and gave us a fair framework of government.
@@cherryperez2517yeah since we are attracted to wars its time upgrade so we dont get bullied easily but the sad truth is our country is still incapable of protecting its own even just like before 🙂
With all the bullying and aggression comitted by China against the Philippines in the south China sea, Philippines has no choice but to turn to America for help.
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I’m Filipino and that’s exactly what happened. Not a lot of my people trust the Americans since they are our previous colonizers, but they have also proven themselves to be a good ally in wars, so they decided to go with Uncle Sam.
@@OZYMANDI4S colonizers? Perhaps, but let's not forget that after 300 years of Spanish rule and oppression were they even forced millions of you to change your name, we acquired the Philippines along with other territories after we beat the Spanish in the Spanish-American War! And if you know a little more of the history after a relatively brief 48 years American Independence Day July 4th, which is now Philippine American Friendship Day, and 1946 we recognized the Philippines as a Sovereign Nation and put an end to American rule over the Philippines. Tens of thousands of Americans gave their lives, in part for the Filipino people! The benefits and blessings that America has been to the Filipino people right up to this very day and that the Filipino people and the Philippines has been to America far outweigh any perceived Injustices and difficulties we have had in the past. Most of us Americans including myself love the Filipino people and would gladly leave our families and our homeland and come to the Philippines once again and risk Our Lives for the people of the Philippines! While I understand governments may have different motives our governments don't always represent the heart of the people! Presently there are four million Filipinos in the United States and if it was up to me I would have every Filipino that wants to come over to come over and I would welcome you with open arms! Pagpalian ka ng Diyos Mahal Kong mga kaibigan. 🇺🇸💖🇵🇭
@@OZYMANDI4S not a lot? are you sure about that? in every survey taken by SWS, the U.S. always tops the ranking of the most trusted countries by us Filipinos. only those twats who works at POGOs would say they hate the US. but the majority of us loves the US. and i can say the complete opposite towards those tsingtsong pests. fcking hate them.
exactly! ph meeting its colonizer once again! what a game!
PHILIPPINES AMERICA long time ALLY Since 1900, world war 2, 1940, Korean War 1950, Vietnam War 1970, irag war 1990s, the war of Philippines it's a war of America too.
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The Philippines really don't want to have any conflict with it's asian brothers or anywhere else, that's why the Philippines really didn't give much concern in strengthening it's military defenses, they're more concern on its internal enemies like the NPA and Muslim rebels, until the time china began harassing the Filipino fishermen and it's coast guard until china occupied some parts of the Philippine contested islands, the Philippines had enough of china's bullying but still they can't do nothing of it's limited military equipments that's why they need the US to strengthen it's military capabilities, the Philippines have brave, well trained and experienced soldiers but bravery is not enough to defend itself from invaders, better to have peace and stability in in the asian region and around the world.
China is never a "brother" of the Philippines.
Several ancient ancestors of Filipino people come from Taiwan as Austronesian mariners. Basically.
Pacific is literally ring of fire since the beginning
Philippines role and purpose: a missile launching pad of USA or permanent aircraft carrier during wartime in the Pacific
An American Launch pad is better than to be a Chinese CCP puppet
If it deters a neighboring country being occupied by China then it is a noble cause.
Wag na po TAYO makipag-alyansa sa bansang sakim at inaangkin lang ang mga isla ng PILIPINAS. Mas mapabuti kung nasa U.S. na TAYO makipagpanig! Para maprotektahan natin ang ating sariling Soberanya at Teritoryo. Team U.S. at Philippines 🇺🇲🇵🇭
Provoking war
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@@GOLDEN_ROGER118 Yeah, China is provoking war.
Signing and shaking hands with the colonizers once again
Duterte's foreign policy was to play both sides. His loyalty is the highest bidder and it speaks a lot of Filipino values (or lack of it).
lol Hes a lapdog of China. He endangered Filipino people.
the country that has the most missiles and the planes-ships that can carry & launch them will have a big edge. Chinese ships do not have the heavy tonnage compared to US warships but they are built to carry up to 118 ship to air missiles and more ship to ship and torpedoes.
Just remember the US is fight a war with China right at China's doorsteps. China will never lost any war at its own doorsteps. If the wars ever happen at the South and North China Seas, all those US aircrafts carries will be wiped out, they are sitting ducks when against China's missiles. US should mind its own business and go back to North America area. US still think it can be a policeman around this world. As today, the US still do the testing on its hypersonic missiles and not yet finished.
The new air and naval bases made available to America by the Philippines greatly expands their logistic advantage here since this makes F22's viable (since they can only be launched from an airbase). F35's are good multirole fighters, but F22's are still king when it comes to air dominance. With that, the Philippines can focus on strengthening home defense with short range cruise missiles, which is where most of its recent acquisitions (i.e. Brahmos, HIMARS, SPYDER, etc) are focused. New radar systems from Japan were also fit to be stationed in the northernmost island in the Philippines (Y'Ami island), which is right at the middle of the Bashi Channel and is much closer to Taiwan, where observation facilities have already been built. The strategy is pretty straightforward. Pepper Palawan and Northern Luzon with anti-ship missiles and China's movements will be very limited. Unlike looking for ships at sea, Palawan is way too big to identify where missile locations are.
correction there are 300,000 Filipino overseas workers in Taiwan
Glory to the Philippine nation my fellow filipinos!
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As a Filipino, we don't even want to be dragged in a fight that's not on our soil. We're a very poor and little country. Imagine, we've became like this way back WWII because the USA colonized us. We became like the battlefield between US and Japan before.
I ain't a USA hater nor a fan of China. Both of these countries have pros and cons. It's just that, we have many poor people in the area that's near Taiwan. We don't want to be dragged in that war.
exactly... just spare us, take your war to your soil.
What you ask for is impossible. The placement of the Philippines as a strategic value is too important to ignore from both the US and China. Even during WW2, even WITHOUT US regional rule, the IJN would have invaded regardless.
To my pacifist Filipino brothers and sisters, I couldn't disagree more. Japan razed us to the ground back in the war due to our geographical position to enact their East Asia co-prosperity sphere not because we are a US Colony. War is a necessary loss to strengthen the Filipinos rife with mediocrity and materialism. The very reason why we are led by buffoons in the Government who have never tasted struggle. It is time we wake up our greatest generation. Strength through struggle!
Lol whether u like it or not we will be dragged into this wars. Our country is in the middle of SEA countries and EA countries. And china being the greedy mf is gonna be the reason of such war.
This is also my point of view before the Ukraine War happened... Play both sides while strengthening our military at the same time... Now the world knows dictators were willing to put their nation on an economic and political suicide for the sake of their ambitions and political legacy... The chances of Emperor Xi going mad with power is very high and we don't know when AND we are definitely a target since we are treaty bound to also support the US when it goes to war (courtesy of MDT)
So considering the events happening all over the world, "Better a target than an easy target"
For some reason as a filipino, I feel like our country is similar to that one country in europe (probably inverted indonesia), we are just waiting for something big happen within this tension.
Poland?
Switzerland?
Inverted Indonesia 😂
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As a Filipino 🇵🇭 the Philippines will be involved if China ever does invade Taiwan.
China is just another empire that will come and go in the Philippines. Spanish, British, American, Japanese empires have dipped their toes in our waters and all have faded, but the Filipino people and the Filipino idea still remains
Philippines are colonize of the said country but the braveness and integrity of filipino cannot estimate of other country
@@jamespatricksalazar1356 we outlived their Empires that how we won
@@miked884 you won? you guys are still US vassal, what you do is what US told u to do, what you guys think is what US design you to think. they have successfully americanized you thats why you guys have no culture/identity. they maintain your country for this moment, cz they know china will be problem to their world dominance one day. 💀
'that will come and go '
LoL, ya guys are been culturally assimilated and brainwashed.. dude . ya dont even hv native name .. but Spanish origins.
But at what cost? The lives of innocent Filippino citizens should not be involved in this cold war between the superpowers.
China made a mistake by being insincere in diplomatic relations to Philippines. In my non expert opinion, Philippines made a right decision cutting ties to the US cause they're just using us, got our mutual benefits to China, then switched back to US cause they know how important the Philippines geographically.
We are just small country and just pawns of this two powerful countries who rule the world. Philippines real friends are ASEAN countries specially our cousin Indonesia my favorite country in SEA. 😁
And u believe that the US will be sincere?
@@owlman8061 did i mention that US is sincere? . every country have their own selfish interest.
@@rapmamori4136 i agree, but how many other of ur compatriots agree with u? In Taiwan, about 60% most probably do not think the US will come and help if worse comes to worst. But the present administration of 40% is pro-US, and that's what is scary. How about over there? Has there been a survey that is pro for 'poking the dragon' thing, like what happened in Ukraine?
A Military Alliance in my Opinion is necessary in order to Contain Chinese Impulses in The Region, like the NATO Alliance that was used to deter any Soviet Aggresion in Central Europe. Like India, the ASEAN Nations, upto Japan as Part of the Alliance. But the U.S. must be kept out in order to avoid any escalation, and in order to not let any superpower take advantage/monopoly ever again to ensure peace and prosperity within the region.
Controlling Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait will seal off the 1st island chain. Chinese Navy will be confined within the 1st island chain shallow water area. Well, it can be called a bathtub navy.
Out of all the places where we could be, we've been put in this hotly contested area. How I wish we were just neighbored with New Zealand.
China should think twice before attacking taiwan since many OFWs are working there
Im worried about my wife’s safety
Tell your wife to get out of Taiwan before it is too late!
Just remember the US is fight a war with China right at China's doorsteps. China will never lost any war at its own doorsteps. If the wars ever happen at the South and North China Seas, all those US aircrafts carries will be wiped out, they are sitting ducks when against China's missiles. US should mind its own business and go back to North America area. US still think it can be a policeman around this world. As today, the US still do the testing on its hypersonic missiles and not yet finished.
Ask your wife to return to the Philippines. There are many safer places to work.
@@mark72141 that what im telling her
@@etsonixjust low salary 😢
@@alphaomega5169 i told her to move to USA for work
The Philippines already choked China during the Korean War😊
Hell Yes YULTONG
Yeah!
Lmao you are delusional if you think Filipinos can beat China in a modern war. Filipino armed forces is a joke highly corrupt and are only good in Bullying indigenous communities.
You don’t even have a proper navy!
Your air forces is a Joke!
Your weapons are all 2nd hand from Americans.
You got Nothing! Yabang lang kayo niyo!
From Lal-lo Airport in Cagayan, one of the 4 new EDCA sites, F-22 Raptors are 30 min. away from the Taiwan Strait on supercruise. Great way to interdict the nasty PLAAF crossing the Taiwan Strait. No need for KC-135 tankers. LOL
I'm indonesian but a chinese descendant, My grandmother hate CC* for killing her father, My great grandfather.
Support from the Philippines❗
Now Philippines became a "lapdog" and a "front pawn" for the US trying to contain China. If Philippines try to make any moves to fight China, China can wiped out Philippines in matter of an hour. So Philippines better think twice prior it wants to start a war with China. Duterte was doing Philippines a favor and is trying to save Philippines.
As Filipino i will die fighting with Americans....i know the intention of Chinese. Look what they did to Sri Lanka and Africa.
In an ancient times our Philippine Datu(Cheiftain) was related to Indonesian Deite. He lives in Kalayaan Island a small municipality in the Province of Palawan. He posseses' a supernatural power whom inhereted from their acendants. It's was told by our ancestors in Rizal Palawan. God Bless Brother Indonesians!
I thank my Indonesian brothers and sisters that are ready to lay down their lives for us. I too Is ready to give my life for my Indonesian brothers.
I dont want my Country The Philippines meddle into conflicts and be partisan . We have our own problems to deal with. Be level headed and pacify rather than antagonistic.
its either you are not really a Filipino or you are a traitor.
You have no choice because its geography. You will never be neutral or be capable of being left alone and be in the sidelines. China will never be able to achieve their expansionist objectives because the Philippines is in the way. Either they control the Philippines or they give up their ambitions. Choose. China or USA. Remember. The Philippines used to be US territory up until 1946.
There is no nuetrality during a war. You either choose one, or you will be invaded by the other.
@@uriahthehittite2309 so to avoid war we have to side with china?
@@uriahthehittite2309yeah neutrality will never if your very important to the other superpowers
This fckin Chinese need to think twice cuz there's a bigger consequence awaits!
What happen after this Term?
As filipino we care about neighbors. And i believe our government are very aware. We want peace and friends with many nations. Thats why we work on bought sides . As long as possible but if we think this will end up to a war we will response . Like back in korean war or world war 2
I just hate the fact that our country is just being used for strategic defences by planting military bases to the point that we are scared that Philippine will be a battlezone at some point of time if mistakenly decided to. I'm kind of scared and mad. 😭
another defeatist like duterte mindset.. no wonder ph being bullied by china because of people like you in the philippines🤮🤮
That's just pride, honestly
You know that mindset gave the Chinese Criminals Party a window to bully us, don't you?
Chinese troll.
China actually missed the biggest opportunity here. Even at the near end of the cold war. Colonial sentiments are not very popular in the Philippines. After the cold war, people questioned the use of the base with the Soviet Union Disolved. If China didn't touch the disputed sea. There would be less US bases in the country. Cuz that is actually the reason why US presence remain. Maybe then the strait would not be much of a headache for them.
The question in the video title was not answered.
The 1st island chain and South China Sea countries should collaborate more tightly to counter China's bully.
I would like to remind everyone that the previous Philippine president said they should avoid confronting China and let them occupy the islands in South China Sea. Their current president is a good friend of the former Chinese ambassador and during his campaign also echoed the same message as the previous. If the situation don't benefit the Philippines, don't expect the Philippines to be cooperative with America.
The phillipines is watching Ukraine being used by the USA. I'm sure Filipinos understand that the US just wants to use the phillipines in the same way its using Ukraine
of the major advantage of thr philippines is it is diverse race some are asians and some are westerners also ph as far as i know is still under us colony. additionaly china wont be able to do that because china has some businesses in philippines most of the businessman and woman in ph are either westerner or chinese , but right now tensions are rising from china and philippine relationships in terms of social. some filipinos are getting mad on thier chinese bosses. Its gonna be hard for china to make war in the philippines.
Please take note that millions of Chinese live in the Philippines many of whom are Filipino-Chinese with Filipino and Chinese parents.
@@mark72141 exactly , but there is more deeper meaning behind it. china isnt thr only one and just like most every countries have it too. its called genocide.
@@mark72141 according to terssita ang see, atleast 36% of the total population of the philippines has chinese ancestry, my father is chinese and mother filipino, and you're right but we filipino chinese no longer bow to china, its not our mother land, philippines is now our home, and this is the only country that will protect us.
2:24 senkaku islands :p everyone calls it senkaku anyways, only the chinese call it diaoyu.
we have brothers from Vietnam Thailand Malaysia Indonesia and the rest of south east asia already unity for this event
He pronounced palawan correct.
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It's simple to avoid that the way we avoid removing the EDCA site u.s military base here in the Philippines
Philippines should START building a base in Ayungin Shoal. This is the BEST time. Lots of countries disagreeing with CHINA and assisting the Philippines. Start building a base. This will help alot also in assisting Taiwan...
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History will speak for us when general douglas mcarthur said:" give me ten thousand filipino soldiers and i will conquer the world".we may be a small country but we are not easily intimidated by aggressors especially when it comes to our sovereignity & freedom!
Stop that already. It only applied to the Filipinos from his era not to this era. The youth are not prepared to go to war. Unlike South Korea, Taiwan, China, and other countries, where they have mandatory Military service for their youth if in case the war breaks, they can be an additional force to the countries. In the Philippines they removed it. So if the war started the so-called brave Filipino youth in social media will just whine to the Philippine government that they are not ready to fight for their country because they don't have basic military training because it's too stressful for them.
Overuse na masyado yang 1 liner na yan. isip ka naman ng bago.
Matagal nang panahon yan. Iba na labanan ngayon.
Amaccana accla
nah filipinos being patriotic? if u see how filipinos act right now plus the replies lol i dont even think a single filipino respect their own country lol if thats the case why can't just yall let yourselves be colonize again
They got nukes, it act as deterrent. No first strike policies, they also got hypersonic missiles which I think effective enough to destroy even the largest ships
Thing is, China has a disease known as Paper Tiger Syndrome
i.e Bloating the capability of their military hardware when it is infact incapable of achieving the advertised results
That and also China, like Russia, are full of propaganda and lies
You think the alliance didn't have any of that? Lmao 😂
when I worked in the Middle East and whenever I see Indonesians there, my heart felt warm like my Filipino countrymen
The last statement accurately portrays the minds of Filipinos in how they solve problems “we’re just victims”
and then run away to another country badmouthing his own house
Because we are.
colonial mentality, also known as inferiority complex go Brrrrrrrr
@@xXxSkyViperxXx only idiots blame everything on being colonized. Look at the US trying to provide reparations to so called victims
@@xXxSkyViperxXxI agree
In the Vietnam War, the villages that survived intact is those Village Chiefs whom refused and didn't ask ANY military hardware / weapons to be stationed in their village...
Fishing boat getting ram by chinese coast guards. CCP officials really only have 1 braincells
lol, the only reason the Vietcong managed to survive and outlast the US was because of Soviet aid lol, and still they were crushed hahahahhah they only won because of hit and run tactics and booby traps
@@Tulala_Official_not to mention the American public grew tired of the war. It could have kept going.
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VC consists of civilians paramilitary- Guerilla. Tactics NVA is the National military ..
Well that's what's war is about isn't it. Ya resourcefulness to keep ya people supplied. So go back playing ya game , and think it's all.about YOU that Wins.
I sincerely laugh at these comments coming either from the Yanks (who ran with their tails in between their legs) or Uncle Sam’s slave (Obviously the term applies to Filipinos) Try to spin as much as you want but Yankees lost and cried to this day! Poor coward! Just name 1 war that the USA won by itself… The answer is NONE! Bunch of puss_es!!!! 😂
Edit: JUST A VIETNAMESE PASSING BY 😂😂😂😂
Friend, philippin will not be able to avoid hostilities they will fight alongside taipei if and when that time comes...
whoa
Most Filipinos do not want to meddle in other countries' internal affairs. Most countries officially recognize the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China as only one country but both of them claimed to be the legitimate government of all China while accusing each other as rebels. So this issue is an internal one that ASEAN countries do not want to meddle with as part of the ASEAN principle. Most countries including rhe Philippines and USA consider the PRC as the legitimate government of all China.
China has to be deterred from invading Taiwan for the NXT 5 yrs. By that time China has collapsed economically, politically and demogra- phically. The best strategic deterrent is the Philippines. And the Filipinos are not afraid of the Chinese. In Yaltung, during the Korean war, 1,000 Filipino soldiers defeated 40,000 Chinese soldiers- that's 1-40 ratio.
Puro ka Yaltung.. tagal na nyan.. iba na ang digmaan ngayon
You are living in the Past, if war does happen those past scenarios will not happen today. China are no longer fields conscripted farmers.
China’s military and navy is on Par with Western powers. Philippines have a laughable military today. they are only good at quelling rebellion and bullying indigenous communities
loL, These bases are R&R for US Navy , no permanent base.. with huge weapons stockpiles or Repairs. cos ITS CLOSE within range .. of CHINA. The advantage goes both ways...
These kind of base , aint gonna really help the Philippines economy overall (only the select few will be RICH).. its gona be a social mess / headache.
Pls God stop all wars in the world we Filipinos are dan being invaded and Taiwan 😢 pls bless as lord
If China decided to be democratic, free, peaceful, and prosperous, like Taiwan.
Everyone could go back to being friends, with minor disputes. All those military expenses, could go to helping people, and the environment.
China must think that we are not in the time of the Spanish.. that all they can see or conquer before is automatically it's yours just like the Philippines 🌴 but we are now in the modern times that we need to follow international laws and China is a signatory of the international law and the one who broke this law that made their image in the world as bad or a law breaker 😉😂
China has not invaded the Philippines while Spaniards, US, Japan did. But, China does not need to invade the Philippines. China now controls most of the businesses. China owns several properties. So, China has indirectly invaded the Philippines without firing a shot.
Paper and signatures don’t stop wars. Having a strong military does. Filipino politicians are too greedy to build a strong military. They’d rather build multiple families with multiple women 😂
Know i know what fidel ramos said that defend fuga island any means nessesary even if put the 50 % of ph force and result of many death .
UNCLOS has long provided declaration that the West Philippine Sea EEZ is under the jurisdiction of the Philippines. Oil extraction therefore within its EEZ should immediately commence under the support of the US military and allies. As explored in the past there are potential Oil reservoirs in many areas within Philippine EEZ places that are possible to put up Oil Platforms. These Oil Rigs can be constructed at a parallel time. Contract to construct Oil Platforms may be executed by the US, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN as they are allies showing serious commitment to help support to secure the EEZ of the Philippines, their navy ships along with the Philippine navy and coast guards should be stationed around to provide protection during the installation process throughout operations of oil extraction were successfully achieved. Hegemonic ambitions of China will never prevail, they could not approach those areas since they have great fear with the US and Allies, Do not be fooled by Chinese, they are smart businessmen, they have successfully augmented their countries economy in many decades and will never resort to high scale war and be destructed in just days of conflict, they know that they are surrounded by the US military bases and allies mighty force
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Philippines the 51st state of the United States of Murica 😂😂😂
honestly, more philipinos would prefer that over being a province of china lmao
@@riaqliu nah men presidential system USA sucks parliamentary is much better Like GERMANY
Believe me not, but some Americans actually think the Philippines is part of the US like Guam, Puerto Rico and American Samoa. There was even a US online store that listed the Philippines as among the US states/territories. No joke.
@@riaqliu who would become province of China? if Ancestral of Austronesian people came from Southern China and was driven out in seas during pre han chinese conquest and expansion in southern china during ancient times.
PH CANNON FODDER OF U.S
Armed Forces of the Philippines 🇵🇭 2 million reserves are on standby for rapid deployment.
why not join up as a EXECUTIVE UNIFIED STATE PH TAIWAN AND JAPAN SOUTH KOREA since they do well in business relation might as well forge the relation as a one executive state
*Everyone is thinking, Thank God the Philippines is there to defend Taiwan. That is, without a second thought, defending Taiwan would mean being hostile to China; being hostile to China would mean the Philippines would become a target too; becoming a target literally means to go to war; going to war would also mean death and destruction, on a world war level.*
*A world war, would mean you will lose your current life, losing your peaceful life would mean, you will have to go to war, internet will be limited, television will be full of propaganda, you will have to live the rest of your life always on the edge of life and death situation, this includes everyone, your mother, father, brothers and sisters, your sons and daughters will live in fear as their once peaceful country has been dragged over a war of selfish interest of the most powerful, dead and rotting cadavers scattered around will cause famine and diseases, food will be scarce, life will be so hard you'll wish you would die in war than in hunger.*
*The Philippines is the most likely candidate to go against China, call it the Ukraine of South East Asia, because it's poor, doesn't have any economic importance unlike South Korea, Japan and even Taiwan which is a small country but has the most advanced semiconductor technology, that even the U.S. will do anything just to get it, all three of these countries are too important economically and militarily to be used in a war against China.*
*Taiwan is the second candidate to be a sacrificial pawn against China. Taiwan currently still has the most advanced semiconductor technology; the U.S. doesn't want that technology to go to China, and so the U.S. actually has plans for it.*
*The U.S. is building TSMC's first chip fabrication facility, or fab, in Arizona. This is to transfer TSMC's semiconductor technology safely to the United States.*
*If Taiwan doesn't hand over TSMC's technology, then the U.S. would rather destroy Taiwan than take the technology for itself.*
*Taiwan's semiconductor technology is its economic lifeline; it's basically the only reason why Taiwan has a big economy for a very small country and why the U.S. is protecting it. The second reason is that it's also an unsinkable aircraft carrier, albeit a sitting duck at that. It's basically just a line of defense for the U.S. along with South Korea; Japan, on the other hand, is more important, both economically and militarily.*
*The Philippines ability to stop China, or, to make a long story short, the Philippines inability to stop China Currently, the Philippines doesn't have a decent military capability, especially its navy. Its navy is even weaker than that of Singapore.*
*The Philippines value its strategic military position; just as the video above says, if there's something the Philippines is useful for, then that is its location; however, the location is pretty much pointless as its military capability is virtually nonexistent. This would mean that the Philippines will be armed by the U.S. to fight against China; now read that again.*
*This means that the Philippines is the most likely candidate to be a sacrificial pawn against China.*
*The best that the Philippines can offer is to buy time by adding a line of defense in the Pacific region for the U.S.*
*Now tell me, are you proud of that?*
Yes
Well said.
That's Chinese propaganda. Philippines kicked out the American bases, but because of what China is doing against Filipinos in the west Phil sea, Pres. Marcos has no choice but to ask for help of America, EU Australia and Japan
no choice
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To get an unbiased perspective, you have to go back in time when the Philippines was still a lot more powerful both in terms of economy and military....
at the time of Ferdinand Marcos, the Philippines was still in its prime.
Now who was it that plotted against Ferdinand Marcos?
Who was funding it and supporting those that were behind the People Power Revolution.
It was the NPA along with the Liberal Party along with the U.S. CIA that plotted against him and ousted him as he wasn't only powerful, but also cannot be controlled and has the support of the majority of the Filipinos....
Now that has led to the downfall of a once powerful nation....
Now the Philippines is weak in terms of economy and military.
Tell me at the time of Benigno Aquino who was it that said to the navy to fall back?
It was the U.S that said to the Philippine Navy to fall back, which caused China to move forward and take those island chains and even created man made islands...
Now tell me again for whom were those man made islands for?
The U.S., China took some territories and made those islands to counter the U.S aggression on slowly encircling not only China but also Russia.
Now tell me again, why is the U.S in the pacific region?
To counter the so called "aggressive" China, now tell me again, which is aggressive?
The US currently has 400 military bases with 300,000 deployed troops in the Pacific, now tell me who's the aggressor?
Tell me how many bases does China have outside its territory?
Only 1 and it's in Djibouti a small country on the northeastern coast of Africa to the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.
Now read it all, and think again, who's the aggressor, who's the one forced to steal and encroach on another country's territory just to defend itself from the U.S....
I am not saying that China is a good guy, because it is not a good one, but I'm also not gonna say that I'm happy about the U.S in the region because wherever the U.S goes there's always WAR and DESTRUCTION.
If only you can read and analyze the past and current situation then you'd have the same perspective as I am....
I am against the U.S meddling in our affairs and antagonize China to the point of a world war where the Philippine will be the most affected and not the continental U.S
Remember, when war comes, the Philippines will be the first in line, the first to be bombed the first to be a sacrificial pawn and not the United States.
Those that are pro war are the ones that will never take part in one.
Where is SEATO
Imagine you can't even defend yourself and then this guy shows up and forced you to defend other country
lmao id rather side with the US than be neutral with the impending war, china could easily betray the philippines 🤣
The US has already thrown you guys under the bus.
Actually China had no intention of physically attacking Taiwan as it does not need to do so to achieve reunification.
Countries such as Philippines should not get pulled into the American's hegemony struggle with China as it will just suffered unwanted collateral damages.
Ukraine is proof that China will not be able to invade Taiwan with the conventional military. Taiwan is also way more stronger than Ukraine in terms of military technology.
China's demise. Wrong move if they do, not unless they want to be a part of modern history but will not be in favor with them.
Marcos junior is US puppet. Like father like son. Is he going to be as corrupt as his dad?
try it and china will die slowly by isolation due to the fact majority of its neighbors have hatred for it because it has disputes with majority of its neighbors
Troll spotted
We doesn't want another war
If they attack us we ain't scared we will fight for our country and die for our country.🇵🇭
Indonesia america malaysia philipines create a new sentence that is maphilindo
US and the Philippines has a mutual defense treaty from the time the US gave the Philippines independence. The US has the biggest Filipino population outside the Philippines. And Filipinos are more pro-America in sentiment than any other nation. Filipinos are pro-democracy and were always willing to defend it. We were one of the first to send help to Korea to fight the communist during the Korean War. We have fought against the communists since our gaining independence. Communism is seen as a bad thing by the majority of Filipinos and the communist party in the Philippines are still stuck in the mountains hiding and being hunted by the Philippine military with their leader in exile. Being "red tagged" in the Philippines is a death sentence and a one way ticket to "disappearing".
When the pro-democracy Chinese fled the mainland for Taiwan some of them actually sought refuge in the Philippines first before going to Taiwan. So more or less Filipinos and the Taiwanese people have strong relations and share the same anti-communism sentiment. No matter how hard China tries to influence the Filipino mindset, they held no power over the majority opinion of Filipinos against China.
Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and their blatant occupation of our territory and harassment does not help with the sentiment either. So before China can make any move on Taiwan, I'm pretty sure they need to something against the Philippines first. But for most part Filipinos have more experience in armed conflicts than the Chinese, and we have proven ourselves against them even when they have the advantage of numbers. And we are not an easy country to occupy either. The Spanish, American and Japanese have learned that the hard way.
the US should fast track in helping the Philippines strengthen its naval n air force to deter China in claiming Taiwan and the whole of the South China Sea
I lived there
these will be a one strong arm in asia
defense ministor of philip: zero possibility......
IMO, China and the USA are all the same. What the Philippines and other ASEAN countries need to do is to build up their Combat capabilities and join forces militarily and economically and show their might in the indo-pacific region. that way China will not bully them any further..
"not on my watch"... Who's watch now?
As a Filipino, we plea China to respect our territories. We have nothing against anyone. Just respect our territories. God bless us all.❤❤