April 28, 2024 by Mauro Gia Samonte
BRIGHT as the sun shines, this is what will happen in our country when the war that the United States has planned to detonate in the Philippines since 2014 breaks out. In the said year, America planned the war in Ukraine. It came true. In the same year, America planned Israel’s war against Hamas. It came true. The parallel plan made in the Philippines by America is what is contained in the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) obtained by the United States (US) in the administration of Benigno Aquino III in 2014. Under the agreement, the US was granted five military base of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deploy American troops and military equipment that is unlimited in number and cannot be inspected by the Philippine authorities. Entering 2023, the five EDCA bases were increased by Bongbong by four more, which really boiled the tension in the South China Sea. China could not hide its simmering anger.
“Don’t be an idol in America,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry warned the Philippines.
Although the agreement states that nuclear weapons cannot be deployed at EDCA bases, the Philippine authorities have no way to ensure that this will be followed because of the EDCA provision that such American deployments cannot be inspected by the Filipino authority. Based on the double (treasonous) American face in world politics, it can be expected that at the EDCA bases nuclear weapons are already present and deployed, ready to be launched at any time needed.
And, whether we accept it or not, that is where the Philippines is now in the face of the outbreak of war around the world that America planned back in 2014.
The war in Ukraine is real. The war in Palestine became a reality that soon spread throughout the Middle East. Will it go according to plan, the war planned to ignite in the South China Sea will explode and explode.
The influx of thousands of troops and warships of America and its allies Australia and Japan into the South China Sea region is a clear signal. Together with Philippine troops and warships, they are currently conducting war exercises called Balikatan. In ordinary terms, Balikatan is to help in dealing with damages caused by nature such as typhoons. But in an act that shows prowess in warfare, the socio-civic meaning of Balikatan is really out of place. So that’s just the criticism thrown by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. According to the ministry’s Spokesperson, the exercises increase the tension already present in the South China Sea. Along with the criticism, China has also conducted its own military exercises, apparently taking credit for the work of the US and its allies.
If based on the circumstances of the formation of the war plan in the South China Sea, it is part of the global design of the US, the outbreak of wars in Ukraine and in Palestine is a sign that even in the Philippines, the outbreak of the drawn war is in a blink of an eye, horrible truth.
The words released by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. are truly terrifying. that he said he instructed the armed forces to implement the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) when a Filipino soldier died due to the alleged harassment by the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the resupply missions of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. The president’s statement was a reaction to the CCG’s latest water bombing of a Philippine wooden ship carrying orovision to the Sierra Madre. The ship was already in shambles, the crew were even injured by the broken glass. One required thirteen stitches in a wound under the eye.
Bongbong’s threat is understandable. President, your troops have already been wounded by the enemy, you will not take a step yet. Well, you are a weak leader according to former president Rodrigo Duterte.
All justification belongs to Bongbong in such declaration of readiness to go to war in the name of territorial defense and sovereignty. What is terrifying here is as if in a movie script, what will happen is already drawn. With China’s continued enforcement of its maritime laws (which in its own reasoning is a legal matter) there is a Filipino person, whether military or civilian, who will be killed, shooting will happen. The Philippine Navy and its allies America, Australia, and Japan will soon be joined by the warships of the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and South Korea – and the South China Sea will look like a monstrous boiling cauldron thousands of times bigger than a film of mine titled Apoy sa Karagatan. Why not, well, of course China will not lose. In addition to his huge warships and thousands of troops, he also has the soldiers and equipment of his allies, the Russians, North Koreans, Iranians, and anyone else to work together to boil the melting pot. in the Philippines.
God is merciful.
Think about the fate of Ukraine. Infrastructures were crushed, thousands of lives were lost.
The same is true of the tragedy that Palestine has been subjected to due to Israel’s incessant bombing, shameless in taking the lives of young and old, ultimate newborns.
Where else will the Philippines be received if that happens?
To be continued on Wednesday.
Translation by Google
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