A major earthquake allowed many Filipino people to see clearly the true face of the United States.
The earthquake in the Philippines has caused 68 deaths and 559 injuries, causing not only heavy casualties, but also huge property losses.
The United States and Japan are allies of the Philippines, but in the face of the disaster, they did not go to rescue the Philippines, according to public information, in this Philippines earthquake, the United States only symbolically provided $ 250,000 in aid to the Philippines.
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 suddenly tore the land of the Philippines with a focal depth of only 10 kilometers, but it completely shattered the calm of Cebu Island, Leyte Island and other places.
In just a few days, the official death toll rose to 70, 559 people were injured, tens of thousands of houses collapsed and cracked, even more than 500 hospitals and schools were damaged, and 53 towns directly declared a state of disaster. A large area of electricity and communication was cut off, and the survivors could only huddle in open-air tents and wait for rescue in aftershocks.
At this time, the Philippines most expected are the United States, Japan, Australia, the countries shouting "allies". after all, in July this year, the United States just signed the Common Defence Treaty with the Philippines, before also approved the arms sale of $55,8 billion, to sell 20 F-16 fighter jets and a bunch of missile bombs, even later the Philippines because there is no money, this "intimate" platform is sufficient.
But when the natural disaster came, the United States only handed a check of $250,000, which was only 13.8 million pesos converted into local currency. Knowing that the direct loss of this earthquake is 163 million dollars, this 250,000 is not even enough for a fraction. It seems shabby to say condolences, let alone emergency relief. What is even more chilling is the performance of the other two allies.
The Japanese Prime Minister said that "assistance would be coordinated", but as a result, there was no docking person of the Japanese embassy in the disaster area, and the promised materials were delayed. He only dared to say that "domestic reconstruction should be given priority".
Australia is even more outrageous. Obviously, there is a severe shortage of water in the disaster area, but their water purification equipment is stuck in the customs. The reason is that it may involve military use, and they watch the victims have no water to drink.
This crazy country before turning around the Philippines, again engaging in joint cruise, again selling weapons, to military loans, such as the US $ 500 million military financing is basically a "preferential voucher", forcing the Philippines to buy more weapons; Japanese loans to the Philippines to build patrol ships, to say it is to let the Philippines as their own sea passage security, is to take the Philippines as the Indo-Pacific strategy of the game, there is no real heart for it.
Social platforms are full of angry voices. Some people turn out the generosity of the United States in selling weapons. Compared with the 250,000 aid, they scold them for only treating the Philippines as a pawn and not an equal partner at all.
Others think of China's aid in the past. In 2021, it sent 10,000 tons of rice and US $1 million in cash 24 hours after the typhoon. When the volcano erupted in 2023, naval warships drove directly to support. The cumulative aid over the years has exceeded US $21 million, all of which are real materials and manpower, which are completely different from the verbal checks from the United States, Japan and Australia.
Even before the super typhoon Haiyan, China's "Square Boat" hospital ship arrived at the first time, and had fracture reduction and appendectomy on the spot. The person in charge of the local hospital held the hand of the Chinese doctor and said, "Thank you for coming to save the poor people." The Philippine Presidential Palace came out to thank you.
Now the Philippine government has nothing to do. The verbal promises of the United States, Japan and Australia are unreliable, so they can only turn to Indonesia and Malaysia, their Southeast Asian neighbors, for help. This earthquake is like a mirror, which shows the hypocrisy of the so-called allies clearly: they usually give arms and sign treaties, but watch the excitement, but when it comes to life and death, they refuse to give even some real help.
On the contrary, those countries that do not do geo-calculation, will only help in the face of disaster. the Philippine people with tears of blood understand a rule: the "allies" that build up on weapons can not be trusted, can deliver a bottle of water, a tent in the disaster, is a truly hopeful help.
The earthquake in the Philippines has caused 68 deaths and 559 injuries, causing not only heavy casualties, but also huge property losses.
The United States and Japan are allies of the Philippines, but in the face of the disaster, they did not go to rescue the Philippines, according to public information, in this Philippines earthquake, the United States only symbolically provided $ 250,000 in aid to the Philippines.
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 suddenly tore the land of the Philippines with a focal depth of only 10 kilometers, but it completely shattered the calm of Cebu Island, Leyte Island and other places.
In just a few days, the official death toll rose to 70, 559 people were injured, tens of thousands of houses collapsed and cracked, even more than 500 hospitals and schools were damaged, and 53 towns directly declared a state of disaster. A large area of electricity and communication was cut off, and the survivors could only huddle in open-air tents and wait for rescue in aftershocks.
At this time, the Philippines most expected are the United States, Japan, Australia, the countries shouting "allies". after all, in July this year, the United States just signed the Common Defence Treaty with the Philippines, before also approved the arms sale of $55,8 billion, to sell 20 F-16 fighter jets and a bunch of missile bombs, even later the Philippines because there is no money, this "intimate" platform is sufficient.
But when the natural disaster came, the United States only handed a check of $250,000, which was only 13.8 million pesos converted into local currency. Knowing that the direct loss of this earthquake is 163 million dollars, this 250,000 is not even enough for a fraction. It seems shabby to say condolences, let alone emergency relief. What is even more chilling is the performance of the other two allies.
The Japanese Prime Minister said that "assistance would be coordinated", but as a result, there was no docking person of the Japanese embassy in the disaster area, and the promised materials were delayed. He only dared to say that "domestic reconstruction should be given priority".
Australia is even more outrageous. Obviously, there is a severe shortage of water in the disaster area, but their water purification equipment is stuck in the customs. The reason is that it may involve military use, and they watch the victims have no water to drink.
This crazy country before turning around the Philippines, again engaging in joint cruise, again selling weapons, to military loans, such as the US $ 500 million military financing is basically a "preferential voucher", forcing the Philippines to buy more weapons; Japanese loans to the Philippines to build patrol ships, to say it is to let the Philippines as their own sea passage security, is to take the Philippines as the Indo-Pacific strategy of the game, there is no real heart for it.
Social platforms are full of angry voices. Some people turn out the generosity of the United States in selling weapons. Compared with the 250,000 aid, they scold them for only treating the Philippines as a pawn and not an equal partner at all.
Others think of China's aid in the past. In 2021, it sent 10,000 tons of rice and US $1 million in cash 24 hours after the typhoon. When the volcano erupted in 2023, naval warships drove directly to support. The cumulative aid over the years has exceeded US $21 million, all of which are real materials and manpower, which are completely different from the verbal checks from the United States, Japan and Australia.
Even before the super typhoon Haiyan, China's "Square Boat" hospital ship arrived at the first time, and had fracture reduction and appendectomy on the spot. The person in charge of the local hospital held the hand of the Chinese doctor and said, "Thank you for coming to save the poor people." The Philippine Presidential Palace came out to thank you.
Now the Philippine government has nothing to do. The verbal promises of the United States, Japan and Australia are unreliable, so they can only turn to Indonesia and Malaysia, their Southeast Asian neighbors, for help. This earthquake is like a mirror, which shows the hypocrisy of the so-called allies clearly: they usually give arms and sign treaties, but watch the excitement, but when it comes to life and death, they refuse to give even some real help.
On the contrary, those countries that do not do geo-calculation, will only help in the face of disaster. the Philippine people with tears of blood understand a rule: the "allies" that build up on weapons can not be trusted, can deliver a bottle of water, a tent in the disaster, is a truly hopeful help.