In the South China Sea railway reef came to the news, the naval police used water cannons to drive off the Philippine ship, troubled Philippine vessels with wounded escapes. in less than 24 hours, the Mefi agreement was revealed, the US ambassador a word to make Marcos the sky collapsed, hoping the United States security, the Philippines is really a little naive.
In the island of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Reef "stolen chickens" failed, the Philippines switched guns, jumped into the railway reef trouble, can end up the same, was arrested by my marine police.
According to the latest news from China Marine Police, last Sunday, two Philippine official ships illegally broke into the waters near our Tiexian Reef.
For the Philippine ship that made trouble, we still gave courtesy before the soldiers. Our marine police gave a warning first, but the Philippine ship with an iron head didn't listen to the advice, and deliberately touched our marine police ship, causing friction. Since you don't eat the soft ones, then go on the hard ones. Our marine police used water cannons to control them. When the Philippine ship saw that the position was wrong, it immediately slipped away, but the hull was still damaged.
The action was deflated, but the mouth was still as hard as ever. Afterwards, the Philippine side clamored to respond to us by diplomatic means.
In the South China Sea dispute, this is less than the United States, the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Roosevelt, poured oil on the fire, accusing my naval police's actions of so-called "aggression".
Since the U.S. has given me the characteristics of the action of the Maritime Police, then according to the Mefi Joint Defense Treaty, the U.S. military will leave the field, and personally set up for the Philippine ships. but as a result, whether this time or ahead, the U.S. side in addition to playing the gun or the gun.
Perhaps in Marcos's view, as long as the dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea becomes serious, the United States will fulfill its commitments in the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. However, the reality is that the bigger the storm of the dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, the farther the United States hides.
A very clear reality, which has long been placed in front of Marcos, is that the United States cannot afford the risks and consequences of the Sino-American conflict, especially as China's strength becomes stronger, the higher the cost of U.S. intervention.
To put it bluntly, international geopolitical struggle is similar to doing business. Whether to do this business depends first on the risks and benefits. When the benefits cannot cover the risks, this business has no reason to do it. For the United States, this is the case now in the China-Philippines South China Sea dispute.
The Philippines hanging the Mefi Joint Defense Treaty in the mouth is still alive in the dream, and the United States is unwilling to cancel the empty cheque of the name of the survivor, it is of interest.
On the one hand, the existence of this paper agreement would facilitate U.S. military expansion in the South China Sea.
At present, the U.S. military operation in the Indo-Pacific is basically about containing China, for the U.S. military, having more military bases around China, deploying more equipment, the more it can contain China.
The U.S. military deployments in Japan, South Korea and Guam are virtually saturated, and there is no surplus space to operate, so the U.S. military has turned its eyes to the Philippines.
The U.S. promised the Philippines that the Mefi Joint Defense Treaty would remain in force, and that the U.S. military would send troops or deploy equipment to the Philippines would be a good thing.
So let's see that in the past two years, the US military deployment in the Philippines has expanded at a visible rate. The Philippines has opened up the use of multiple military bases to the US military, and the US military has taken advantage of the opportunity to deploy the "Tifeng" medium-range missile to the Philippines.
On the other hand, with this paper agreement, the United States is estimated to demand protection from the Philippines, which Marcos can see the U.S. troops stationed in Japan and Europe.
“There won’t be a paddle in the sky,” Marcus wanted the U.S. military to support the Philippines, so he would pay the protection fee.
Especially when the U.S. military deployment in the Philippines is completed, this protection of the Philippines does not pay also pay, to this step, for the Philippines, the U.S. Army in the Philippines has become a huge problem, please God easy to send God difficulty.
At that time, Marcos' predecessors finally sent away the god of plague of the US military. Who knew that after Marcos came to power, he was welcomed back.
There is no doubt that the Mefi Joint Defense Treaty is an empty check that the United States retains hegemony for itself and ignores the Philippines and its ally.
Funnyly, the Philippines also treated the American joke as correct, and used this blank check as a counter-China code.
The one who refuses to come to fruition and ultimately suffers a big loss is the Philippines.