[CatQuilt]

They’re going to get WW III one way or another...

[raybbr]

“””If the Chinese use force to back up their claims, Hanoi and Manila want us to fight China for them.

But, other than a major war, what would be in it for us?”””

Will China keep sending us cheap stuff during the war? Will they take over all the U.S. companies on China leaving all the stock holders broke?

[PGR88]

If China begins to reclaim and militarize Scarborough Shoal, says Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III, America must fight.

How brave of the Philippine President to commit US soldiers to a war....

I was in Clark and Subic Bay for a visit just after the Philippines Gov't kicked the US out in 1992. Seems they have a very short-term memory

[pfony1]

It’s nice to know that, even in his dotage, Pat Buchanan has found a well-paying job as “apologist” for China.

[gaijin]

Every night a small Mexican Village moves across the border North to America for welfare benefits and lawyers.

meanwhile we yearn to fight over a cold, wet scrabble of rocks halfway around the world.

I find that puzzling.

I remember the jubilant dancing sea of yellow that accompanied our Navy being kicked out of Subic Bay.

why not we permit the Philippines the highest expression the of patriotism by letting them fight for their rocks..?

[Vermont Lt]

So the Phillipino President tells us when we must go to war?

Since Congress doesn’t deal with that any longer I was wondering who’s job it was now. At least we know who to write to with our complaints.

[G Larry]

Ya Pat....nothing is worth fighting for.

Let them have that and then S. Korea, then Japan.

Thanks Pat.

[tgusa]

The principal economic asset of Scarborough Shoal used to be scrap metal from the thousands of Mk-76 25 lb. practice bombs dropped by USN warplanes ‘back in the day’. I clearly remember the ‘bonka boats’ waiting patiently for the jets to finish their runs before rushing in to dive for the scrap metal. In fact I’m sure I have a belt buckle somewhere made from that scrap metal.

Bottom line: Scarborough Shoal isn’t worth one single ounce of American blood.

[sport]

If you don’t have to fight in them, everything is worth a war.

If all you have to do is count the money you make from the sales of arms, munitions, other supplies, and bribes, everything is worth a war.

If you are the ones that are going to be fighting them, very few things are worth a war.

So, I suppose , it all comes down to your perspective. Are you on the counting end or the fighting end?

[xzins]

Wisdom from Pat Buchanen.

Pat would be an interesting secretary of state.

[RedStateRocker]

He’s willing to fight to the last drop of American blood.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Are the Philippines worth a war? How about Japan?

[Ancesthntr]

Should we back down, says Aquino, the United States will lose “its moral ascendancy, and also the confidence of one of its allies.”

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Well, now he did it - he gave Obozo the very excuse that he needs to throw the Phillipines under the bus. Losing BOTH moral ascendancy AND undercutting an ally, all in one action? Obozo doesn’t pass on twofers like this, its just too juicy for him to resist.

[dfwgator]

Didn’t they basically kick our military out of the Philippines?