Posted on 10/23/2016 4:41:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Spaniards warned the Filipinos that the US wouldn’t respect their Catholic faith; basically said “be careful what you wish for”. The Filipinos believed the Americans would support independence for them, which we did not.
He was turtored by a Philippine Communist after being kicked out of a series of schools in his younger years. He never joined the party but the Commie filled his brain with anti-US crud, reaching back to Moro days...
The Filipinos can choose to work with America or be slaves of China in the Han Chinese East Asian co-prosperity sphere.
Thailand has existed as a free country for many decades because it always accommodates the strongest power, be it China, Russia or the US.
This action by the Philippines is simply a statement that the US, under The Messiah, is the weakest of the lot.
They have a choice: be friends with the west, or become part of China.
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