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The United States renewed a warning Monday that it would defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack under a 1951 treaty, after Chinese ships blocked and collided with two Filipino vessels off a contested shoal in the South China Sea.
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It is just another war.
The new Philippine pressident started out seeming to look for peaceful relations with the CCP, but has learned the CCP treats that like appeasement and expects to get away with bullying the Philippines over disputed claims in the seas, claims concerning islands and atolls much closer to the Philippines than China.
Captain Sum Ting Wong, First Mate Bang Ding Ow.