Ferdinand Marcos flew to Peking when Viet Nam fell. Kissed their butts. Marcos wanted too much rent money for US bases to protect his own country. Mt. Pinatubo(1991) settled the issue. If they want to protect themselves like Israel they should.
Duarte resented the US treating his country like a little brother. Fact is they are just that. Who’s going to protect them now? Perhaps the new Marcos should be making some fast deals with China’s other enemies.
You are behind the times.
Marcos was doing the popular thing in those post Nixon goes to China days. Everyone was going to China back then, after it broke up with the USSR. I recall the trade fairs, and etc.
The last bit is the latest US-Philippines treaty. The US now has basing rights everywhere in the Philippines. This is oriented to combat basing. The Philippines is also now a bad place for USN and USAF rear area basing, such as shipyards (Subic). Its too close to China, given modern weapons. The Philippines will be a place to fight from, not support from.
Duterte tried to make nice with the Chinese but they double-crossed him. This was against the advice of the Philippine military and economic establishment. They were right. Duterte is now trying to distance himself from that episode. In any case, he is no longer in charge.
Israel protected herself in 1977-1978 along with then S.Africa, Taiwan, S.Korea in jointly developing and detonating nuclear weapons at Sea south of S.Africa just west of the AnArtic landmass.