“The Philippines cannot afford to make calls to defense contractors. They can’t afford the sort of defense spending that would deter the Chinese.
I doubt the Vietnamese can either.”
We the United States should nonetheless come to the defense of the Philippines, pledge to go to war with them if China ceases their resources.
The Philippines might not be able to stand up to China but we can and we must. China must be stopped and if they are not they will become an even greater economic and military threat int he future. We must leverage our advantage now to gain advantage in the future.
I guess kicking us out of Subic was a bad idea..