Posted on 05/27/2015 7:03:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told his Philippine counterpart on Wednesday that Washington's pledge to defend the Pacific nation remains "ironclad" and called for an end to land reclamation in the South China Sea, officials said.
In talks in Hawaii with Voltaire Gazmin, Philippine secretary of national defense, the Pentagon chief "reaffirmed" the strong ties between the two countries and discussed territorial disputes in the contested waters of the South China Sea, where Beijing has been at loggerheads with the Philippines and other states in the region.
Citing Washington's mutual defense treaty with Manila, Carter "stressed that the US commitment to defend the Philippines is ironclad," the Pentagon said in a statement.
The meeting came as Carter embarks on a tour of Asia and amid rising tensions over Beijing's massive effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea.
Carter and Gazmin "agreed that all parties involved in the South China Sea should seek a peaceful resolution of disputes, immediately halt land reclamation, and stop further militarization of disputed features," the statement said....
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Ask Saigon about Washington’s track record with following through on its promises.
Didn’t we get kicked out of the PI ?
They’re trying to take us back.
Well maybe not iron but something more flexible like play dough.
Hopefully they will buy nukes from Pak or Russia soon. they’ll need’em.
They can’t afford even a small navy, how would they afford nuclear weapons?
Ask Ukraine about the fidelity of our mutual defense pacts.
in that case we better get out troops over there right now and start killing Muslims.
The PI just got screwed. The PI needs to align with S. Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, and India. I didn’t mention Japan because Filipinos have not forgotten WWII. The Filipinos were utterly brutalized by the Japanese.
Nothing is ironclad with Zer0. Expect the unexpected. Or, maybe nothing is unexpected.
“Well maybe not iron but something more flexible like play dough.”
Yeah, that’s kind of what I was thinking.
Ooh, is that like another red line in the sand commitment?
Mount Pinatubo kicked out the US.
Dunno. But we won’t do squat to save them with Barry in command of his golf clubs.
Worth the paper it’s written on.
“Ask Saigon about Washington’s track record with following through on its promises.”
And, keep in mind that the Philippines were our allies during Vietnam and a good number of their soldiers were there.
Saigon? Where’s Saigon?
Translation: ‘We will defend the Philippines until A) The Chinese wants them, B) ISIS wants them to be a Muslim or C) I’m golfing and I don’t care if you are attacked.’
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