No the philippines doesn’t have a strong military.
but unlike the US we have a president with balls.
It has been reported hundreds of times .. ISIS (and others) respect power and might, which is not to mean numbers of military exclusively.
Rodrigo Duterte has the most believable delivery when he makes a statement.
He told his cops about a week or so ago ... "If you think you're going to be shot (by drug Lords in a firefight), for God's sake ... shoot first" ... (slightly paraphrased)
And I believe Donald Trump is cut from the same cloth. (The cops know who the bad guys are)