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Biden says US is willing to fight China on behalf of the Philippines following ship collision near disputed island
NY Post ^ | Oct. 25, 2023 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 10/25/2023 3:49:00 PM PDT by McGruff

President Biden said Wednesday that the US military is willing to fight nuclear-armed China on behalf of the Philippines after ships from the two Asian countries collided near a disputed, unpopulated island in the South China Sea.

“The United States defense agreement with the Philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the Filipino aircraft, vessels or armed forces will invoke our mutual defense treaty with the Philippines,” Biden said during a joint press conference at the White House alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

On Sunday, two of Manila’s military ships collided with a Chinese vessel that sought to block them from reaching the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, which is strategically located along important commercial shipping routes but also submerged at high tide.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Philippines
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; china; philippines; shipping; warprez
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To: Nextrush
The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Washington for talks starting tomorrow three days with Blinken.

Yi is going to show blinken a bunch of photos of Hunter, and a few U.S. Senators getting it on with 13 year old chinese girls. And maybe they have photos of blinken doing something, somewhere, to someone...

The Philippines are hosed.

21 posted on 10/25/2023 4:06:04 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: McGruff

How many more wars does Biden want?

He might be wanting all that equipment and munitions he left in Afghanistan back.


22 posted on 10/25/2023 4:06:20 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Nextrush

Needs legalized censorship and a reason to have fake ballots, or just no election at all.


23 posted on 10/25/2023 4:07:06 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: McGruff

Every time this idiot runs his mouth, our Doomsday Clock inches closer to midnight.

Next, he’ll pick fights with India, Pakistan and France.


24 posted on 10/25/2023 4:11:12 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Lurker
"Too bad they kicked us out of Subic Bay."

Off subject, I had many fine times in Olongapo.

25 posted on 10/25/2023 4:12:25 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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To: Lurker
"Too bad they kicked us out of Subic Bay."

Off subject, I had many fine times in Olongapo.

26 posted on 10/25/2023 4:12:25 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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To: chief lee runamok

“Off subject, I had many fine times in Olongapo.”

You and me both, brother.

None of the stories are suitable for this forum, however.

L


27 posted on 10/25/2023 4:13:26 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: McGruff

He’s absolutely correct. Makes me sick that people would reneg on a treaty obligation to an important ally. And backing down would be the quickest route to war with the communists.

But then some here want to pretend reality doesn’t matter anymore.


28 posted on 10/25/2023 4:15:00 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Lurker

I always laugh at these Mutual Defense Treaties. Like the Philipines are gonna send troops if we need help??


29 posted on 10/25/2023 4:19:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: McGruff

I was at Subic Bay in 1992, 6 months before it closed when the Philippine Gov’t kicked the Americans out.

At this point, I couldn’t care less what happens to them.


30 posted on 10/25/2023 4:20:16 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: McGruff
"Biden says US is willing to fight China"

Send Hunter.

He can beat them to death with his crack pipe.

31 posted on 10/25/2023 4:21:03 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: McGruff

Here’s the problem...the Manila ship hit the China ship.


32 posted on 10/25/2023 4:21:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: McGruff

Impeach this jackass, now!


33 posted on 10/25/2023 4:21:54 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

US Democrat voters (and the vote fraud perpetrators they have calmly enabled) have led us to having a Commander in Chief with nuclear war decision powers who is a dementia case in cognitive decline.

Instead of suddenly standing up and swinging his arms and screaming at a family dinner “I’ve always hated all of you. Get out. Get out of my house and never come back.” He’s likely to show what a swaggering macho bigshot he is by going to war.


34 posted on 10/25/2023 4:27:49 PM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: McGruff

This old coot needs to be retired.


35 posted on 10/25/2023 4:30:16 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: McGruff

Biden is looking to get us into a war, any war. My guess is that his crimes are catching up with him and the media will not be able to cover for him much longer. So he is using the “wag the dog” method to distract the people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog


36 posted on 10/25/2023 4:30:35 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: McGruff

He seems to really really want a war.

He ain’t even up to a food fight.


37 posted on 10/25/2023 4:30:49 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: McGruff

I miss the Subic Bay, Cubi Point deployment days..... at least if I remember right I do 🤣🤣🤣


38 posted on 10/25/2023 4:32:20 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Reminds me of Powers Booth’s reply to C Thomas Howell in Red Dawn.
“ 600 million ragin Chinamen.” ,” I thought there were a Billion ragin Chinamen.” “ There were.”


39 posted on 10/25/2023 4:33:39 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: McGruff

I’m fine with this, as long as it’s him, and him only with his trustee double bell shotgun to fire, a few blasts in the air to scare them off.


40 posted on 10/25/2023 4:34:54 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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