[Sacajaweau]

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

[Lurker]

They actually have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Philippines#:~:text=The%20Philippines%20sent%2060%20medics,)%2C%20the%20hostage%20was%20released.

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[Paul R.]

Philippines (it’s not “the Philippines”) is working with us to add either 3 or 4 more bases on their territory, adding F-16’s to their much neglected until recently Air Force (tho’ it was still enough to bomb a city of over 200,000 to mostly rubble*), adding a nice big US Coast Guard cutter to their Navy, etc., and is strategically not that far from Taiwan. We can’t expect much offensive help from Philippines in the event of a dustup over Taiwan, but they can be helpful in many other ways.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Marawi