Prepare for the worst, prepare for war!

[monroy]

Video of the PRC invading Vietnam in 1979 just a few years after the AMericans left. Nindot unta if English pero German documentary ni. So far nothing has changed much with Chinese equipment but still devastating. So just stop asking for war because there are more COPS in New York than there are soldiers in our AFP.

We have brave soldiers but the leadership sucks! Remember that picture of a general riding on the back of a soldier coming down from a boat because he didn't want to get wet? Thats why we can't even beat the NPA, MILF, etc.. and now people are calling for a war with China?? Damn... these people's delusional fantasies will be the harbinger of hell to this country. Everyone needs to tone down the rhetoric around here...

[æRLO]

We have brave soldiers but the leadership sucks! Remember that picture of a general riding on the back of a soldier coming down from a boat because he didn't want to get wet? Thats why we can't even beat the NPA, MILF, etc.. and now people are calling for a war with China?? Damn... these people's delusional fantasies will be the harbinger of hell to this country. Everyone needs to tone down the rhetoric around here...

I think you're referring to PAF Brig. Gen. Marciano Ilagan, and he piggybacked a local fisherman during a beach landing.

[ABORLAN]

US to provide PHL satellite surveillance assistance over maritime territory
May 4, 2012 4:02pm
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The three-week standoff between the Philippines and China at Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) has led the US to agree to provide the Philippines, its old ally, with satellite surveillance assistance, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Washington announced the American assistance after a Philippine delegation conferred with him.

“In a meeting with the Philippine delegation at the Pentagon, Secretary Panetta agreed to intensify Philippine-US cooperation on real-time information-sharing to enable the Philippines to know what is happening in its maritime territory on a 24/7 basis and enforce its laws within its territory,” a DFA statement said.

Panetta also gave assurance the US “will do everything possible to work with the Philippines.”

The DFA also added that the US, one of the most advanced countries in intelligence gathering via surveillance satellites, will be sending PHL “real-time” information about territorial intrusions to assist the country in addressing and preventing similar incidents in the West Philippine Sea.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin had met this week with Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington.

The US has declared that it will be aiding the Philippines once it is attacked to honor its 60-year-old defense treaty with Manila, but until then it shall not take sides.

It also pledged to increase its foreign military financing allocation for the Philippines to $30 million from just $15 million last year, said Assistant Secretary Andrew Shapiro, head of the State Department’s Bureau for Political-Military Affairs.

“The State Department will explore additional creative funding streams for the Philippines,” Shapiro added.

A second Hamilton-class cutter will also be transferred by the US to PHL for use in monitoring the West Philippine Sea and other maritime territories.

The standoff between the Philippines and China began on April 10 when Chinese fishermen were said to have intruded and poached at Panatag Shoal. The Philippine Navy tried to arrest them but two Chinese government ships intervened which started the standoff.

Both countries regard Panatag Shoal as their territory with the Philippines claiming it to be part of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which is within 200 nautical miles of the nearest Philippine land mass. China said the shoal, which it refers to as Huanyang Island, has been theirs since the Yuan dynasty in the 13th century.

However, the Philippines pronounces its claim based on the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) rule, which gives it the exclusive right to explore and develop Panatag Shoal, a part of its EEZ. UNCLOS was approved by both countries.

The shoal is a coral reef surrounding a lagoon located 124 nautical miles from the Philippines' Zambales province and 472 nautical miles from China’s Hainan province.

Composed of more than 200 islands, rocks, reefs and coral outcrops, West Philippine Sea has always been a place of uneasy conflict where the Philippines, China, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam are all claiming part of it. The sea is home to immeasurable natural resources. –Andrei Medina/KG, GMA News

[Mswizard]

I am not promoting war but promoting preparedness and my voice against the aggressive china as other Filipino Patriot have also something to say about it more extremely to condemn this act and to open our mind to the reality that we must not ignore.

[machinecult]

I am not promoting war but promoting preparedness and my voice against the aggressive china as other Filipino Patriot have also something to say about it more extremely to condemn this act and to open our mind to the reality that we must not ignore.

Okay, thanks for clearing that up. I agree with you. I thought you were one of those posters who seem to enjoy "Gubaton na nato sila" attitude.

[FAQ]

We have brave soldiers but the leadership sucks! Remember that picture of a general riding on the back of a soldier coming down from a boat because he didn't want to get wet? Thats why we can't even beat the NPA, MILF, etc.. and now people are calling for a war with China?? Damn... these people's delusional fantasies will be the harbinger of hell to this country. Everyone needs to tone down the rhetoric around here...

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So they want to go to war led by this clown ? Loooooool ...

[monroy]

I think you're referring to PAF Brig. Gen. Marciano Ilagan, and he piggybacked a local fisherman during a beach landing.

Thanks for naming the loser. Too bad he probably didn't feel shame when that pic went viral. I wonder where he is now? probably promoted...

[machinecult]

Thanks for naming the loser. Too bad he probably didn't feel shame when that pic went viral. I wonder where he is now? probably promoted...

Actually he did feel shame including his colleagues and an American general who was grateful for this PAF general for helping them during the US Chinook crash in 2002 en route from Basilan to Mactan said, "Unfortunately, the incident undid all his good deeds,". It's said that the locals out of hospitality were offering to 'piggyback' the officers, the governor, a priest some accepted, some who worry that they weigh too much declined. NO SURPRISINGLY it was when the general's turn REUTERS took a snapshot at him. What do we expect from the media?

Whatever that picture looks like, we don't need it and it has to be buried.

Here's about that Chinook crash.
->While waging the War against Terrorism, a Boeing MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes in the Philippines.

[monroy]

Can't blame Reuters for being good at their job man...

[machinecult]

Can't blame Reuters for being good at their job man...

I don't blame Reuters, I blame that old media attitude ghosting around since the 1960's.