MERGED: All About RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty/ VFA-MLSA and Related Issues

[Vince Russo]

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Are we to assume that the US know the interests of others?

Yes, Grovestreet. You would be correct in assuming that.

[GOSPELofROCH]

Do you really believe this? We do not control al Qaeda, and the Philippine government does not control the MILF. Do you think the national government wanted to create a Bangsamoro homeland? Of course not! No more than the US wants to be losing the war in Afghanistan, or wanted to have the World Trade Center destroyed on American soil. The US does not need to invent terrorist organizations to justify its military power. There are more than enough terrorists and evil people in the world already. I am a citizen of this country and I know how Americans think and how the government works. I promise you, we are not conspiring to conquer the world. If anything, we are conspiring to save it!

Sorry to the other posters, I do not speak Tagalog so I cannot tell what most of you are saying.

Peace!

-Chris

I will only believe you if you are the president of USA but your not!

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

^^^

Even if he is the president of the USA ... how would you know that he is telling the truth ?

ANyhoo .... talk about umbrella organizations , you dont have to only base it on the color of the skin . You dont have to be white to say you are present in a location where it is inhabited by anti Americans .

[diatabz]

Are we to assume that the US know the interests of others?

Pretty much. Who else but America can guarantee peace? The PRC? Russia? A centrist U.S. would devastate nations all over the world.

[grovestreet]

Pretty much. Who else but America can guarantee peace? The PRC? Russia? A centrist U.S. would devastate nations all over the world.

No one should do so, in my opinion. The world is far better off with power diffused. I think that's true internal to societies as well. I wish it were true that US power was used to "encourage democracy and the freedom to earn an equal wage" and to "promote freedom." I'm afraid that belief will not stand up to investigation.

[miyay]

No one should do so, in my opinion. The world is far better off with power diffused. I think that's true internal to societies as well. I wish it were true that US power was used to "encourage democracy and the freedom to earn an equal wage" and to "promote freedom." I'm afraid that belief will not stand up to investigation.

true. power breeds envy. envy to war.

[Vince Russo]

No one should do so, in my opinion. The world is far better off with power diffused. I think that's true internal to societies as well. I wish it were true that US power was used to "encourage democracy and the freedom to earn an equal wage" and to "promote freedom." I'm afraid that belief will not stand up to investigation.

Why do so many people in this forum try to hold the USA to a standard that is so impossibly high to keep? So quick are you to criticize the US, its people and its ideals... and yet you seldom publicly criticize the current state of affairs in the RP. In case you haven't noticed, the RP is constantly embroiled in allegations of corruption, politically motivated killings, human rights violations, widespread poverty due to squandered funding, almost weekly kidnappings, overthrow the government coups and substandard international ratings. Wake up. There will never be "equal power sharing" or as you suggest, a diffusion of power. If there was, where would the RP (without the US) find itself in the plan? The USA still stands for the kind of freedom and democracy that defines the dreams of the oppressed living in so many other countries. The presence of the US military in your country is for your security and to help your military become more self-sufficient. Enjoy the assistance while it lasts. It probably won't be around much longer. The amount of military aid you receive from the US is decreasing by 50% each year because of the complete lack of reciprocation from the RP. You haven't been much of an ally as of late, and the handshake grows weaker. Are you really ready to stand on your own?

[Tarmac]

The strategic situation in the Philippines is the least of the world's worries. Just this week, the situation in South Asia has taken a turn for the worse as Taliban militants advance inexorably towards Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.

Let's hope the US joins the rest of the world in watching from the sidelines as Taliban militants slowly take over Pakistan and ultimately realize the heretofore hashish pipe dream of a militant Islamist nuclear-armed state.

Perhaps this is an illustration of that ideal of "diffusion of power?"

Notwithstanding the recent donor pledge conference in Tokyo, the Pakistani government has been pretty good at charting the country's course and steering the ship of state without help from other countries.

NOT!

[chad_tukes]

f*** US, we don't need those bastards.

[joshua259]

f*** US, we don't need those bastards.

hahaha yeah right...