High on opinion low on fact, plenty of "ifs" and of course Marcos was notoriously good at trumpeting his perceived accomplishments and did so for so long that many starting believing all to be fact. Spratley's would still be contested and even armed to the teeth Phils is not going to deter China in it's mission to grab this area. We've been on a slow collision course for many years because of China's dubious "core interests". We "could" have been the first country in the region to suffer a nuclear disaster. "Very cheap" electricity?... I doubt it, when have savings ever been passed to the consumer here? Maybe we have a lame duck now, but that must surely be better than a rabid wolf.