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| Sitzkrieger2 | Feb 9 2018, 07:04 AM Post #411 |
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The ph military long term plan should also be to establish fighter bases in Palawan. Special forces should also plan how to neutralize the PLA airbases similar to what the Israeli commandos did to the Ugandan air base in Entebbe. The next thing to do is to wait for the right opportunity to strike.
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| MSantor | Feb 10 2018, 04:21 AM Post #412 |
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And start a war that the Philippines cannot win? The US mutual defense treaty doesn't apply if the Philippines is the aggressor. The Philippines should have used its recent win from UN Tribunal at the Hague over the sea dispute but Duterte hasn't followed that up for fear of upsetting his new "besties" in Beijing. |
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| Sitzkrieger2 | Feb 10 2018, 06:53 AM Post #413 |
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Nope. The opportune time would be if war breaks out between US and China and when China is already losing. The ph would be helping the US at the same time.
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| MSantor | Feb 14 2018, 03:37 AM Post #414 |
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Edited by MSantor, Feb 14 2018, 03:37 AM.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Feb 17 2018, 05:19 AM Post #415 |
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Edited by MSantor, Feb 17 2018, 05:19 AM.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Feb 18 2018, 02:12 PM Post #416 |
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This is similar to the listening post the Chinese have on Myanmar's portion of the Andaman Islands to keep track of India's naval movements in the Bay of Bengal: Inquirer
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Feb 20 2018, 01:35 AM Post #417 |
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Do we really need experts to continually point out the obvious? ABS-CBN
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| Goose | Feb 20 2018, 07:18 PM Post #418 |
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yes i think so. this provides a cover of credibility, and most importantly to educate people |
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| Sitzkrieger2 | Feb 21 2018, 07:03 AM Post #419 |
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Only force would make China leave. For the meantime, the ph is implementing strategic ambiguity of its own....or maybe strategic patience. |
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| Comrade Pitz | Feb 21 2018, 08:13 AM Post #420 |
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By the looks of it, the administration is seemingly playing some sort of "statescraft" in which their close relations with China actually keeps them at bay especially in terms of building facilities on the Chinese de-facto controlled Panatag Shoal. If I were these people whom I think is buying time against the Chinese, perhaps they shall grab such opportunity to buy more assets in a way that military leverage is made, aside from legalistic ones such as the Arbitral Tribunal Decision favoring the Philippines. |
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