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JoeAmOMG! We’re ALONE!
I’ve read a couple of headlines in popular media that basically take the stance that the Philippines is “alone” among Asian nations in opposing the aggressiveness of China. “Poppycock!” I say. “Poppycock!” China has succeeded in making the Philippines SEEM alone. Score 10 points to China for dividing the Asean meeting this past week. It … Continue reading
Blood and Glory, Words and Worry
China is a huge pain in the ass. This is a nation with its brain striving for right-minded ideals like cooperation, freedom, capitalism and wealth while its feet are rooted in the wrong-headed cements of autocracy and thuggish self absorption. Here are the three national zones of water defined in the United Nations Convention on … Continue reading
A First Class Philippines: The Honorable Albert F. del Rosario
While hysterians such as ellentordesillasare casting their dark and contentious shadow across the Philippines by declaring President Aquino “treasonous” for suggesting the Philippines may ask the U.S. for fly-over assistance to monitor the contested areas of the West Philippine Sea, let me present the Philippines in a different light. As sophisticated, intelligent and capable. Now … Continue reading
Ellentordesillas: treasonous or hysterical?
I see that President Aquino is taking some flack for saying he may ask the U.S. for air coverage of the areas of the West Philippine Sea that are in conflict with China. The uber-nationalists are blaming him for giving up Philippine sovereignty to the U.S. The harshest view, surprisingly enough, comes from the usually … Continue reading
Fighting over Islands
What are the principles by which claims to the Spratley Islands can be resolved? And how do we sort them out?Possible Standards for Deciding Who Gets What China argues territorial rights by historical precedent. It’s fishermen have long fished these islands and they are within the Communist realm’s 1949 “nine-dash map” of territorial claim. Therefore, … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 