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2015-04-27 Southeast Asia

Access sought to eight Philippine military bases

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Posted by ryuge 2015-04-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 There's that little Philippine Constitutional thingy. How's that 'Blame the Yankee' thingy working for you now?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-27 09:32|| 2015-04-27 09:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone get wind of any pending barbershop contracts, ring me up please.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-27 09:39|| 2015-04-27 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Let the chinese have the PI. Serve the forkers right.

Posted by Unonter Bluetooth3165 2015-04-27 10:38|| 2015-04-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Jolo's is gone; no reason to go back to Cubi Point now.......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-04-27 14:05|| 2015-04-27 14:05|| Front Page Top

#5 ION RELATED-BUT-NOT-PER-THE-PHILIPPINES ...

* JAPAN TIMES > US-JAPAN ANNOUNCE NEW DEFENSE GUILDELINES FOR [new = greater] GLOBAL JAPANESE ROLE.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > US-JAPAN MILITARY ALLIANCE AT CRITICAL TURNING POINT. ALTHOUGH JAPAN REMAINS ONE OF THE CLOSEST US ALLIES, SOME OF JAPAN'S ACTIONS MAY WORRY WASHINGTON.

And vice-versa.

To wit ...

VERSUS

* TOPIX > [Reuters] HOW FAR IS JAPAN WILLING TO GO TO BACK THE UNITED STATES? | JAPAN WEIGHING TO BECOME A MAJOR [Regional = Global?] PACIFIC POWER AGAIN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-27 20:56|| 2015-04-27 20:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Again, I have been told that there are many Chuukese here on Guam and back in Chuuk whom desire to align Chuuk State wid CHINA iff the latter votes for de facto independence from the FSM + the US doesn't help them.

A DEFINITE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHINA + PLA TO "LEAP-FROG" GREATLY FROM CHINA'S COASTS IN EAST ASIA + CHINA SEAS, DIRECTLY INTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC + CHINA'S DESIRED "LINE OF DEMARCATION" SEPARATING THE CHINA-US "SPHERES OF INFLUENCE" [1/2 ea. of POAS].

Also makes Beijing's recovery of TAIWAN = PLA CENTCOM that much more important, NOT less, to the former's MilPol/Geopol agenda.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-27 21:35|| 2015-04-27 21:35|| Front Page Top

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