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| Philippines’ Duterte Expects US to ‘Pay’ to Keep Military Pact Alive |
| 2021-02-13 |
| [BenarNews] President Rodrigo Duterte warned Washington on Friday that it would "have to pay" to preserve a 22-year-old bilateral military pact, as Manila negotiates with the new U.S. administration on extending the Visiting Forces Agreement, which he has threatened to scrap. The Philippine leader made the remarks while inspecting Air Force assets north of Manila, a day after officials from the governments of the two longtime defense allies began talks on the issue of renewing the 1999 VFA. "I would like to put on notice if there’s an American agent here that from now on, you want the Visiting Forces Agreement done? Well, they have to pay," Duterte said. "It’s a shared responsibility, but your share of responsibility does not come free. Because after all, when the war breaks out, we all pay." Learn to code in Mandarin, assho'! |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Wotta conundrum for Ol' Joe. Disagree with Trump and save Duterte? Or go with the Progs and cut him loose. But that'd be agreeing with Trump! Media: How Presidente Biden's two cups of pudding compared to everyone else's one cup is actually social justice in its purest sense. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-13 11:09 |
| #4 A year ago this month, soon after Duterte first threatened to annul the VFA, then-U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he wouldn’t mind if Manila did that because, he said, it would save the United States "a lot of money." Wotta conundrum for Ol' Joe. Disagree with Trump and save Duterte? Or go with the Progs and cut him loose. But that'd be agreeing with Trump! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-13 08:10 |
| #3 ...Duterte ain't as smart as he thinks, but he's every bit as crooked and duplicitous as we think. Don't trust him as far as you can throw him. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-02-13 06:32 |
| #2 Xi is someones ear, I mean besides our president. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-02-13 04:03 |
| #1 Did Rod say, "Me love you long time"? |
| Posted by: Slolurt Ominens8923 2021-02-13 02:19 |