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| Philippine governor leads opposition to expanded US access to military sites |
| 2023-03-03 |
“Give us more bribes. Or payoffs — we’ll take those, too.” [BenarNews] A Philippine governor whose province is believed to be among four new locations chosen to host U.S. troops at military bases did not hold back in stating his opposition to the reported decision, during testimony before the Senate on Wednesday. Filipino defense and security officials also testified at the hearing but they all refused to reveal the names of the locations of the bases when grilled with questions about them.During his testimony Gov. Manuel Mamba of Cagayan, a province at the northern tip of Luzon island that directly faces Taiwan, said he believed his jurisdiction had been selected under a newly expanded bilateral military deal with the United States but that he had not been notified. "Please do not ram into our throats what is not acceptable to us," Mamba told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Imee Marcos, the sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Call Venezuela, but call early. Their Lupo Class frigates might need a tow, but they are willing to broaden your coalition for some food and cash. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-03 13:17 |
| #5 Put the planned base in Calexico instead, and try stopping the CHICOMs and everyone else there instead! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-03-03 13:00 |
| #4 So, don't put bases in Cagayan. His district will get hit first by the chicoms anyway. |
| Posted by: Bill Greans6336 2023-03-03 08:28 |
| #3 Where are the rubles under his mattress? He's being paid off by the fucking Russians. Arrest his sorry ass. Put a drone strike through his fucking traitor window. |
| Posted by: Dopey Sforza4099 2023-03-03 07:55 |
| #2 "A broader coalition is a better coalition." You might try the Japanese, but your prior experience with them was somewhat rocky. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-03-03 07:01 |
| #1 ...Filipino politics regarding the US are - to put it gently - schizophrenic. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2023-03-03 05:04 |