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Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« on: May 03, 2024, 04:34:42 pm »
 
Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
FEATUREDWIB LANDWIB POLITICS April 15, 2024 Staff Writer
 

The Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier dies from a foreign attack, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said, in remarks that come amid growing tensions with China.

“I think Secretary Austin explained it very well, if any Filipino serviceman is killed by an attack from any foreign power, then that is time to invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty,” Marcos told foreign correspondents in Manila on Monday, referring to his conversation with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week at the Pentagon.

Marcos’s comments come in the aftermath of a joint summit with President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington last week. They offer clarity on the circumstances that may draw in the U.S. — a treaty ally of the Philippines — as tensions between Manila and Beijing ratchet up over the disputed South China Sea.

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Re: Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2024, 04:35:55 pm »
Is this the same Philippines that threw the US out some 20 years ago, is it? :whistle:
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Re: Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2024, 04:38:48 pm »
Send them a crate  of M1911s.
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Re: Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2024, 09:14:50 pm »
If "a" as in singular Pilipino soldier is killed? F' Off! When you need American dollars or to cover you @ss then you want us? I repeat F'OFF!
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Re: Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2024, 09:48:27 pm »
Wasn't it George Washington who warned against entangling alliances...?
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Re: Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier is killed
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2024, 10:24:44 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on May 03, 2024, 09:48:27 pm
Wasn't it George Washington who warned against entangling alliances...?



True. But at that time we didn't have world wide entanglements due to economic and strategic alliances.

I truly wish we could go back to isolation policies...but once the door has been opened, I don't see how.
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