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Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I’ll return missiles to US
 

By  JIM GOMEZ
Updated 6:29 AM EST, January 30, 2025
 
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea.

The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness.

China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was “inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race.”

Asked by reporters about China’s criticism of the missile system, Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China’s missile systems which “are a thousand times more powerful than what we have.”

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The outcome of this deal is easy enough to see:

China agrees

Philippines sends missiles back to the US

China reinstates sea aggression

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"Peace in our time"....

Obviously the wrong response. Disarmament in the face of an enemy is simply surrender.
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"Peace in our time"....

Obviously the wrong response. Disarmament in the face of an enemy is simply surrender.
Ukraine found that out the hard way when it surrendered its nuclear missiles
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