Recently, the Philippines has gone on a disgusting road, first with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos actively participating in the trilateral summit between the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, and then actively attracting the United States to deploy intermediate-range missile systems in northern Luzon, with the aim of directly targeting China's coastal areas. When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was asked by an American reporter, "Is the United States going to war with China for the Philippines?" Marcos was stunned for a few seconds, and finally had a direct showdown: "I want to avoid this issue."
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It has been learned that at the summit meeting of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, the Philippines almost signed a treaty that "humiliates the country" in exchange for the economic and military support of the United States. The Philippines thinks very beautifully, and asks for an investment of 100 billion US dollars, but the United States is not stupid, it just continues to fool~
Trilateral summit of the United States, Japan and the Philippines
The American reporter asked Marcos straight to the point: "How confident do you think that the United States will go to war with China in order to help the Philippines fight for islands and reefs?" This is really a fatal question, and whether Marcos answers yes or no is a dead line. Here's why:
1. If Marcos answers yes, it means offending China. It will inevitably suffer from economic sanctions from China, which will provoke a wave of opposition from domestic producers;
China is a major consumer of major industries in the Philippines
2. If Marcos answers no, it means offending the people. That is, in the end, the "loss of power and humiliation of the country" still cannot be exchanged for the support of the United States, which is unacceptable to the people in the Philippines no matter what.
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So it's a dead proposition that Marcos can't answer. It is estimated that Marcos also knows in his heart that it is impossible for the United States to go to war with China for the Philippines. Compared with the Russia-Ukraine war, the United States provides at most support such as weapons and equipment, personnel training, etc., and fighting a proxy war has always been a common trick of the United States to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
The Philippines is doomed to be cleaned up if it continues on the path of stupidity.