The Philippine Presidential Communications Office issued a statement on the evening of the 23rd, saying that a fake audio of Philippine President Marcos recently appeared on the Internet, trying to make people believe that Marcos threatened to "take military action against China".
According to the Philippine side, a blogger with a voice similar to Marcos posted an audio on the Internet, which reads: If China "attacks the Philippines", the Philippine military will take action, and Filipinos cannot be allowed to "be harmed by China", "In order to protect what is rightfully ours, we cannot make any compromises." ”
At the back of the video, there are also photos of Chinese ships operating in the South China Sea.
The Philippine side pointed out that the deepfake audio is an attempt to convince people that the president has instructed the Armed Forces of the Philippines to take action against a particular country.
But in reality, the Philippines never existed, and never had such an order.
In fact, it's no wonder that so many people believe in this thing.
After all, looking at Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's posture in the South China Sea, Marcos is indeed preparing for war with China.
Nothing else, except that the Philippines and the United States were holding a large-scale "shoulder to shoulder" military exercise in the South China Sea at that time.
In terms of the size of the number of people, the location of the exercise, and the subjects of the exercise, the Philippines is aimed at China.
Let's talk about the number of people first, the number of people in this shoulder to shoulder military exercise between the United States and the Philippines has reached a staggering 16,700 people.
For the first time, the exercise was held outside the Philippine 12-nautical-mile territorial waters and in disputed waters between China and the Philippines.
As for the exercises, it was even more straightforward, with the exercises including simulated island seizures, and the Philippine military also said that the scenarios assumed by the Philippine Coast Guard's participation in maritime exercises have evolved from routine operations to "armed conflicts."
The most direct part of the "sinking exercise" was the decommissioned Philippine Navy supply ship "Lake Carilaya", which is the only Chinese-made naval asset in the Philippines.
Although the Philippine military said that it chose to sink the Chinese-made ship this time, it was not aimed at any country, including China.
However, at this juncture in the South China Sea, at a sensitive moment of confrontation between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, the Philippines has used Chinese-made ships as targets.
This attempt could not be clearer, it is aimed at China, and it is calling out China!
As for why the Philippine side urgently clarifies, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has never issued a military order to go to war against China.
It's also inevitable!
President Marcos knows too well that the Philippines has a few pounds and taels.
The Philippines has been clamoring and calling out China in the South China Sea.
This is mainly based on the fact that the United States and Japan are behind the support of the Philippines.
But at the same time, the Philippines also understands that the United States really declares war on China for the sake of the interests of the Philippines, and the possibility of really ending up in person is almost none!
Therefore, the Philippines is willing to provoke in the South China Sea according to the will of the United States, and is willing to fight with words.
But if there is a military conflict between the Philippines and China, the Philippine side is also afraid!