Thanks for the link Dallas!
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What have we learned from the Crimea situation...
1. The US administration is not willing to even threaten force.
2. The US State Dept will only act in concert with allies. It will not act alone.
3. From Syria, we learned that even when force is threatened, unless terrorist are involved then its a poor, weak bluff.
4. US military currently is not capable of responding with speed of rapidly developing events.
Yeah. I could see the Chinese doing a sharp quick push for disputed areas and then following the Russian example of it being a "done deal" before Western leaders can react.
Russia and China will never attack the US directly, but our allies???? Yeah. They're screwed.
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An administration lawmaker on Friday urged the government to keep a tight watch on the series of recent provocative actions by China at the disputed territories in West Philippine Sea.Hmm.
Valenzuela City Representative Sherwin Gatchalian feared that China might eventually use its might to annex highly contested territories in the Southeast Asia in a similar way how Russia flexed its muscles after invading the Crimea Region in Ukraine
"[I am] wary of the fact that China could be taking a cue from Russia as far as dealing and resolving its maritime territorial conflict with the Philippines and its other Asian neighbors are concerned," Gatchalian said.
He said that the similar openly aggressive and defiant actions that China is taking regarding the maritime dispute should be a cause of great concern especially for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
The lawmaker warned that China might take a cue from Russia and could use its military might to enforce its claims and later justify its acts by invoking its inherent rights on its territorial claims.
What have we learned from the Crimea situation...
1. The US administration is not willing to even threaten force.
2. The US State Dept will only act in concert with allies. It will not act alone.
3. From Syria, we learned that even when force is threatened, unless terrorist are involved then its a poor, weak bluff.
4. US military currently is not capable of responding with speed of rapidly developing events.
Yeah. I could see the Chinese doing a sharp quick push for disputed areas and then following the Russian example of it being a "done deal" before Western leaders can react.
Russia and China will never attack the US directly, but our allies???? Yeah. They're screwed.
