THE question is raised because without the majority of Filipinos realizing it, the Philippines is so saddled with American encumbrances, to put it lightly, that the country cannot ever hope to prosper without getting rid of them.
Although America is reputed to have granted Philippine independence in 1946, it has actually tied down the Philippines to its economy to this day by virtue of various military treaties: the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, the Visiting Forces Agreement of 1998 and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement of 2014.
Thus are confined to the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean the major battles of war in the Indo-Pacific region.Is it any wonder that of late there has been the sighting of a Russian submarine in the South China Sea?Now to the point.Fundamental to economic power is political power, and whenever you talk of political power, you end up talking of military might.
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