'ARE you sure you want to get into a fight where you will be the battleground?'
'ARE you sure you want to get into a fight where you will be the battleground?'Those trenchant words to our beloved Philippines from Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlight the paramount sovereignty and security issues regarding the decade-old Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between our President and the United States', due to expire or be renewed by April 27.
bases used for US-China conflicts unless we are attacked. He stressed during his Washington visit last May that 'we have also made it clear from our end that this is not the purpose of those sites and this is not the way that they will be used.'It affronts our sovereignty, however, that America has ignored this clear policy enunciated by our duly elected leader.
provisions further empower US forces to operate even in contravention of Marcos' policy not to use the provided AFP sites for offensive operations against other countries and in Taiwan conflicts.The first provision in Article 3, titled 'Agreed Locations,' sets no limitation on US activities at would not prohibit it.Moreover, Article 6, titled 'Security,' states: 'United States forces are authorized to exercise all rights and authorities within Agreed Locations that are necessary for their operation control or defense, including taking appropriate measures to protect United States forces and United States contractors.
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