With the massive American military presence in nine AFP bases and prowling our airspace and waters, we certainly do not need more army, navy and air force assets, except those needed to decimate fellow Filipinos committing rebellion or terrorism.
WITH President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. giving the United States nine bases for its increased military deployment in our country, which US officials, media and analysts repeatedly link to possible war with China, Filipinos should now assess what exactly our leader signed us up for by going all in with the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement .
While Russia and the West blame each other for the war — with Pope Francis understanding Moscow's fear of Ukraine joining the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization , bringing 'NATO barking at Russia's gates' — the inconvenient truth is that the war helps constrain Russia.The conflict has hammered its forces, and when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to talk peace last April, then-British prime minister Boris Johnson urged continued fighting with promises of NATO arms.
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