Filipinos of the pro-imperialist kind do have a short memory.
Consequently, they have paid a neighbor’s benevolent act with ingratitude. When the Philippines scrambled for COVID-19 vaccines at the onset and height of the pandemic, only one country consistently stood by us.The coronavirus claimed the lives of more than 65,000 Filipinos. Were it not for the timely intervention of the Asian superpower, the death toll would have been higher.
As attested by Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilin, the Chinese were the first to donate test kits and dispatch an anti-pandemic medical expert team to our country. They also allowed our military aircraft and vessels to transport medical supplies from China . Yes, again, my Sinophobic friends. Insecure about the Philippine pivot to China during the Duterte administration, the United States wanted to shatter the close ties with our number one economic partner. Thus, sacrificed at the altar of America’s hegemonic fixation in the Indo-Pacific was the Filipino public.
To paraphrase former United Nations weapons inspector and US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter, the US cannot win in a sustained conflict against a peer-level force like China. It is leading the Philippines towards a proxy war with their rival nation. For us, an unwinnable armed conflict is a recipe for disaster.
From mid-May to the first week of June, an international delegation from the United States came to the Philippines to undertake what was billed as a “Bayan and Pinas Peace Mission.” Its main objective...
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