At Asia’s largest defense summit, the president of the Philippines discussed maritime tensions with Beijing over the South China Sea. Meanwhile, top US and Chinese defense officials held a rare meeting on the sidelines.
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned against tensions with China in the South China Sea turning violent amid increased confrontations with Chinese boats around contested shoals.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday, Marcos said the Philippines would respond if a soldier was killed by China’s use of water canons against Filipino vessels.
“If a Filipino citizen was killed by a willful act, that is very close to what we define as an act of war,” Marcos said in response to a journalist’s question.
Philippines assuming the US is gonna back them up here. And they might, but Ukraine and Israel are expensive. Wish they’d spend some of that money on American people.
Ukraine and Isreal are not very expensive. Ukraine gets mainly leftovers and Israel pays for most stuff. And both keep the MIC going.
Uh, $61B to Ukraine. $26B to Israel. That’s not expensive? The entire foreign aid bill was $95B. That’s just this bill. They’ve already been sending billions this year.
This isn’t funny money we’re playing with.
The 2024 budget for dept of education this year was $90B. Dept of health and human services got $144B.