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Boats 07-12-2021 08:54 AM

Biden Admin, Echoing Trump, Warns That A Chinese Attack On The Philippines Will Draw
 
Biden Admin, Echoing Trump, Warns That A Chinese Attack On The Philippines Will Draw Military Response
By: Andrew Trunsky - Political Report - Daily Caller News - 07-12-21
Re: https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/12/j...uth-china-sea/

The Biden Administration continued the Trump-era rejection of almost all of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, warning the communist country that an attack on the Philippines would draw a significant U.S. response.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the U.S.’ message in a statement Sunday, which was also the fifth anniversary of an international tribunal ruling in favor of the Philippines and against China’s maritime claims. China has rejected the ruling since it was first made.

“Nowhere is the rules-based maritime order under greater threat than in the South China Sea,” Blinken said, accusing China of attempting to “coerce and intimidate Southeast Asian coastal states, threatening freedom of navigation in this critical global throughway.”

“The United States reaffirms its July 13, 2020 policy regarding maritime claims in the South China Sea,” he said, referring to the Trump administration’s original statement authored by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Photo link: https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-con...-2048x1282.jpg
US Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles land as part of the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise on the shores of the South China sea in April 2019. (TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump administration came out in support of the ruling last year, declaring all of China’s claims outside of its internationally recognized waters as illegitimate.

The U.S. and the Philippines have both abided by their Mutual Defense Treaty since its ratification in 1951. Article IV obligates both countries to aid the other if it comes under attack.

“We call on (China) to abide by its obligations under international law, cease its provocative behavior, and take steps to reassure the international community that it is committed to the rules-based maritime order that respects the rights of all countries, big and small,” Blinken said.

Blinken’s statement comes during a period of heightened tensions between the world’s two most powerful countries over the coronavirus pandemic, China’s infringement on Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan, trade, its ongoing human rights violations and more.

China has claimed nearly all of the South China Sea and opposes any U.S. military activity in the region. But five other governments, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, all claim parts as well.

China has built military bases on coral atolls within the sea, and the U.S. has sailed warships through it for decades, though it does not claim any of the waters itself.
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Personal note: I concur in protecting P.I. not that I care about their President Rodrigo Duterte the current President. We have to remember we (U.S.) have been in PI for nearly a century now and still have a Naval Base in Subic Bay. We lost Clark USAF base when Mount Pinatubo erupted.

Currently: The U.S. military is moving into these 5 bases in the Philippines
* Antonio Bautista Air Base. Located near the capital of the island province of Palawan, which is strategically located near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
* Basa Air Base. ...
* Fort Magsaysay. ...
* Lumbia Air Base.

Also:

A post: Philippines Freezes Pull-Out From Visiting U.S. Forces Agreement
By: Ben Werner - USNI News 06-08-20
Re: https://news.usni.org/2020/06/08/phi...rces-agreement

Here's a photo link of USN Navy Base in PI: https://news.usni.org/wp-content/upl...6/subic_93.jpg
This photo was taken back in 1993 when the USS Enterprise was in port.

PI is a must for the US Military and for P.I. They know this during WWII
the Japanese invaded and we had to take it back. PI is a great Island Base
and the People are friendly and good fighter's.
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They sure as hell don't want China to be based their nor does their
President - it wouldn't be long before they would've taken over their island
had he not reinstated our bases in and around PI!
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To this we also need both Guam and Midway as well! (No exception)!

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