And stop calling this escalation, china has been doing that for quite a while now.
Escalation can be mutual and reciprocal.
However as the article cautions, the Philippines should be wary of the US changing its mind and abandoning them, as the US has done with many “allies” before, after ramping up escalation.
The US wants to contain China inside the islands. They are not interested in your countries, or any countries sovereignty unless it benefits the US. Any mayor power acts like this.
Isn’t that obvious? What US opinion hold will depend on who are the president. Country allied each other for mutual benefits and interests, not out of pure goodwill, which in this case the mutual interest is that china fuck off and we gonna milk it. Containing china cancerous expansion and wild claims benefits SEA and Asean.
Escalation can be mutual and reciprocal.
However as the article cautions, the Philippines should be wary of the US changing its mind and abandoning them, as the US has done with many “allies” before, after ramping up escalation.
The US wants to contain China inside the islands. They are not interested in your countries, or any countries sovereignty unless it benefits the US. Any mayor power acts like this.
Isn’t that obvious? What US opinion hold will depend on who are the president. Country allied each other for mutual benefits and interests, not out of pure goodwill, which in this case the mutual interest is that china fuck off and we gonna milk it. Containing china cancerous expansion and wild claims benefits SEA and Asean.