REMEMBER THE TREATY OF PARIS 1898, SPAIN CEDES CUBA, PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AND PHILIPPINE TO THE UNITED STATES. IN THE 20TH CENTURY CUBA TURNS COMMUNIST, IN THE 21ST CENTURY PUERTO RICO AND GUAM STAYS LOYAL TO THE US, NOW THE PHILLIPINES COMES AT A CROSS ROAD WITH CHINA, AS CHINA OFFERS MONEY AND PULLS IT BACK (SIKE) AS CHINA CONTINUES ITS LAND GRAB OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS EVEN NOW THE INHABITED ISLAND OF PAG-ASA(THITU) BY FILLIPINOS. AS THE US ALREADY BACKED AWAY FROM THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, THE COMMUNIST RED LINE IS DRAWN AGAINST CHINA AND NOT TO BE CROSSED FURTHER PASSED PAG-ASA, AYUNGAN SHOAL, AND SCARBOUROUGH SHOAL.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday vowed to defend the Philippines against "armed attack" in the disputed South China Sea in Washington's starkest warning yet against Chinese claims to most of the strategic waterway.
Speaking in Manila after meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Pompeo said Beijing's artificial islands in waters also claimed by the Southeast Asian nation and other neighbours was a threat.
"China's island-building and military activities in the South China Sea threaten your sovereignty, security and therefore economic livelihood, as well as that of the United States," he said at a joint news conference with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin.
"As the South China Sea is part of the Pacific, any armed attack of Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defence obligations under Article 4 of our Mutual Defence Treaty."

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/03/01/us-vows-philippines-aid-if-attacked-in-china-claimed-sea.html

 
 https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/China-has-island-building-down-to-a-science

It’s a tactic not seen since the dying days of World War II: desperate soldiers, sailors and pilots flinging themselves at their enemies in suicide attacks.

But Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned of the return of the ‘kamikaze’ — or ‘divine wind’ — tactics of the Japanese.
Describing his dilemma in dealing with an immensely more powerful China in territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the president said he has few options other than to order troops to “prepare for suicide missions”.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/philippines-president-duterte-warns-china-of-suicide-attacks-if-it-invades-island/news-story/cdc41c922a1ff9e079e7f5fea7e142a3

THE CHINESE DRAGON OF XI JINPING RIDES ON TOP THE WHORE OF WAR AS IT PROCLAIMS TAIWAN AS ITS PROPERTY WITHOUT REPUDIATION OF CONSEQUENCES CONSIDERING THAT IT TOOK OVER THE SOUTH SEAS OF ASIA WITHOUT A WAR AND GATHERING GLOOMS OF PORTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SETUP THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO OF WORLD DOMINIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to prepare for battle on Friday, as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen called for international support to defend the island’s democracy amid renewed threats of unification from the mainland.

Xi’s comments were made during a meeting with top officials from the Central Military Commission (CMC).

“All military units must correctly understand major national security and development trends, and strengthen their sense of unexpected hardship, crisis and battle,” he said, according to the South China Morning Post.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/xi-jinping-tells-chinese-army-to-be-ready-for-battle/ar-BBRQL4n?ocid=spartandhp

THE PHILIPPINE STANDING STRONG AGAINST CHINA WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPRATLY ISLAND SINCE 1999 GROUNDING ON THE REEF OF THE WW2 LST SIERRA MADRE IN THE AYUNGIN SHOAL OF THE SPRATLY ISLANDS WITH 10 PHILIPPINE MARINES STANDING GUARD AS CHINESE MILITARY READY FOR THE LAND GRAB IF NOT FOR THE PHILIPPINE MARINES

May 14, 2018: The government protested a Chinese attempt, on May 11^th, to interfere with a Filipino effort to deliver supplies to a base it maintains on Second Thomas Reef which both countries claim. Despite the presence of Chinese military aircraft and ships the supplies got through to the detachment of Filipino marines has been stationed there on a World War II era landing ship (the BRP Sierra Madre) since 1999. The Filipino navy deliberately grounded the LST on Second Thomas Reef in 1999 to provide a place for this “observation team”. In 2013 Chinese patrol ships came within nine kilometers of the LST, which China insists is there illegally. The Philippines warned China that it would resist any attempts to use force against the grounded ship and while the Chinese still tries to interfere with supply ships, they have stayed away. In 2015 China protested the Filipino effort to make repairs on the LST. The Philippines protested the Chinese moves today but only after a two week delay because of disagreements within the Filipino government about how to deal with the situation. China is buying a lot of influence in the Philippines but at the same time, most Filipinos fear being “conquered” by an increasingly aggressive China. The Philippines also decided to proceed with upgrades to its other disputed islands in the Spratly Islands.

https://strategypage.com/qnd/phillip/articles/20180611.aspx


The Philippine navy is quietly reinforcing the hull and deck of a rusting ship it ran aground on a disputed South China Sea reef in 1999 to stop it breaking apart, determined to hold the shoal as Beijing creates a string of man-made islands nearby. 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-philippines-shoal-exclu-idUSKCN0PN2HN20150714 

China Rising: The challenges for Australia as China and the US struggle for supremacy in Asia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1W5NchTZjg

 

WORLD CUP 2018 BRACKET–USA NOT IN S KOREA UK VIA MEXICO TO BATTLE AS AUSTRALIA MUST DEFEAT RUSSIA TO MOVE UP THE BRACKET

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/01/04/world-cup-2018-bracket/