Members of the Philippines’ military-hating Opposition groups (and their communist chums) should read this Nikkei Asia piece “Asia’s US partners must work better together on defense” written by William Bratton. Bratton, citing recent events in Afghanistan, writes about how “America has a rich tradition of discarding allegiances once they are no longer important to its…
In his recent Rappler article “Where have all the decent PMA graduates gone?”, retired Colonel Dennis Acop as a West Point graduate should have been able to present his argument better. This is the point Alcop ultimately makes… Unlike the Marcos regime, the Duterte administration is full of graduates of the PMA, not only in…
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I find it baffling how Yellowtards are now making a big deal about how Indonesian President Joko Widodo (a.k.a. “Jokowi”) stood and talked tough before China reasserting Indonesia’s claim to its exclusive economic zone in the Natuna Sea following a naval standoff there. Inggit much. How to be you po? https://t.co/mn4fRXUdJ6 — elizabeth angsioco (@bethangsioco)…
Even then Princess Elizabeth did her bit to contribute to the war effort. As a young woman, the future Queen of England was a qualified mechanic and driver of heavy vehicles. Today’s “woke” “activists” for their part issue shrill cries of outrage over proposals to mobilise millions of young Filipinos to the service of the…
As it is, Filipinos severely lack a martial tradition. We’re not talking here about Martial Law, of course. But, just the same, like its namesake, civilian military training and the culture it creates strikes fear in the hearts of liberals, communists, and the “woke” of today’s youth. Indeed, how much military power the Philippines projects…
Yellowtards keep yammering about “weaponising” stuff. According to these whiners, “sinister forces” are out to “weaponise” the Internet. Lately they have latched on to a new notion… “weaponising” the law. This they apply, in all ironies, to the voiding of the amnesty granted by former Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III to “senator” Antonio…
The way the Yellowtard-led Philippine Opposition issue their shrill “commentary” on the on-going visit of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Israel, you’d think that their government is up to something “evil”. Some of this speculative commentary even revolves around the possibility that Duterte’s government is procuring arms from Israel because the US had “frozen arms…