Porkislayer
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True, to add on to that, I feel this particular news piece regarding Phillipines is more to do with American domestic politics. Before 2024 they want to bring some ambiguity regarding Indo-US relations to appease their voters. Or, it could be one of those turf wars between their military and deep state and a recalibration might take place soon post US and Indian elections. Or a combination of both might be happening, who knows.if we use the paradigm "they get excited when they assume some country is going to send it's people to war on behalf of U.S" for ex "fight russia till the last ukranian" "fight china till the last Indian" , then their commentary and excitement makes sense.
it's basically the proxy war strategy, which is that commentators of his age group know most about, they get excited when ever where ever such possibility opens up. in our case they got most excited after our 2020 clash in ladakh, later found out that India is solving boundary disputes by means other than war.
OTOH, if they really think Phillipines can be a viable mercenary against the Chinese, good luck to the US. Let alone the capability, I doubt Phillipines even has an intent to pull a ukraine on China.
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