7000 US & Filipino troops start drills near disputed sea

[morethanwhy]

MANILA, Philippines—U.S. and Philippine military officials say nearly 7,000 American and Filipino troops have begun two weeks of major military exercises but they stress that China is not an imaginary target.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asi..._disputed_sea/

[freespeech]

Funny indeed

Filipino protesters throw paint at main gate of US Embassy to demand end of military drills
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...MKT_story.html

[morethanwhy]

^ the usual sympatizers of the CPP-NPA Maoist communist terrorist group

[junglejim]

Yep, and their intentions are being questioned granting they were dead silent on the Spratley's issue. Their movement is dead and what's left is a rotting carcass. Two generations from now they will just be a distant memory.

[Shadowstorm]

Good to hear!!

[icefrog]

Yeah, same party that congratulated Nokor:
‘Kudos on failed rocket launch’ – Communist Party

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/-%E2%80%98k...ist-party.html

[Nightsky]

Neither China nor the US is acting very prudent over there it seems. Another era of **** waving contests, this time Asia style?

[junglejim]

What do you mean? The US is very much welcomed in the Philippines... more than the Chinese.

[comet]

Neither China nor the US is acting very prudent over there it seems. Another era of **** waving contests, this time Asia style?

Ummm actually, I think the Philippines welcomes and even looks forward to such exercises/visitation/whatever with the USAF. Not the same with china

[bravosixniner]

Ummm actually, I think the Philippines welcomes and even looks forward to such exercises/visitation/whatever with the USAF. Not the same with china

Lulz Philippines better start buying off our Senators and strike a deal with LM, cuz its gonna need a few billion for a new navy each year to roll with the PLA Navy or else you get a repeat of what the Vietnamese got in the 70s and 80s. PLA Navy likes to call on other country's bluffs.