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Headlines : International

Summary:

The Philippines have long been a colonial satellite for some western empire; is it surprising that the U.S. officially ‘vacated’ (apparently a political action), only to return in force a few years later to support a military accused of human rights violations?

For those who are interested, there is information out there from time to time suggesting that U.S. combat ‘advisers’ have been ‘advising’ the Philippine military in it’s fight to suppress and control the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas in the southeastern Philippine islands…

For those who are truly interested in the Philippine story, this article is lengthy and well written, covering the issue on both sides of the Pacific.

[Posted By zirkonyx]

By Herbert Docena
Republished from Asia Times Online

The U.S. has stepped up deploying troops, ships and equipment to the country

Capping a series of pronouncements by high-level US officials warning China not to challenge the US as well as a series of actions indicating US moves to encircle China with US military assets and allies, the [recently released Quadrennial Defense Review] document confirmed what many had long suspected to be the case: that the US sees China as the rival whose rise it must prevent and whose military power it must contain. One of the countries in which the US has been deepening its military presence in is the Philippines – considered by US analysts as firmly located within what they call “the dragon’s lair” – that strategic area around China where decisive battles could erupt in certain war-planning scenarios.

Though the US military officially vacated the Philippines and its mammoth Subic Bay base in 1991, since 2001 it has moved to re-integrate the Philippines firmly within what it now calls its “global defense posture”. Despite the US and Philippine governments’ efforts to play down their presence, a clearer but still incomplete picture of the extent and depth of the re-establishment of the US’s military presence in the Philippines has emerged.

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