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Originally Posted by Flagg
Acting tough at the considerable expense of a long term ally spending blood and treasure to assist in an unresolved domestic insurgency is a very very bad thing.
US or China.
Choose.
Fence sitting nations will ultimately be treated like the 5 dollar prostitutes they are.
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I think he's chosen.
Philippine President Duterte Trading U.S. Ties For China
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphjen.../#136742ed2442
What will be interesting is if China gets what they want from him, how fast and to what degree Muslim extremist groups will quiet down in the Philippines. I'm curious to see how much influence or control China has over Muslim extremist groups that seem to be creating opportunity for Chinese expansion as the West's expense.