PHExcerpts from today's column: "Marcos loses Escoda; US nowhere to help"
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THREE collision incidents in the past week by which China Coast Guard (CCG) ships successfully prevented Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels from entering Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the Spratly Islands point to this shameful reality: The Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration has de facto lost the area to China's total control.
To send a clear message for the PCG vessels to stay away from the shoal, China the other day deployed to the area not just six of its CCG vessels but also one of its most powerful destroyers of the 055 type, its most modern and powerful destroyer-class ship
And as in the case of the Aquino III's loss of Bajo de Masinloc two years ago, the Escoda case is due to the Philippine government's idiotic moves, bordering on absurdity, to physically claim the disputed shoal and challenge the superpower's naval might.
Such a move is totally insane, explicable only if the Marcos administration — as in the case of Aquino III in 2012 — expected the US to come to the succor of Philippine vessels, even if only symbolically, by escorting the PCG vessels from a distance.
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THREE collision incidents in the past week by which China Coast Guard (CCG) ships successfully prevented Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels from entering Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the Spratly Islands point to this shameful reality: The Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration has de facto lost the area to China's total control.
To send a clear message for the PCG vessels to stay away from the shoal, China the other day deployed to the area not just six of its CCG vessels but also one of its most powerful destroyers of the 055 type, its most modern and powerful destroyer-class ship
And as in the case of the Aquino III's loss of Bajo de Masinloc two years ago, the Escoda case is due to the Philippine government's idiotic moves, bordering on absurdity, to physically claim the disputed shoal and challenge the superpower's naval might.
Such a move is totally insane, explicable only if the Marcos administration — as in the case of Aquino III in 2012 — expected the US to come to the succor of Philippine vessels, even if only symbolically, by escorting the PCG vessels from a distance.
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