Compared to the $8B US aid to Taiwan, the $500M “alms” to the Philippines is not even good enough to console an “ally” willing to share Taiwan’s risks in allowing additional EDCA sites in Northern Luzon to help facilitate movement of US war materiel and logistics in case of a China invasion.
Malaki ang pasalamat natin kay Rep. Darrel Issa (California) sa kanyang “symbolic amendment” para maambunan ang Pilipinas kahit $500M. Kinumpara ko lang ang aid sa Taiwan dahil naalala ko ang dagdag na EDCA sites sa Isabela at Cagayan na klaro ang intention ay para malapit sa Taiwan.
More than anything, I am expressing our country’s dignity and self-respect.