I remember when I was in grade school, our teacher proudly informed us how Philippines opposed and fought those that invaded our small country and how we gained sovereignty through the help of our national heroes.
Later we proudly asked our US ally to remove their military bases in Subic because we want to show we are sovereign.
Wikipedia defined sovereignty as the ability of a state to have a supreme and independent authority over a geographical area such as territory
My question now is are we really sovereign?
Over the years,the super power China has been invading our territory and we can't do anything about it. They are bullying us inside our own backyard and all we can do is run and protest to UN the same way we tell our mothers how our bigger classmate ate our lunch. Ouch!
South Korea, a more developed country than Philippines has more than 28000 US military forces scattered in different bases within the country. They openly welcome the presence of US forces because they are wise enough to admit that they can't defend their country alone should their old rival brother North Korea attack them.
I think this is the time we allow bringing back US military bases in Philippines. Lets swallow our pride and ask for help preventively instead of crying to UN after our territory has been invaded and our so called "sovereignty" is violated.
Just my opinion....
Later we proudly asked our US ally to remove their military bases in Subic because we want to show we are sovereign.
Wikipedia defined sovereignty as the ability of a state to have a supreme and independent authority over a geographical area such as territory
My question now is are we really sovereign?
Over the years,the super power China has been invading our territory and we can't do anything about it. They are bullying us inside our own backyard and all we can do is run and protest to UN the same way we tell our mothers how our bigger classmate ate our lunch. Ouch!
South Korea, a more developed country than Philippines has more than 28000 US military forces scattered in different bases within the country. They openly welcome the presence of US forces because they are wise enough to admit that they can't defend their country alone should their old rival brother North Korea attack them.
I think this is the time we allow bringing back US military bases in Philippines. Lets swallow our pride and ask for help preventively instead of crying to UN after our territory has been invaded and our so called "sovereignty" is violated.
Just my opinion....