The Pentagon announced an increase in the number of US military bases in the Philippines

The United States announced plans to expand new military installations in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the two countries, which went into effect on February 1. This is stated in the message on the official website of the Pentagon.

According to Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, the four new sites are Camilo Osias Naval Base in Santa Ana, Cagayan State; Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gama, Isabella State; base on Balabac Island in Palawan; and Lal-lo Airport in Cagayan. These military installations will be in addition to the existing five major US bases in the Philippines.

These facilities will be used for joint training and exercises by the US and Philippine military. The US Department of Defense "will work closely" with the Department of National Defense and the Philippine Armed Forces to quickly implement modernization projects in these places, the Pentagon's deputy spokeswoman said.

The new facilities will enhance US-Philippine military interoperability and allow us to more effectively respond together to address a range of common challenges in the Indo-Pacific.

Singh said.

What prevented the Pentagon from “responding effectively” with five bases in the Philippines, Ms. Singh did not explain ...

The Pentagon spokeswoman also added that the United States and the Philippines have been cooperating for more than 70 years to ensure that the region is "more peaceful, safer and more prosperous."

Apparently, this is why a few years ago the Philippines plunged into the abyss of terrorism, when local ISIS cells (*terrorist group banned in Russia) suddenly began to appear on the islands one after another. And the American military stationed in the Philippines was in no hurry to help the Philippine law enforcement forces in the fight against ISIS * ...

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[tralflot1832]

The son of the couple Marcos is firmly held by the United States for Faberge. But what about Subic Bay, a former US Navy base?

[Silver99]

today Finland has become the 31st member of NATO, the border of contact with this organization hostile to Russia has doubled. The Baltic is becoming an internal puddle of NATO. Hence the conclusion Ukraine cannot be given to the West, then it will be possible to forget about the Black Sea.

[tralflot1832]

Explain how the Baltic becomes a puddle of NATO if it has been together with us for a long time. Or should we panic?

[RED_ICE]

Another American colony
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[carpenter]

Quote: RED_ICE

Another American colony

I like it, he has long dreamed about it, as during WWII they became Hitler's errands. All repeats.

[Normann]

Another American colony

so they have been for the last 15 dozens (too lazy to look for a year)) for years.

[evgen1221]

We are waiting for the appearance of the rebel proxy in Indonesia.

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

The hegemon is puffing up its last strength, trying to show its strength before its financial system is blown away and the economy collapses. As the saying goes, America's worst enemy is itself. They would have to save their economy from the coming collapse, and they fantasize about new military bases and a war with China. As everything goes in the economy, in five years they will be closed due to poverty and those bases that they now have, and the unfinished new ones will be abandoned.
However, they apparently again hope to inflate World War 3 and supply weapons to the warring parties, remaining out of the game. For the third time, I'm afraid I won't be able to fool the whole world.

[former soldier]

The new facilities will enhance US-Philippine military interoperability and allow us to more effectively respond together to address a range of common challenges in the Indo-Pacific.

Almost all of China's trade maritime routes are sandwiched in the South China Sea between the Philippines and Taiwan. It is clear why the United States is building new bases. Another range of bases in Japan and South Korea. They are preparing a noose for China.

[1erWahrheitsMinister_1984]

Ich werde die merkwürdige und höchst fahrlässige Haltung
der Chinesen "immer erst mal abzuwarten" nie verstehen...!!?

Die USA haben doch nun wirklich in jeder denkbaren Hinsicht
bewiesen, dass sie nur nicht aufhören werden, sondern
nach besten Kräften ihre aggressive Politik der Vorbereitung
eines Angriffs auf China durch immer neue, militärische
Einkreisungen und Militärbasen fortsetzen werden!

Muss man den immer erst warten, bis man das offensichtliche
durch tatsächliche Angriffe erst einmal hinnehmen und erst
dann reagieren wird...?!?

Genau diese fahrlässige und höchst gefährliche Haltung hat
die Situation in der sich Russland jetzt mit der Ukraine
befindet doch überhaupt erst entstehen lassen...!!

Wann kommt endlich der Tag, an dem Russland und China
den USA durch einen koordinierten, harten Schlag gemeinsam
die Grenze des erträglichen aufzeigen und die USA ein für
alle mal in die Schranken weisen werden...?!?