SPEAKING at Camp Melchor de la Cruz in Isabela on June 10, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned: "The external threat now has become more pronounced, has become more worrisome." But Marcos Jr. did not heed Marcos Sr.'s warning. AdvertisementFirst, ACE: A month after Marcos buckled under Washington's prodding, abandoned neutrality — remember "friend to all, enemy to none"? It makes them use more munitions, and it gives us a chance to keep air power in the air" (https://tinyurl.com/3pbud9en). After his White House summit with US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April, President Marcos maintained: "The Philippines has no plan to open, to establish more EDCA bases."

Source: Manila Times June 13, 2024 00:32 UTC