When it comes to soft targets, Duterte and Trump are as tough as can be. Not so in the presence of strongmen and hard targets. Duterte can be seen in front of Putin begging for his friendship. It is like a Godfather movie, where the mafia underling ingratiates himself to the mafia godfather. Trump is no different. Both men in the presence of Xi and Putin are like little boys.
Duterte has given his reasons for giving up the South China Sea and the islands that rightfully belong to the Philippines. He does not want war with China. But no one is asking him to engage in war with China. Why would Filipinos that care about their country, and not just about money, want the South China Sea to be militarized and destroyed, which is what is happening right now, knowing full well that this means less fish and food for the Philippine people?
Is the Philippines an independent country, or a soon to be Chinese and perhaps Russian colony?
And why is tough talking Trump putty in the hands of Xi and Putin?
There should be an immediate call for an end to all militarization and further destruction of the South China Sea. There are ways of resisting destruction without going to war.
Note to the people of the Philippines and China: no matter what your governments tell you, you cannot eat planes, military bases, railroads, or anything that humans create. You can and do eat fish and marine life, and that is not something any human can create.
Rising populations in the world, backed too often by religions that call for unlimited breeding, in a world that keeps destroying its natural environment and food sources, guarantees a future of poverty and hunger.
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