SCARBOROUGH SHOAL BELONGS TO THE PHILIPPINES

Why is bully China trying to expand towards Philippine territory? Doesn't make sense! Before you know it, they would be claiming the Philippine province of Zambales next!

Even an untrained Chihuahua will see that the Panatag shoal is just a few miles from the Philippine baseline shores (never mind the 200 mile EEZ!) than it will ever be to the nearest China coastline.

And now we've learned that Malacanang websites are under attack by suspected Chinese hackers!

The Philippines must, for the sake of peace — yes, FOR the sake of peace, MODERNISE OUR NAVY AND OUR AIR FORCE… The Philippines MUST PHYSICALLY OCCUPY our shoals or at the very least relentlessly patrol them (if the shoals are inhospitable)… But we cannot physically establish ownership of our shoals found within a few miles of our shore (part and parcel of the Philippine regime of islands) without the means to occupy and to guard them so we must modernise our navy and our air force.

This is in no way a declaration of intent to engage China in a shooting war but for goodness sake it is common sense that your home has less risk of being broken into and looted when they know it is inhabited. The same common sense applies to the shoals no matter how some detractors think that China is Lord and Master to all or that it’s useless to even try to do something…

China will be hard put to jerk military occupants from our shoals and islets and throw them into the sea even if they have the military means far superior than ours — politically, it will be international suicide to do something of the kind and the Chinese, bullies as they may seem to us, will care about international backlash!

Google image courtesy of Romerson San Diego, member Philippine Sabah Claim Forum on Facebook.

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