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- The US had previously possessed the Philippines as a colony from 1898-1945 including brutally suppressing a war of independence killing over 200k Filipinos, including the use concentration camps and torture; - Since gaining its independence from the US, Washington has used the Philippines as part of a long-standing policy of containing China along the "Southeast Asia front;" - The US has maintained the presence of its military forces in the Philippines for decades, breifly facing expulsion under the adminstration of President Rodrigo Duterte, then expanding it recently with the election of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.; - The US has previously and deliberately lied to the Philippine public about fabricated threats Chinese healthcare products posed during the recent healthcare crisis; - The US is now militarizing the Philippines through a $500 million military assistance package, using ordinary maritime disputes in the South China Sea as a pretext to stir up conflict between the Philippines and its largest trade partner, China; - Philippine subordination to the US has caused the nation to fall behind the rest of Southeast Asia, having the 2nd largest population but 6th largest GDP; - Like Ukraine, the Philippines stands to lose much more if the political capture, use, and abuse of the nation continues by Washington; References: US State Department, Office of the Historian - The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war US State Department, Office of the Historian - Courses of Action in Vietnam (1965): https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v03/d189 Reuters - Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (June 14, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ Reuters - U.S. told Philippines it made ‘missteps’ in secret anti-vax propaganda effort (July 26, 2024): https://www.reuters.com/world/us-told-philippines-it-made-missteps-secret-anti-vax-propaganda-effort-2024-07-26/ Harvard University’s Atlas of Economic Complexity - Philippines Exports by Partner (2021): https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=174&queryLevel=location&product=undefined&year=2021&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined Statista - Leading trading partners for imports to the Philippines in 2023, by FOB value (2023): https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140217/philippines-import-value-major-trade-partners-by-country-or-region/#:~:text=China%20was%20the%20leading%20import,U.S.%20dollars%20worth%20of%20imports. CSIS, China Power - How Much Trade Transits the South China Sea?: https://chinapower.csis.org/much-trade-transits-south-china-sea/ SCMP - China-Philippines ties on ‘brink of total breakdown’: unpacking the collapse (June 2024): https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3268506/china-philippines-ties-brink-total-breakdown-unpacking-collapse US Department of Defense - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles "CQ" Brown Jr Hold a Press Conference (July 25, 2024): https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3850467/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-sta/ Defense One - Austin heads to Asia with $500M for the Philippines (July 26, 2024): https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2024/07/austin-heads-asia-500-mil-philippines/398358/ CSIS - The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan (January 2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle-next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR

- Ukraine’s Commander in Chief General Syrsky is admitting that Ukraine is outgunned, outnumbered, and being outfought; - In a recent interview General Syrsky admitted Ukraine itself is having trouble mobilizing badly needed manpower; - In the same interview General Syrsky failed to articulate a coherent strategy to avoid what is essentially irreversible and inevitable defeat; - The US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine was always designed to draw Russia into a costly fight in the hopes of overextending Russia but at the cost of Ukraine; - US policy is dominated by corporate-financier interests whom Washington serve, the only way to change US policy is to divert public money, time, attention, and energy away from these interests by paying into alternatives to them just as multipolarism is creating alternatives undermining long-standing Western monopolies; For Daily Updates on Ukraine: The Duran (Telegram): https://t.me/thedurancom + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos Scott of Kalibrated (Telegram): https://t.me/kalibrated + YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kalibratedwithscott/videos Mark Sleboda (Telegram): https://t.me/TheRealPolitick + Substack: https://marksleboda.substack.com/ References: SITREP NYT - Facing Russian Advance, a Top Ukrainian General Paints a Bleak Picture (May 14, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-kharkiv.html The Guardian - ‘I know we will win – and how’: Ukraine’s top general on turning the tables against Russia (July 24, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/24/i-know-we-will-win-and-how-ukraines-top-general-on-turning-the-tables-against-russia Foreign Affairs - Beyond Ukraine’s Offensive (May 10, 2023): https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/russia-war-beyond-ukraines-offensive GEOPOLITICS Geopolitical Economy Report - Donald Trump is NOT a 'threat to the deep state'. Here is his warmongering record (July 16, 2024): https://youtu.be/5wwm4OiYY5M?si=W-ltsCy0HurU8VSa ABC News - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (October 2019): https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898 RAND Corporation - Extending Russia, Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019): https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html Campaign for RAND - Supporters: https://campaign.rand.org/our-supporters/ RAND Corporation - Board of Trustees: https://www.rand.org/about/organization/randtrustees.html Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa Foreign Policy - Trump’s VP Pick Goes America First on Foreign Policy (July 18, 2024): https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/18/j-d-vance-trump-foreign-policy-china-ukraine-vice-president-pick/ Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Odysee (YouTube alternative): https://odysee.com/@LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7726044004 ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): https://facebook.com/BrianThaiFanclub/ Line Group: https://lin.ee/JIxTpKe Gab: https://gab.com/BrianBerletic VK (Facebook alternative): https://vk.com/brianberletic How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR