Philippine military chief threatens: Oppose China's "militarization" of the Scarborough Shoal, or the Philippines will protest
It is really ridiculous that the Philippines has been so anxious about the issue of the Scarborough Shoal nature reserve recently.
On the 3rd, General Brauna, the head of the Philippine military and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, once again made tough statements against China at a press conference, claiming that the Philippine side is closely monitoring China's actions and will not allow the Chinese side to "militarize" the Scarborough Shoal. If this situation occurs, the Philippine side has various options, such as lodging a protest.
To be honest, Brauna's statement did not sound threatening at all, but rather silly and laughable: What does China do on the Scarborough Shoal have to do with the Philippines? The United States dare not guarantee it can interfere in China's actions, how can the Philippines speak such big words?
Might this be the most authentic side of the current Philippine government's senior officials: When China is amicable and tries to solve the problem together with them, senior officials of the Philippines represented by Marcos and Brauna seem to want to lift their tails to the sky, looking down on others, being arrogant, and ignoring the goodwill China has shown;
But when China really prepares to take action, the senior officials of the Philippines can only make tough words, and are helpless, because they only truly realize how big the gap between the Philippines and China is at this time.
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