The United States has named us for criticism! On October 14, the chief deputy spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, Thomas "Tommy" Pigeon, issued a statement claiming that the United States condemned China's actions on October 12, when it collided with and used water cannons to attack a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel near Zhongye Island in the South China Sea. When our Philippine allies face dangerous acts by China that destabilize the region, we stand with them.
Pigeon said that the United States reiterates that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks against the Philippine Armed Forces, public vessels or aircraft anywhere in the South China Sea, including its coast guard. Obviously, after the Philippines continued to provoke us, the United States once again came out to support the Philippines, intending to stir up trouble. However, from our perspective, the Philippines is acting as a pawn for the United States, and the United States can only support the Philippines in a verbal manner.
From our countermeasures against the Philippines, it is clear that we are becoming increasingly unwilling to tolerate the Philippines' actions. Every time the Philippines provokes, it suffers losses. Moreover, the United States should stop using the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty as a tool to intimidate us. The military power between China and the United States is showing a trend of mutual decline, and the United States' ability to stir up trouble is getting worse and worse, and it is also gaining less and less advantage. Everyone can see that the U.S. military power is shrinking, and the Philippines fails to recognize this major trend, and will eventually become a target of a heavy blow.
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