…ass in a lion's skin…

nice word choice

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202311/23/WS655f44b1a31090682a5efc45.html

Although Manila claims the three-day joint maritime and air patrols of the Philippine and US forces in the South China Sea aim to "enhance regional security" and "foster a seamless partnership with the United States in safeguarding our shared interests", the contradiction between the two objectives should be evident to all.

The joint patrols that finished on Thursday were part of a series of military cooperation moves by the Philippines and the United States since Ferdinand Marcos Jr took office as Philippine president in June last year. While he pretends his administration is engaged in balanced diplomacy, in actuality it adopts a pro-US stance, with the aim of the Philippines being an ass in a lion's skin so as to gain the upper hand in its long-festering maritime disputes with China.

>>19970419 me again - moar words from article.

The military drill of the People's Liberation Army in waters not far from the joint patrol routes in the South China Sea should be a clear wake-up call to Manila, which has been lulled into drowsy dreams by Washington's assumed solicitude.

Manila should be wary of the lullabies luring it into somnolence. With its agreement to open four new bases to the US military, at least two of which overlook waters to the south of China's Taiwan island, the Pentagon is making the Philippines a key part of its regional theater setting.

Manila ought to know better than anyone that an important reason why the disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and the Taiwan question, have not flared up into conflict over the years is because of the composure Beijing has demonstrated.The Ukraine crisis and Gaza conflict should be ready reminders to Manila of the dire consequences of letting the Philippines be used as a US proxy.

Define proxy wars.

These people are losers! Happy thanksgiving even to you haters and losers. KEK

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Love Andrew C. McCarthy Truths

"Andrew C. McCarthy III (born 1959)[2] is an American lawyer and columnist for National Review. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[3][4] A Republican, he led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and eleven others. The defendants were convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and planning a series of attacks against New York City landmarks.[5] He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He resigned from the Justice Department in 2003.

During the presidency of Barack Obama, McCarthy characterized Obama as a radical and a socialist, and authored a book alleging that Obama was advancing a "Sharia Agenda". He authored another book calling for Obama's impeachment. He defended false claims that the Affordable Care Act would lead to "death panels", and promoted a conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers, co-founder of the militant radical left-wing organization Weather Underground, had authored Obama's autobiography Dreams from My Father."

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