They are squatting, with the Chinese warships within Philippine territory without permission.
Okay, and I think this will be resolved peacefully. This hardly makes China the biggest threat to the world.
Sure, as if being water-hosed by Chinese navy to prevent you from fishing is caused by oil supply restrictions!
No, but being unable to fuel vessels and trucks after the pumps run dry will cause systemic problems that everyone will feel. An energy crisis hurts all fishers in all of their territorial waters, and then on top of that hurts literally every single person in the country. It’s not just that there are going to be boats that can’t even go out to sea because they aren’t able to get fuel, there are going to be people that can’t do any of their jobs in any part of the country. This is the prelude to an economic collapse.
The US is the biggest threat to the world and everyone in the world knows it, including people in the Philippines.
And what does that have to do with China doing their own imperialism by water-hosing Filipino and Vietnamese fishermen well before the war, depriving fishermen of their livelihood? What makes you think China will not escalate from waterhosing when they are already sending warships?
I asked this to many of your “comrades”. Have you actually spoken to Filipinos what they think of China? Did you physically go to Vietnam or Philippines and asked them of their opinions?
I only ever defended China as not being as bad as the US. I clearly didn’t say China is flawless and immaculate - I literally said “China shouldn’t deprive fishermen of their livelihood” - and even if I think the conflict will be resolved peacefully (China doesn’t do war) it’s still bad. This is a local territorial dispute, though, and it’s simply not as big a threat to the world as the US.
Yet you seem to somehow believe China is worse than the US, which is absurd.
South China Sea is a chokepoint which sees many trades passing through, which China is trying to monopolise. And yet you think that is different from US trying to control the Strait of Hormuz…
How many missiles and bombs did China drop on the Philippines to exercise control over the South China Sea? How many Filipino leaders has China assassinated? Did they blow up hundreds of school children?
It’s clear one is worse, and this survey shows that most people on Earth agree with me - including Filipinos.
Okay, and I think this will be resolved peacefully. This hardly makes China the biggest threat to the world.
No, but being unable to fuel vessels and trucks after the pumps run dry will cause systemic problems that everyone will feel. An energy crisis hurts all fishers in all of their territorial waters, and then on top of that hurts literally every single person in the country. It’s not just that there are going to be boats that can’t even go out to sea because they aren’t able to get fuel, there are going to be people that can’t do any of their jobs in any part of the country. This is the prelude to an economic collapse.
The US is the biggest threat to the world and everyone in the world knows it, including people in the Philippines.
And what does that have to do with China doing their own imperialism by water-hosing Filipino and Vietnamese fishermen well before the war, depriving fishermen of their livelihood? What makes you think China will not escalate from waterhosing when they are already sending warships?
I asked this to many of your “comrades”. Have you actually spoken to Filipinos what they think of China? Did you physically go to Vietnam or Philippines and asked them of their opinions?
The OP is about Filipinos seeing the US as a bigger threat than China. They’re literally telling us that, in the survey.
You’re the one that seems intent on ignoring what they have to say, here.
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I only ever defended China as not being as bad as the US. I clearly didn’t say China is flawless and immaculate - I literally said “China shouldn’t deprive fishermen of their livelihood” - and even if I think the conflict will be resolved peacefully (China doesn’t do war) it’s still bad. This is a local territorial dispute, though, and it’s simply not as big a threat to the world as the US.
Yet you seem to somehow believe China is worse than the US, which is absurd.
South China Sea is a chokepoint which sees many trades passing through, which China is trying to monopolise. And yet you think that is different from US trying to control the Strait of Hormuz…
How many missiles and bombs did China drop on the Philippines to exercise control over the South China Sea? How many Filipino leaders has China assassinated? Did they blow up hundreds of school children?
It’s clear one is worse, and this survey shows that most people on Earth agree with me - including Filipinos.