tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post8187517237387268489..comments2024-03-28T06:16:03.231-07:00Comments on China Matters: Del Rosario Eagerly Throws Gasoline on ADIZ Fire...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-65795755441192090462013-12-07T21:36:50.187-08:002013-12-07T21:36:50.187-08:00First of all, thank you for responding. I don'...First of all, thank you for responding. I don't mind anyone making strong remarks about my country as long as it's truthful and well founded. I'm not a very PC person myself. So I thank you for clarifying your position on this topic. <br /><br />However, I must respectfully disagree that Sec. Del Rosario made his statement in order to get stronger backing from the U.S. or Japan. <br /><br />I think the real long term strategy is the A.E.C. I assume you know about my government's current moves for arbitration over the disputed islands in the South China sea?<br /><br />I think that what my government wants is to establish a precedent that will not only weaken China's claims in the region, but also strengthen the Philippine's role and prestige in the AEC should present trends and disagreements with the PRC continue. <br /><br />I know that this is a bit of a stretch, but Philippine foreign policy is currently trying to broaden ASEAN ties, and so I think that our sensitivity to China's latest moves is part of a broader attempt to strengthen our ability to forge a consensus with other ASEAN states once the AEC is active in 2015. <br /><br />This is not to say, however, that these are all productive developments for the region but that's realpolitik for you. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234351316168774588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-64874731216694148082013-12-07T11:10:07.083-08:002013-12-07T11:10:07.083-08:00Hi
First of all, I want to apologize for use of th...Hi<br />First of all, I want to apologize for use of the word "stupid". It was inaccurate and inflammatory. I will revise the post accordingly. Come to think of it, I consider Del Rosario's characterization of the ADIZ as well as the Coast Guard regs inaccurate and inflammatory, and very much part of his strategy to heighten the confrontation between the Philippines and the PRC. I don't see him playing good cop/bad cop with President Aquino; I believe he sees polarization as a mechanism to attract stronger, more overt US and Japanese backing for the Philippines. And, since I don't see the US and Japan providing firm military backing for the Philippines in its dispute with the PRC, I don't see a viable endgame for Del Rosario's strategy--unless he sees benefits for the Philippines in being lined up against the PRC in an economic cold war. As for the ADIZ, it is as its name indicates an "Identification Zone". It has nothing to do with claiming "domestic air space". The Philippines would be well within its rights (and justified for air defense concerns) to declare its own ADIZ in the South China Sea, overlapping with the Chinese one if need be. I think it would have been good if everybody filed flight plans with everybody else for their aircraft, military and civilian. Trouble is, the United States and Japan have already defied the Chinese ADIZ on military flights. So the PRC can easily point to the East China Sea precedent if they decide to fly military planes into Philippine and South Vietnam ADIZs without filing flight plans. In other words, the PRC, as a peer power, will always try to achieve parity with whatever measures the United States and, especially, Japan introduce into the regional security equation. When we push on China, remember that China will push back in the same way. Moral is, I guess, be careful what you wish for.China Handhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137884672692120783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12265028.post-86126858307095575982013-12-07T04:48:51.648-08:002013-12-07T04:48:51.648-08:00Sir, I'm Filipino and I regularly follow your ...Sir, I'm Filipino and I regularly follow your blog. <br /><br />I would just like to know what you found so stupid about Sec. Del Rosario's comment about the ADIZ. You discussed a lot of things about media bias, but I have not heard anything that refutes the claim that the ADIZ "transforms an entire air zone into China's domestic air space." <br /><br />This I think is at the very core of everyone's anger, since from our point of view it is seen as an escalation. <br /><br />I hope you don't see this as being passive aggressive, but I really do want you to elaborate on your claim that any concerns that the Philippines and ASEAN may have in relation to this issue is "stupid."<br /><br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234351316168774588noreply@blogger.com