The rusty BRP Sierra Madre ship that has been holding the fort for the Philippines in Ayungin, Scarborough is a pitiful, if not laughable, sight. It has been there ever since the Philippine government stood its ground for the ownership of the territory that is widely known as West Philippine Sea.
After the ruling of the International Tribunal in the Hague in favor of the Philippines, China has been so headstrong about not packing up and leaving the Scarborough Shoal. Other countries have sent their congratulations to the Philippines and felt irritated that China is not honoring the ruling. France, UK, Australia, Japan and Germany, among others have offered to extend their support to fight China in case they will wage a war against the Philippines.
In this connection, the US government sent an envoy to the Philippines and sought to speak with an undisclosed cabinet member to relay the message to President Duterte that they are offering their warship USS Bataan. According to this link, the ship is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1997. The ship is named to honor the defense of the Bataan Peninsula on the western side of Manila Bay in the Philippines during the early days of US involvement in World War II (refer to the left picture above). Check out its general characteristics below:
| Class and type: | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement: | 40,358 long tons (41,006 t) full load |
| Length: | 844 ft (257 m) |
| Beam: | 106 ft (32 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | exceeds 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Troops: | 1,894 Marines |
| Complement: | 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted |
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This friendly offer by the US government, one of the Philippines' best and strongest allies in the world, would definitely help boost the confidence of not just the soldiers stationed in Ayungin, but also the entire Filipino community. There is still no confirmation, though, whether the Philippine government is amenable to this offer, that seems to be free of obligations or repercussions from the Philippines, or not.
Dapat tanggapin na yan ng Philippine Government para mabawasan ang pagmumukhang kaawa-awa natin sa pang-aapi ng mga Intsik. At hindi lang ito ang hingiin o bilhin sa utang. Isama na ang submarino na may nuclear missile at nuclear ICBM na ilagay sa silo na pwedeng ipalipad sa Beijing kung lumusob ang mga Intsik. Kahit maliit, dapat matinik para hindi apak-apakan ng mga higanteng hayop.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is, can we afford to maintain such a ig battleship..yun ngang papalitan niyan eh di mapinturahan ito pa kayang mas malaki..saka saan tayo kukuha ng mga aircrafts at Helos para complete ang battleship na yan..Bibili ba tayo? O may pambili kaya?
DeleteMas maganda siguro kung flatform na lang at may mga barracks at armaments
ReplyDeleteChoosy pa libre na nga ang offer. Yan ang hirap sa mgapinoy abusado
DeleteThat is already a platform with acommodatins for the troops plus armaments for defense.
DeleteGanda naman kung totoo. Para na siyang aircraft carrier.
ReplyDeleteAircraft carrier carrier nga iyan eh!!!!
Deletewahahahahahaa
DeleteGanda sanang balita nito kaso kung pagbabasehan mo yung mga balita sa kanan. kwentong kutsero lang ito LOL.
ReplyDeletetama ka diyan. hindi magbibigay ng ganyan ang US lalo na yong may mga close in weapons. never!
DeleteWAG MAWALA ANG REMEMBRANCE NANG WW2 SA PINAS!
ReplyDeleteOur big brother America can provide us with their not to old navy vessels in such a way that we can pay them back later , by the time we are extracting our huge mineral resources I. our EEZ....it should assist us to obtain our desired equipment and armamnets we badly needed in deterring the bulky greedy imperial country in Asia china !!!!!
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ACCEPTING AND PUTTING IT THERE IN THE PLACE NEAR THE DILAPIDATED RUSTY SHIP IS A PROVOCATION OF WAR AGAINST CHINA RIGHT THERE & THEN. IF THE U.S. WAS REALLY THINKING OF THE PHILIPPINES THRU SUCH OFFER, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN LONG BEFORE WE FILE A CASE AGAINST CHINA AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL. THE ALLIES ARE REALLY INTERESTED THE IGNITION RIGHT NOW AT OUR GREAT EXPENSE...
ReplyDeleteNow that we win our legal battle AGAINST CHINA - I THINK IT IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO ..THE AREA BEING DISpUTED IS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINE EEZ....chi na is using huge warship painted in white disguise to deter us effectively... by which she is very successful
DeleteAnonymous you are really STUPID!!! China had been provoking us for the longest, why don't the Phil. stand it's ground. Countries are trying to help us, be thankful and not be "NEGA".
DeleteAnonymous, beggars cannot be choosers. Binibigyan at tinutulungan ka na nga eh, suplado, maangas at mapagsumbat ka pa.
DeleteBest is to build a permanent structure with a parola type guard house fully fortified and armed to secure our territorial waters.. But if it is true that this battle ship is offered, it would a welcome added deterrent to any invasive provocation.
ReplyDeleteBest is to build a permanent structure with a parola type guard house fully fortified and armed to secure our territorial waters.. But if it is true that this battle ship is offered, it would a welcome added deterrent to any invasive provocation.
ReplyDeleteI dont know the solution but I dont think war is. How sure are we that the US will help us? They are having their election in Nov. and Trump already said that US should stop helping it's allies. They have their own problems to solve.Also,the reason why US wants to help is because they sell weapons. Also they want to make sure that they have a base in SE Asia. In addition, do you think that the Philippines will win over China? Lots of Filipinos are saying let's go for war. I bet a lot will just migrate to other countries. Besides, if war happens,what is the outcome? Sinong kawawa in the end? What happens now to the country that US helped like Afganistan? We should not be arrogant because we just depend on the US and there is no assurance. So as of now, I agree that we have to resort to peace talks. No choice. Play politics.We have to think long term-the end result.
ReplyDeleteYou're right anonymous.
DeleteIf this happens, war is coming!
ReplyDeleteStill, we have to make our stand against china!
ReplyDeleteHoax, the USS Bataan carrier for VSTOL ( vertical short take off and land). Eli, we cannot have a war in China, it is a Massacre, we have 2 figher jets while China has 300 MIgs Duterte is right it is a massacre......according to agreement, US can defend Philippines, but think about the effect of war.....did you see Iraq, Libya, Syria, meron tayong ang "mamatay ng dahil sayo" but how do we have a head collision with China? think about it.....not just a word of war.....it is a total annihilation of Filipino, wala tayong firepower, their MIGS can be here in a matter of minutes, Eli you should go to Syria, you will see the ravages of war.and you will not think of getting ito war... - Pinoy US Navy Vet
ReplyDeletei agree with you on one thing but i disagree with another. It will not be a massacre like you think it is. Do you think the UN will just "watch"? they can't because the Chinese will block all passage ways of trade. maraming bansa ang maapektuhan. buong southeast Asia. at ibang bansa na may interest sa bansang pinas. cguro matagal na ang one month. but one week pa lang nandyan na ang mga allies natin tulad ng US, Japan, France, UK, Australlia, Germany. papahintuin ng UN yan because the Trillion dollars of trade ay dumadaan dyan sa Sptralys. So, hindi lang SE Asia ang maapektuhan kundi pati buong mundo. and if the Chinese will not stop, then the Whole World will come to SE Asia to stop it even if it means they make war with war with China. We should make a stand even if we know we are not capable just to show the whole world our resolve and that we are the one na "naapi". The whole world sympathize with "naapi". and dont think its katawa-tawa kasi ilang beses na nangyari ang ganyan. I agree with you that war is not a soluton, as long as possible we should make talks but if the chinese is bringing war on us even if we try to avoid it, what can you possibly do? Answer me, if your neighbor ni-extend nya nag sakop nya sa lupain mo at naglagay ng maliit na kubo or anuman, tapos sabihin sa kanya yun? nagsampa ka ng kaso pero ayaw pa rin umalis. what are you going to do? we made talks already with them, but still they took Scarborough Shoal, nagsampa tayo ng kaso sa The Hague, nanalo tayo. pero ayw pa rin nila umalis. what is the next thing you do? it seems like you cannot avoid war. at masaklap sa bakuran pa natin mag-gera. dapt dalhin natin sa kanila ang gera. ruin their economies everywhere but still they can do that to us too. then anu na ang gagawin natin....sit back, relax and enjoy? Mig fighters can come, yes, but they cannot continue to do battle. ubos na ang fuel nila, mga maximum 30 minutes then balik na sila ng china. kaya nga gumagawa sila ng airstrips sa mga islands na malapit sa atin para mahaba ang loitering time nila. so, what do you think ang unahin tirahin? yung mga islands na may airstrip ang unang tirahin then i-occupy natin. para di natin problema yang mga mig fighters na yan. if chinese use their aircraft, do you think US papayag? i don think so. Alam natin na kaya nila pinag-aagawan yan dahil sa mga natural resources. at gusto ng chinese sa kanila lang yun. they dont like to share. eh, gusto din ng US yan. they also need that important resources to feed their economy. paglabanin natin silang mga ganid. may mga mamamatay na filipino but they cannot conquer the whole philippines, their navy is not just capable to supply their troops, even transport their million troops to the philippines. even if they can land on the philippines, a 100 million filipinos will resist them. and they know it. so the war will be limited only on the islands that are disputed. the chinese will not think to invade the philippines. if they think that then they will risk their reputation as a law abiding nation. Other nations can make economic sanctions. some are going to cut the mallaca straits. what is their achilles heels? oil that are coming from Middle East and it all passing thru Malaccca Straits. France and other European countries are already patrolling there. The philippines has GDP of 200 plus billion dollars. we can buy fighter jets from allied nations in an instant, mostly from US. Filipino pilots are actually training in Clark Airfield with F-18s and AH-1. What are we afraid of? we beat them twice, in the battle of Manila against Chinese Limahong, and in Korea: 1400 Filipinos against 30,000 Chinese. Why are we still afraid? Sun Tzu said if you think you will loose then you are already lost. if china bring the war to you, you dont have a choice but to fight. Navy vet ka-dapat alam mo yan.
Deletecan you please stick to one language.. taglish is not a language. !
Deletei can single handedly take the pinoys...JK i am happy for you guys i find all pinoy are good ppl.
DeleteUS Owed China a lot...they will just defend us, but attacking them for us.....no i dont think so
ReplyDeleteAnonymous your comments are laughable,ridiculous and pointless. China will be making a big mistake to start a war and provoke all the freedom loving countries mentioned in this article. America has proven over and over again that they'll be there for us in time of need either war or calamities.Besides,the Japanese who are Chinese slayers are in our side.So quit your silly fear mongering,just watch things unfold and be quiet if you don't have anything encouraging,uplifting and inspiring to say. Aren't you sick and tired of being bullied,treated and chased like a dog?Man up Filipinos!We'll win this one as usual.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous your comments are laughable,ridiculous and pointless. China will be making a big mistake to start a war and provoke all the freedom loving countries mentioned in this article. America has proven over and over again that they'll be there for us in time of need either war or calamities.Besides,the Japanese who are Chinese slayers are in our side.So quit your silly fear mongering,just watch things unfold and be quiet if you don't have anything encouraging,uplifting and inspiring to say. Aren't you sick and tired of being bullied,treated and chased like a dog?Man up Filipinos!We'll win this one as usual.
ReplyDeleteAS GOD FEARING AND LOVING COUNTRY, ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS PRAY. ASK GOD THAT HE WILL DO WONDERS FOR ALL FILIPINOS...WE ALL KNOW THAT GOD'S WAY IS NOT MAN'S WAY SO THIS IS A SIGN THAT GOD IS WORKING FOR US. GOD HAS ALREADY WEIGHT THE SCALE FOR ALL HUMANITY AND ITS THE FILIPINOS THAT HE GAVE THE FAVOR....THANK YOU YOU LORD, AMEN....
ReplyDeleteIt has always been said that America does not give anything for nothing in return. But to analyze the situation further, the warship being offered to replace the old rusty ship placed there for several years to serve as our landmark of ownership to that piece of land in the middle of the sea, will only serve as a magnet or a cause of provocation to China. If we are to analyze it further, if worse comes to worst, it is the lives of the Filipinos who will be exposed to terrible danger from being erased from the map of this world if megaton bombs will start flying in the air as an aftermath of failure to observe "cooler heads" at the negotiation table as earlier proposed by our President Duterte has earlier predicted that to think otherwise will ultimately cause a horrible carnage in terms of large-scale "massacre" of Filipinos. We better think it over wisely and we should not lose sight of the lessons to learn about an old proverbial saying, "Look before you leap," and, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Think it over my dear countrymen before being misled into a accepting something that will only trigger more adverse things to come in the future. Let us allow President Duterte to make his final decision because, I notice, some of the bloggers here are only writing their comments without knowing that saying something bringing our country closer to the edge of war is something that we should guard against and put as our our last resort but not at this time when we still have several options to freely and clearly to choose from based on sound judgment that will bring us closer to a peaceful solution of what they call a "win-win" solution.
ReplyDeleteyes to US to come to depend our sovereignty...I don"t think china will want war they will be the first affected knowing that there are lots of super power country besides us.. the US was there and they will not let the people massacared.. how good the military capabilities of china againts US.. pls.. People stop scaring urself and look like a puppy dog to this china dogs..we should fight now because sobra na ang pang aapak nila sa atin .. kaya tau nila binubully lagi kc tau mismo ang ng papakita ng takot sa kanila hanggang kalian nila tayo tatakutin at hangang kaylan tau matatakot sa kanila.. at ung peacetalk na yan cgurado ededemand nila 100% papayag sila sa kung ano man basta isusuko lang natin ang sovereignty natin sa kanila.. walang magiging pag uusap kung hindi un pabor sa gusto nila..ganid ang mga intsik walang kakuntentuhan at mautak.. uutakan lang tau ng mga yan kaya kung makikipag peacetalk maging vigilant sila dahil wise ang mga intsik kahit dito sa france sinasabi ng mga francie, mahirap kausap ang intsikl mautakan ka nila d mo sila mautakan..kaya welcome sa akin ang US mas gusto ko pa mapailalim sa US kesa mga ganid na tsikwa na yan..
ReplyDeleteWether we win or not is not the issue rather standing for our right is. If the price to be paid for upholding our dignity is war so be it
DeleteYes to US and UN....
ReplyDeleteguerra na lang! maliliit titi mga iyan!
ReplyDeleteFive previous administrations from Cory Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria M. Macapagal and Nonoy Aquino hindi man lang nila napalitan yung nabubulok na BRP Siera Madre sa Ayungin, Scarborough dahil busy silang lahat na nakawin ang pera ng gobyerno at mga corrupt nilang senador, congressman, mayor at pulis. Bulok na sistema sila lang ang nagpayaman kaya kawawa ang bansang Pilipinas.
ReplyDeleteSpot On!!!!! If the US Bases were still here, this would never happen.
Deletekung tutuusin nga wala naman talagang laban ang pilipinas sa china ehh, pero nag kakaisa naman tayo sa layunin natin na malayang mangisda and ating mga mangingisda sa anting sariling teritorio hnd naman natin ina angkin ang ang teritorio ng china, thank you to other countries that are willing to help us, ehh ang mga leader kaya natin nasaan ang tapang nilang ipag laban ang kalayaan ng mga filipino sa sarili nating bansa, sana lang hnd totoo ang iniisip kong pera ang nag papairal sa ating bansa at hnd democracya.....
ReplyDeleteOk the best thing to do then is to let china suck and own our land. Phil. Will soon be chinaz annex. If they have no intention of stealing our land they shouldn't have gone here and have left our eez. Dont expect china to be diplomatz coz there is no sense making agreement with them.. should miracle happen and open the eyes of their government about the situation then thank you. But never trust them again.
ReplyDeleteLahat ng comments walang kwenta si duterte parin masosood remember that. Wag na kayong magmagalingan ng inyong mga walang kwentang idea wala naman yang saysay kasi Hindi naman hihingiin ang opinion ninyo Ni duterte. dapat tanggapin talaga ang tolong ng America dahil Hindi natin kaya humility nito.kahit ano paman pabor gusto ng America ay talaga naman hindi tayo maka stand on our own. Tingnan ninyo Kong hindi dahil sa mga walang kwentang bayani natin na every year pa naman binibigyan ng honor ang mga puts, maganda na sana buhay ng mga pilipino ngayon. Kong naging state tayo ng America itong pang bubully ng china hindi sana mangyayari at hindi sana nangigibang bayan ang mga ofw. Sisihin natin mga bayani natin na nag brain wash sa mga ninono natin para lumaban sa mga American. May Filipino identity nga tayo pero pinag tatawanan lang at hindi nga pa maka pag depend sa sarili anytime ang china pag omataki. Ito sana comment ko pag babasihan sa pagbabago. I abolish ng mga hero at I alay na ang pilipinas sa America ng mawala na ang abusayaf mild. Yan ang that na pagbabago.
ReplyDeleteI think the US should stop all trade with China and send it all to the Philippines, Let the Chinese starve.
ReplyDeletePatayuan na lang Sabungan saka Bingohan. Kahit anong pwedeng makakakunsumi sa mga intsik.
ReplyDeleteThis was NOT received by the Duterte admin because he IS more maka china than maka pilipinas. It's 2023 now and the BRP Sierra Madre is still there na mahirap dalhan ng mga supplies kasi binubully ng Chinese vessels Ang mga nagdadala ng supply, ginigitgit ng malaking barko at na water cannon pa. But the current admin Wala man Lang ginawang protesta para kondenahin ito. Sa sarili nating teritoryo binubully Tayo kasi di kumikibo Ang mga nakaupo.
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