US MILITARY INTERVENTION IN THE PHILIPPINES IMPACT ON PHIL. SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE
ALLEGED NEED FOR US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES Pres. G.W. Bush declared the Philippines as the “Second Front” in the US “war on terror.” The US government expanded its military presence and direct intervention by establishing permanent bases in the Philippines in the guise of just being “visitors” with the alleged aim of “ensuring regional and global security.” Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the White House and received $100 million from President Bush to “fund the counter terrorism and counter insurgency campaign” in the Philippines.
ASIA PACIFIC PIVOT IN PERSPECTIVE (MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD PROTECTING THE US ECONOMIC EMPIRE)
US COUNTER INSURGENCY GUIDE (2009) Emphasis on non-military means, backed by military forces, when dealing with insurgencies All government civilian agencies are mobilized to support military operations Agencies involved (State Department, DOD, DHS, National Intel, AID, Treasury, Justice, etc.) in coordination with US Special Operations Forces, CIA, NSA , and other military forces. A Template for US Military Intervention in all parts of the world. Pres. Obama and Pres. Aquino seals EDCA with a handshake
PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III AND HIS AMERICAN PROTECTORS EDCA (Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement was added to the VFA EDCA allowed US troops, warships and war planes to be stationed in AFP bases anywhere in the Philippines US war materials also allowed to be pre-positioned in AFP bases for future use
OPLAN BAYANIHAN Thousands protest OPLAN BAYANIHAN In 2011, the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) was crafted by the Aquino Administration. Oplan Bayanihan is the operational implementation of the IPSP Oplan Bayanihan ---patterned after the US Counter Insurgency Guide of 2009 Presented in the guise for “peace and development;” in reality it is an operational guide to crush any resistance from those who work for social justice and support the poor and the oppressed Thousands protest OPLAN BAYANIHAN
U F-16 Falcon taking off US warships sail at will in at Clark AFB Philippine waters
AFP and PNP Officers and enlisted personnel sent to US for counter insurgency training US Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas US Army Irregular Warfare Center (formerly Counterinsurgency (COIN) Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas US Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona Special Forces School, Fort Bragg, N. Carolina Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, Georgia Special Forces School, Fort Bragg US Army Ranger School, Fort Benning, GA
VFA and EDCA---GROSSLY VIOLATE THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE XVIII, Section 25 “…foreign military bases, troops or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines, except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate, and when the Congress so requires, ratified by a majority of the people in a national referendum held for the purpose, and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting party.” No approval by the Filipino people in a referendum Not recognized as a treaty by the US government