The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), through it’s Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena on 24 July 2024, urged Filipinos, Japanese and Koreans and all other peoples of the world who stand against US war preparations and provocations, to come together to protest the visit of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and State Secretary Antony Blinken, the biggest war monsters of the US government.
The CPP says, the war-obsessed duo’s scheduled three-country trip signals a heightened campaign of US intervention in the Philippines. The US will pursue its Indo-Pacific Strategy to encircle its imperialist rival China and thus contain its economic and military growth, aggravating military tensions in the area.
The CPP further says that the visit comes a few days after after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) issued belligerent declarations against China. The US and NATO, which are actively waging a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, have effectively drawn China into the conflict by declaring it to be a “decisive enabler” of Russia.
US imperialism intends to consolidate its military stronghold in Japan, South Korean and the Philippines, especially after the Reciprocal Access Agreement between Japan and the Philippines. This will pave the way for the involvement of NATO countries like France, Italy Canada, and others.
The CPP says, the US is orchestrating a psywar campaign favoring US military intervention in the Philippines. “The Marcos government, US-funded groups and institutions, and US-minded politicians and individuals are deliberately exaggerating claims over the Philippine exclusive economic zone by hyping up the line “defend the West Philippine Sea.” The aim is to falsely depict the presence of China’s coast guard ships in the EEZ as “armed intrusions” and portray maritime disputes between the Philippines and China as a military conflict. This “China invasion” fear-mongering is designed to make Filipinos believe the country’s only option is to seek US “protection” and invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty.”
“All of this serves to heighten tensions and increase the possibility of sparking an armed conflict. This will benefit only the US and its military-industrial complex, and bring only greater misery to the Filipino people,” concludes the CPP.
