Okay let's dwell who American will support, like I said Malaysia existence is due to US protection, without it, it will be balkanized. The Philippine legally had solid claimed, now if conflict do happen in the future which I know it will because most residents of Sabah are of Tausug ethnicity with family ties from Sulu, Jolo and part of southern Mindanao as part of Sultanate of Sulu empire. With peace agreement between the Government under Duterte and MILF, the focus now is on reclaiming Sabah. The Malaysian knew this and are funding the ABU SAYAF terrorist group using Sabah as a sanctuary with explicit agreement with US. Now the Americans are playing a double game, the additional EDCA access bases will be develop in Palawan and certain part of Southern Mindanao, the Palawan part I can understand due to its proximity in the SCS BUT Southern Mindanao? The Maranaos and Tausugs surely know their history and they will not forget cause they
weren't conquered. Muslim nationalism is strong there and most of Mindanaoan are staunch Filipino nationalist (Duterte anti American stance is an example of public sentiment there) because they see people in Luzon as part of American Imperialism with Christianity as their spearhead tool to pacify the natives by transplanting Christian settlers.
They term the people from Luzon as Imperial Manila, as most decision making policy is formulate there without consulting them. So in conclusion there is deep divide when talking about Pro American tendency , of the
Three main Island Luzon is the most develop and the Capital Manila or NCR contributes 55% of our GDP as most of the political elites and oligarch lived there, managing their land holdings in the confine of their luxury offices while the Serfs are doing the hard work. You can see the imbalances and their gripes (Visayas and Mindanao) are not being heard, As both Islands are at the bottom of development with most of their resources are being channel back to Manila. There is a common joke among the residence of Mindanao, I think
@Bellum_Romanum ,
@PhSt ,
@Coalescence and
@BlackWindMnt know this,
Since Mindanao is rich in resources, the huge timbre revenue Manila gets in return Mindanao get a tiny Toothpick.
It's ironic, the oligarchs and the Americans hate Duterte so much that they vow it will never happened again BUT he saves both of them because the Philippine before his term is ripe for a violent revolution and dismemberment.
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