President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared that the Philippines cannot remain neutral in the event of a conflict between China and the United States over Taiwan. “We will have to get involved. “And that’s not an easy thing to do, considering you’re in the middle of a combat zone. It would not be a small problem.”
Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/08/08/ph-cannot-stay-neutral-in-taiwan-conflict-marcos-says/
tas claim pa rin ng independent foreign policy
He cited the country’s geographic proximity to Taiwan and the presence of over 200,000 Filipino workers on the island as key reasons.
That sums it up.
wahaha so dahil diyan hindi na pwedeng maging independent ang foreign policy natin?
Ikaw lang gumagawa dyan ng issue. Unless gustong gusto mo madamay yung mga Kababayan natin sa Taiwan.
haha so ok na hindi na independent ang foreign policy natin bossing? hindi issue para sayo yun?
Independent naman yung foreign policy natin since BBM is much concerned about our people in Taiwan.
haha nakinig ka ba sa sinabi niya? hindi tayo pwedeng manatiling neutral, saan diyan ang independence ng foreign policy natin bossing?
saka anung connect ng people natin sa Taiwan sa pagiging neutral natin haha nakakauwi naman yung nasa ukraine despite digong imposing independent foreign policy
Malapit ba sa atin ang Ukraine?
Gusto mo bang maipit sa gyera ang kababayan natin at hayaan na alng sila dun?
anung connect ng distance natin with Taiwan sa pinoy doon sa Taiwan? kasi kung iisipin mas mahirap pauwiin ang galing ukraine dahil sa distance na yan
maipit? papaano maiipit eh yung kalayo layo nga nakauwi ito pa kayang Taiwan na napakalapit
Ukraine, sobrang layo, mahigit 8,000 km, kaya walang direct threat sa Pinas o sa mga alliances natin, so naging mas madali yung pag-evacuate ng mga Pinoy doon. Pero yung Taiwan, 250-300 km lang mula northern Luzon which is sobrang lapit. Kung magkagulo dun between China at U.S., baka ma-block yung mga daan sa dagat o sa airspace, or worse, maapektuhan yung mga U.S. bases dito dahil sa Mutual Defense Treaty. Kaya nga sinabi ni Marcos, mahirap mag-stay neutral, at mas risky ang repatriation. Kailangan talaga isipin yung national security.
ayun hindi naman pala location ang problema kundi ang mga US forces na andito sa pinas, ginagawa pang excuse ang pinoy sa Taiwan para bawi-in ang pagiging independent ng foreign policy
May point yung sinabi mo na yung US forces dito ang malaking issue, hindi lang location—totoo, dahil sa EDCA bases, mas mahirap mag-neutral tayo kung magkagulo sa Taiwan. Pero mali yung sabihing hindi problema ang geography. 250-300 km lang ang Taiwan mula Luzon, so kahit walang US bases, maapektuhan pa rin yung dagat, airspace, o teritoryo natin kung magka-gyera. Hindi lang “excuse” yung 200,000+ OFWs; legit na concern yun. Si Marcos, nagba-balance lang ng security at alliances, hindi lang ginagamit yung Pinoy bilang dahilan.
it turned out na hindi na talaga maitatago ang totoong position ni bangag, hindi na niya pwedeng sabihin pa rin na neutral pa rin despite na almost doubled na ang number of US bases na pinatayo dito sa mainland, kaya umamin na lang siya hindi na talaga neutral ang pinas
Pinatayo or or Rational Access lang? We all know naman na wala namang permamenteng US Bases dito sa Pilipinas. At saka kelan pa niya tiinanggap ang One-China Policy? He haven’t made any offensive move at China after all. And your claiming that he is hiding his true position is still speculative.
haha kailan ba tinanggal ang US bases dito sa atin bossing para sabihin nating hindi nga permanent ang mga ito haha
Try mo hanapin yung sagot dyan noong 1992.
haha di yun kusang natanggal bossing it was actually a force eviction by a legislative to reject since the senate that time pushed for nationalism, at saka di lang yan, nagkaroon din tayo recently ng nationalist na president at pinalayas niya din ang US bases, so hindi yan nawawala nang kusa ang mga US base bossing kundi need pa yan sila palayasin through nationalism movements
Totoo na nationalist yung Senate noong 1991 kaya napatalsik yung permanent US bases, pero hindi naman “force eviction” lang dahil legal na desisyon yun under the Constitution. Pero yung sinasabi mong recent nationalist president na pinalayas ulit ang US bases? Walang ganun. Kahit si Duterte, na super nationalist ang dating pero under-de-saya ng China, hindi naman napalayas ang EDCA sites,binawi pa nga niya yung plano to end VFA. Kaya hindi lang puro nationalism ang kailangan, kailangan din ng diplomatic moves at tamang timing, lalo na’t rotational lang ngayon yung US presence, hindi permanent.
wag mo i-twist, EDCA was just signed in 2014 but digong did not implement the treaty yet, it is only 2019 when he approved 1 EDCA site but solely for disaster response purposes, nagtayo lang ng warehouse para lagayan ng relief goods, so he ended with just 1 EDCA site which is not military by purpose
