Biden to defend the Senkaku Islands, won’t do the same with the Kalayaan Island Group

Screenshot of the Nikkei Asia Article about Biden defending the Senkaku Islands

United States (US) President Joe Biden has committed to defending the Senkaku Islands which Japan is claiming to be theirs. Do you see the US doing the same thing for the Philippines’ claimed Islands in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the South China Sea (SCS)? 

The Answer is a big NO, because they DO NOT RECOGNIZE those Islands as belonging to the Philippines. What the US will commit to is defending are Philippine Forces within those Islands, but those forces can be recalled, just like what they did in 2012 in Panatag Shoal for example when they forbade former President AbNoy Panot Benigno S. Aquino III from sending Ships back to the Area.

So again, how can the Philippines trust the US as an Ally to have Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with when they won’t even recognize our claimed Territories? 

SOURCES:

* Japan PM Kishida and Biden commit to defending Senkaku Islands {Archived Link}

* U.S to PH: stop anti-China rhetorics {Archived Link}

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