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The United States (US) recently released an Aid Package which is mainly Military in Nature to what it called its "Allies" worth a total of Usd 95 billion. However, out of that figure, only Usd 500 million has been allocated to the Philippines, or only 0.5% or half a Percent of the total amount.
Usd 61 billion instead will be given to Ukraine to continue its fight against Russia while Usd 26 billion will be given to Israel for its ongoing Conflict in Gaza. Usd 4 billion will be assigned to Taiwan to supposedly help its defense against China.
However, renowned Columnist Bobi Tiglao is even disputing that Usd 500 million figure for the Philippines, saying correctly that nothing in the Bill mentions our Country receiving that amount of Money. That Usd 500 million seems to have come from a Press Release by House Speaker Martin Romualdez, although Tiglao admits that the Philippines indeed will likely get a yet unnamed figure from that Usd 95 billion aid.
Note that this relatively tiny sum given by the US to the Philippines comes after President Bong Bong Marcos (PBBM) has already given many Concessions to the US, including giving them nine Military Bases in the Philippines, and recently even allowing the deployment of the US' long range Cruise Missile, the "Tomahawk" thru the Typhon Medium Range Capability (MRC) Weapons System which could hit Targets in mainland China while launched from Philippine Soil.
The Philippines is also the only Country in the entire South East Asia (SEA) that the US has a Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with, which it has had since 1951.
To me, this is just one of the many Signs of how the US doesn't really take the Philippines seriously, and that it is intentionally keeping the Philippines low in Terms of its own Defense Capability so it will remain dependent on them.
And it is not just militarily that the US refuses to help the Philippines, it is also in many other Areas, in contrast with China which helps a lot its close Allies in many Areas, like Thailand for Example which China now wants to explore the Moon and establish a Base there with, something the US hasn't done anything close to with the Philippines.
This announcement of the small Military Aid I think is also "Bad Timing" for the US because they are currently conducting joint Military Exercises with the Philippines, so there is a chance for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to ask the US which they idolize why they are giving so little aid to them.
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| Philippines only got Usd 500 million or 0.5% of latest Usd 95 billion US Military Aid to Allies |
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