America Should Stop Defending the Philippines Like It Was a Vital Interest

After threatening to divorce America and rush into China’s arms, the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte, as coarse, myopic, and impulsive as President Donald Trump, reconsidered. Predictably but unfortunately, he decided that the onetime U.S. conquest and dependent should remain on America’s defense dole. Washington is still expected to go to war to protect not only … Continue reading "America Should Stop Defending the Philippines Like It Was a Vital Interest"
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