How The Philippines makes the Invasion of Taiwan so difficult: The Bashi Channel

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As a Taiwanese, thank you for making such a beautiful video. I hope more people can learn more about Taiwan .
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The geographic details of the images used in this video are so beautiful and add tremendous depth to the already excellent content. The elevation maps add so much to the overall presentation and really capture the eye.

0:36: 🌊 The Bashi Channel is a critical hotspot for China and the USA due to its strategic importance for operations in Taiwan and force projection along China's maritime borders, as well as its role as a major bottleneck for global sea trade.
3:27: 🛢️ The availability of oil products and other essential supplies is critical during an invasion, but landing them on the beach is not feasible due to various challenges.
6:35: 📚 Blinkist is an app that provides summaries of over 5,500 titles across various topics, allowing users to learn while on the go.
9:22: 🌍 The acquisition of Indian-made BRAHMOS cruise missiles by the Philippines is a cause for concern for China as it creates a realistic deterrent and reduces China's strategic space.
13:22: 💻 The underwater cable network is crucial for global data traffic, but cutting these cables can have devastating consequences in modern warfare.
Recap by Tammy AI

fantastic animation. I think there is an issue with the frame rate though - there is a noticeable jump every few frames. I believe the animations frame rate differ from the one used while editing and exporting the final video, which usually gives this effect. Please take this as a positive feedback, this issue has happened to me. Again, great content.

As a Mission Crew Commander Air Battle Manager on AWACS and prior commander of the largest US ground radar unit in Japan, you did a pretty good job bringing up issues for both sides. You were a little light on the US numbers and capability from Okinawa, which is quite formidable.

The Bashi Channel was a happy hunting grounds for US submarines in WW2. US subs decimated Japanese shipping going through there between Japan & the Dutch East indies. The Bashi Channel was a choke point for Japanese maritime shipping & most of Japan's oil came through there on heavily laden tankers. It's one of the main reasons we never had to invade Japan. US subs so depleted Japanese oil supplies, that by 1945 many of their major warships were restricted to harbors for lack of fuel. As soon as I saw this video pop up on my choice list, that's the first thing I thought of.

Nice to see some quality geopolitical videos, keep up the good work!

I lived in Taiwan for 7-years from 2001 to 2008 and this video is the most condensed, but accurate, review of the situation between China and Taiwan. The politics involved from beginning of WWII through to the 70's, 80's and 90's get very complex. While also interesting, discussions that include the political history get bogged down and I love how you've simply focused on economics and military reality.

Great stuff here. Great info and very well structured! Being a motion designer myself I admire the smart and measured use of motion design. Keep on the good work!

Thanks for creating such a beautifully rendered, thought provoking video! Also, may I know which software you used to generate these maps?

This is a great example of strategy. I am living here in Basey Samar Philippines right now on the shores of the Leyte Gulf. Where the biggest naval battle in history took place in WW2. I have been watching the escalation here for over 5 years. Now things are really heating up here and forces are growing.

Nice to see some quality geopolitical videos, keep up the good work!. Great analysis of the region. I hope the US-Japan-Philippines bond stays strong!.

As a USN Veteran.....this channel TOTALLY got my attention! As I and other sailors practice in, evaluating our, and improving ourselves in attacks in S. Korea, but as I was close to retirement, we were discussing an invasion of Taiwan as well....
The point was they posed to me was .... "What If..." China were to go into Taiwan, how would you protect them?? I pointed out the same evaluation that you present here with Japan protecting the northern portion of the island, while the US, with Philippine co-operation, to the south of Taiwan in the same Bashi Channel....
Of course I got laughed at.....back in the mid-2000s.........Now I wonder, where those other sailors are??
Lastly, I just 'Subscribed', "Kamome"
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The 16 minutes I spent watching this informative presentation was the best use of my discretionary time thus far in 2023. Well done. Liked & subscribed.

If you're Filipino and still support China, please take time to read the PCA ruling on the dispute. China's actions in reclaiming land on Philippine waters has heavily damaged the marine life which one expert said was the worst damage he'd ever seen in his decades old career.

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I was initially going to criticize this video because of what I believed was the wrong name given to the Philippines' northern most island: Amianan. But after further research, imagine my surprise as this is the name given to the island in my native language of Ilocano. Well done indeed👏.
Salient and in-depth analysis, thank you for this video and it's relevance for these times in the Philippines 🇵🇭 ...maraming salamat po😌

Philippines is well aware of this. That is why theres a lot of on going military exercises here in PH especially in Northern Luzon, US is currently providing training PH soldiers to use their military hardware such as the HIMARS and artillery, also opening of additional EDCA sites from 4 bases to 9.

Hi, I would just like to comment that the graphics for the presentation are indeed amazing. That said, I feel that flying through the area from various directions and orbiting from every angle and speed detracts from the experience, as adjusting and reorienting myself around the new view would take some time. For example, once you mentioned Kaohsiung, I kept trying to find it everytime a new view came around. I feel sticking to a standard view first and orienting from that might help. Just my two cents. Thank you, and again, excellent content either way!

This presentation was very helpful in understanding the strategic and logistical issues/possibilities relative to current China/Taiwan situation.

I love the US comparison. it puts the US in an understanding of the China situation. i also love the way you position the China map view from the North, rather than the south.
When we consider how others are view the situation, we can act in a way that maintains peace.

..many thanks for posting these stunning colored overhead views of this massive and really vast area. This really helps us all here...all over the world..to more easily see and understand..all these old routes of all these old past explorers..and all their armies..and all their naval forces..and the long history of many past conquests and constant wars for land and power that happened here.. and just how critical and crucial are all these.. neighboring countries to their own neighbors.. and all these large numbers of these people living there ..all living together.. and all very close to this important big China.. and very close to this important little Taiwan..and very close to the wide and long strings of the important Philippines islands....
and all of their other neighbors..in and around that critical area..and hopefully we all will now somehow..learn to try to work hard together.. to really help us all.. to try much harder.. to help forge our future history..for all of us..all together here in our really small and fragile world..

Honestly, I did not think about this channel at all when thinking about factors towards the defense of Taiwan. This video puts a lot of perspective into how important owning this waterway will be to either defend or take Taiwan. I love how this video also puts a lot more perspective to the position the US currently holds against China and how that can affect an eventual invasion..
Great video as always Kamome. I'm still waiting on a Latin American video in the future!!!! But other than that keep doing what u do!!!

Love the 3D maps you're using, this way you can really see how insanely mountainous Taiwan is.

Military strategy is beyond my level of understanding but the animation and description in this video really helped me understand the issue.
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I get that the mountain range bisecting the island of Taiwan is a major obstacle, but I wonder if it may be worthwhile building a port on the east side of the island solely for the purposes of a tertiary source of supply in the event of a war with China? Does anyone who knows the local geography know how (im)passable the mountains are?

With its geographical location, the Philippines is no doubt a country where military planners cannot afford to do away with to have an advantage in gaining control of any access to the Indo-Pacific region. That said, I do hope its strategic location will not be its dis-advantage in times of global conflict.

That's a very nice presentation and I like your graphics. Now I understand why President Marcos Jr. is determined to balance these 2 superpower nations. It is to avoid war. The Philippines decision to side on one country can hugely impact the world domination of these superpowers.

So I guess no matter how much we try to remain neutral to avoid being in direct conflict with China, we will still be involved due to the fact that our geographic location is of strategic importance to both China and the US.

Man the history between taiwan and the Philippines go WAY back. Before they were even called their present-day names of Taiwan and Philippines, the natives of these two groups of islands have already been trading with each other for centuries. In fact there is a term for this, which the historians have dubbed the "Maritime Jade Network." Many artifacts have been unearthed in the regions of SEA, from vietnam to the Philippines and Taiwan. The latter being called the "Sa-Huynh Cultural Sphere." So blood really runs deep and thick in relation to Taiwan and the rest of southeast asia.

A good video with beautiful graphics. However, as someone who's not great with maps/geography, it would be much nicer if you either A) did not rotate the maps constantly or B) include more of the identifying stretches of land (ex. Don't crop China so tiny) so that people can actually recognize where things are. I spent half the video having to constantly reorient myself despite you talking about the exact same island the whole video.

Also a bit of an update. Japan and the Philippines are discussing plans on setting up radar stations in Bataanes, the Philippine islands on the Basi Channel.

Wonderful maps. Several things strike me as interesting. Your focused on air power; primarily fighters, bombers and cruise missiles. However it a little known fact that the main strategic and tactical choke point asset is helicopters with anti-ship and anti-sub capacity. There are such bases in the Red sea and the straits of Hurmuz as well as most south east Asian choke points. I don't know about The Mediterranean, north of Japan and the Bering sea. 3 or 4 helicopters with a suitable refueling site on the closest island is all you need. Both Orchid Island and Itbayat have good air fields.
Taiwan will have that too but your discounting all Taiwanese air and airbase in your analysis. They would be under attack or simply tied up protecting the coastline. A helicopter base on Itbayat at the Airport or on a road would be powerful.
Secondly these three straits and the waters off the main Taiwanese ports would be full of subs. Taiwan, American, Japanese have all trained together. The sea bed will be fenced off with sensors. The Chinese would have no element of surprise and will not see the underwater fleets. China has only 72 subs and most are conventional attack subs that need to snorkel or surface to recharge. Taiwan has only 4 subs but matches the Chinese sub count with sub hunters.

The geography of Taiwan makes it difficult also. The mountains on the east coast are very tall. And the sea is only calm about 2 months out of the year.

The graphics in the channel just keep getting better. Kamome, your graphics and perceptive taking make you my favorite geopolitical youtube channel.

This was a good video. I'm glad that I came across it.
I think I understand the need for many Pacific nations to align themselves with one superpower or another for mere defense purposes, if not economic as well. At one time, when Hawaii was still independent, it even explored aligning itself with Japan before becoming part of the United States. Hawaii knew even back then that it would not be able to remain independent very long.
I'm actually a bit surprised that the Philippines didn't team up with the United States sooner after China seized the Spratly Islands, which have been claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. China shows no interest in physically leaving those islands either and are probably there for good, despite the illegality of the move.
I'm American and so while I'm probably biased, I do understand many of the problems that our military members and bases cause overseas, as I have lived in Japan for the last 30 years. Still, despite those problems, our military alliances do seem to protect smaller nations from being invaded, if nothing else.
Russia's recent attack on Ukraine has reminded everyone of the importance of military alliances and has only strengthened NATO. If the West didn't show strong support for Ukraine, and a subtle reminder to China that we are watching, China will likely have be emboldened to use the opportunity to attack Taiwan, knowing that it would be difficult for Western countries to help fight two military conflicts in two different theaters.
It seems reasonable to believe that the opening of the new U.S. military bases in the Philippines helps protect every one in Asia and will make China think twice before taking any military action in the area.

Your in-depth sharing helps a Taiwanese know more about my island than ever. Thank you!

Great analysis of the region. I hope the US-Japan-Philippines bond stays strong!. Great analysis of the region. I hope the US-Japan-Philippines bond stays strong!.

Undoubtedly, the Philippines holds a pivotal role in the US strategic planning to safeguard Taiwan from China's potential aggression. Situated at a critical geopolitical juncture, the Philippines provides strategic bases and access points that enhance the US ability to project power in the region. This partnership underscores the global significance of maintaining stability in the Indo-Pacific, reminding us that international cooperation remains vital in upholding peace and deterring conflict.

I like how you're like "imagine if Cuba was our Taiwan" ... well I mean it's not terribly far off in a geopolitical sense. China's about to start loading up military bases there. Which puts Chinese bases closer to me in south Florida than Atlanta is to me. It's not a hypothetical thing anymore.

As a Filipino, this is really an interesting topic. Thanks for this!

Excellent video.Excellent animations, but as a person who knows less about geographic locations, a more orientational map would have been helpful. Like zooming in from a world map sized view to the local region would have helped me get a better orientation from the video itself rather than looking at a map separately to understand

As a Filipino, the only reason I see for the current administration to take a total and highly risky U-turn was because, in spite every democratic efforts Filipinos gave especially by the Duterte administration, there is no way China and Chinese government will listen to a small and less capable country like ours. We are left with no choice but to take the other side. Because if war is eventually going to happen, which I think will but hope not between China and Taiwan, geography whether we choose it or not, Philippines will still be involved.

Beautiful animations! One little tip: Be careful when using different framerates in your timeline. That can lead to stuttering, because of frame dropping, as it can be seen sometimes in this video. Additionally be careful with the spinning of the maps, this can lead to disorientation on the viewers side. I know it looks cool :D, but depending on the information you want to illustrate, it can be a little bit too much. I think sometimes a simple slow zoom would also do the trick :)
Other than that a very interesting and beautiful video.

I found the comparison to Cuba and the missile crisis very interesting, thank you!

I feel like an expert on the subject matter after watching the video. Awesome presentation. Thank you!!!

Love the presentation format. Very good information provided without the usual (these days) hype and dramatic background music.

The Bashi Channel of the Philippines is the most important channel in entire Asia where all internet cables could be found that connects entire Eurasia to Americas.

One thing I haven't read about in relation to the invasion of Taiwan, is what the effect of the Nankai Trough Earthquake would be. This earthquake will take place off the south coast of Japan and will be the most expensive natural disaster in history. I will cause a lot of damage to many Japanese cities - Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kochi, etc. This will basically take Japan out of any war with the US against China. The resulting tsunamis will also damage Taiwan and the Philippines. There is a 70-80% chance of this earthquake happening in the next 30 years, and 90% in the next 40 years. China likes to play the long game and I wonder if this is part of it.

Daaaaang this video motion graphics and animations are incredible. I don't think some one will see this comments now, a month after aft it was released. But if someone does, how it was made? Just incredible, well done. The map, the elevation of mountains are just amazing. All the arrows moving towards the island, the little airplanes. Just incredible. If someone does know how, have a tutorial video of how it was made would be much appreciated!
Congratulations for the work just amazing. I must have be really hard and consumed a lot of work. PLus the content is king, and the arguments and considerations are great too.

The western base in Luzon (Fort Magsaysay) has no taxiways and very limited apron space that it can only park a handful of C-130 sized aircraft. I have personally seen a formation of 1 Chinhook and 2 Blackhawk helicopters flying in the suburbs of largest city near Fort Magsaysay. So I think only US Army Aviation is there since the Armed Forces of the Philippines doesn't have Chinhooks. While USAF is probably in the eastern base (Clark Airport) which is capable of handling more numerous aircraft since it used to be US Clark Airbase during the Cold War.

Your video offers a distinct view of Taiwan in a more independent entity despite it proximity to mainland China, closer to say Okinawa and the Philippines than China proper. Thx. Very interesting. ✌️

The larger significance of the Bashi Channel is its depth. It makes US SSBNs (ballistic nuclear submarines) undetectable while headed towards the South China Sea. Once there US SSBNs may remain undetectable while less than 200miles from Guangzhou and 300 miles from Hong Kong. Their depressed trajectory SLBMs (nuclear ballistic missiles launched from SSBNs) have very short flight times. We are talking under ten minutes from order received to impact made.

It was pointed out in this video that the US presence in the Philippines after a twenty year absence is somewhat flimsy in that changing political winds in the Philippines can change all that just as quickly as it was offered. I don't know the details behind what all it entailed to offer the US those 4 or 5 military bases it must be considered it was done out of legitimate concerns over China's behavior in the region over the past 8 or so years in particular. So long as these concerns continue its unlikely that a change up in government would trigger a sudden expulsion of US forces since a foreign threat is a threat to all within the island archipelago.

A to the point strategic discussion by you sir, now i know why Bashi channel is so important for the smooth running of shipping and data, vast US Navy along with its Air support is highly appreciated in this conflict, in India we are facing same threats from the dragon in the Himalayas as well as in the IOR, thank you all along, hope, in future, you will shade some lights on the most strategic part of IOR right from Arabian sea to beyond Indonesia through Malacca strait, in the context of Coco Island Chinese naval presence.

As a Filipino and as a geography fanatic, this video made me excited. This is so well done - from the soothing voice of narrator, graphics, geopolitics, the accuracy of the information presented, everything resonate with each other. You just gained another subscriber!

Felt a little bit different than watching usual strategic maps when actually living in THAT ISLAND.

good video. I love the work you did with the maps they were super informative

Highly informative and factual, depicting ably what the likely future scenario would most likely be. Kudos to the researchers amd content creators!

New viewer here; overall a fairly good video. I did very much like the well-made maps/graphics; such are essential to understand the 'geo' part of geopolitics. Some suggestions:
1) Don't assume I'm an idiot. That's maybe an overly harsh way of putting it, but what I mean is that sometimes you do seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time on dumbing-down things that the reasonably well-informed viewer probably don't quite need. People watching a geopolitical analysis of a conflict theatre are likely to be reasonably well-informed in general, I'd say. Case in point; how you chose to spell out that the undersea Internet cables carry "files, photos, industrial and military secrets" - I'd say that it's enough to mention that they carry "97-99%" of cross-pacific data, and the "smoke-screen" part was fine as well; people will realise those things are critical from that alone, we don't need an "Internet 101" explanation atop of that.
2) There's no need for being overly dramatic. The narration style and tempo, etc., seems to be trying too hard at that. The doom and gloom theme set up with the mention of the Cuban Missile Crisis was, IMHO, a bit cringe. I understand that the fight for attention from the algorithm might incentivice creators to be more dramatic and click-baity, but if you want to be taken seriously, overdoing that stuff will have the opposite effect.
Just my two cents. Again, I did still find the video informative; it's certainly interesting to get to know more about the more nitty-gritty aspects of this (potential) conflict theatre.

Really good and accurate video! Great job! Keep it up, my friend!

I liked the part where you relocated Taiwan into the Gulf of Mexico, just so it could be understood by Americans

excellent documentary and informative. I live in Cebu and noticed you still have Mactan down as a US air base. It was during the Vietnam War but now? I never see US assets there these days.

this is such an interesting and well made video on the powers of this area. thank you very much for this!

It is really a wide eye opener in strategic point of views for geopolitics and military. With these factors China's think tank analysts were having nightmares on how to hurdle such debacles which are in the fore front of ever changing planned invasion of Taiwan and South China Sea/West Phil. Sea, Luzon Strait, East China Sea and Bashi Channel blockades.

Minor details-- the location of the bases may need correction. Otherwise, learned a lot from the video. Made me look up where the American bases are located in northern Luzon.

Thank you for bringing up those submarine data cables. The cutting of internet cable to Matsu island in March 2023 was the most definitive proof so far to China's willingness to destroy those submarine data cable at Bashi Channel when needed. They are doing drills preparing for it. And everyone in the world will feel the pain for it.

A war is inevitable because some of China's goals are only achievable through military force. And while they can do alot of damage, they'll ultimately lose as a result of their geographic disadvantage. Keep in mind they still have border disputes with India and Vietnam as well. With their sudden declining population (and thus GDP drop), they won't have the manpower or resources to achieve their goals.

The greatest intro to a video in history of Clip-Share. wow....this is an absolutely world class video. very well done and well researched!

Keep at least one carrier in the area 24/7. Okinawa is looking pretty important. Guam will become a staging area. F 35s and hornets would play a major role.

Unknown to many, the Chinese PLA & PLN conducted live fire drills near our Batanes islands last August 2022 & last month. The target area was only about 75 Km from our closest island.
The Bashi channel is a strategic choke point. Chinese war planners knew this well. They need to secure this to surround Taiwan when the time comes. This channel is very important to global supply chain & contains many international communication undersea cables.
Our concern for the 150,000 plus OFW’s adds also to the inevitable link to the Taiwan situation.

This was excellent. Superb analysis, narration and graphics.

Excellent work, brilliant visuals. Thank you for your contribution.

Complimenti, bellissimo video. Scrivo in italiano dato che ho letto la tua bio. 😊
Continua così, tanta stima per il lavoro che fai.

As an American, I feel we should invest a little more with our long time allies, the Philippines. They deserve it for standing along side us for o long.

Great video. It made me understand why Nimitz wanted to invade Taiwan rather than the Philippines .The Communication network is a nerve center that can be pinched .The winner of any future war will have to either blind or cut the enemies capacity in both satellite and cable networks.

Making this must have been hell of work but these maps and moving icons made the complicated situation much easier to understand for anyone or at least me. So thank you. Just liked and subscribed.

Bro, great video, but it looks like you used a frame rate of 25 fps which is why when the camera pans, it lags a bit and at times parts of the map are flickering. Have you considered rendering in 30 fps? You might get smoother-looking camera movement. Maybe you have and I'm just crazy. Otherwise amazing video, amazing map styles, animations and insightful analysis.

I think other informative channels must see how well Kamome explains the intricacies of different geographical worlds. I hope Kamome will make a video on India and on its high growth. Please enlight us like the way you are enlightening. 💌

Thanks for pointing out the important of Bashi Channel which I've never notice. Great job

First visit - new subscriber - thanks for drilling down here with so much information, great graphics and articulacy 👍

Excellent graphics, well written and narrated. 👍✌️

Explained from a perspective that is basically never covered. Really well done. And amazing graphics/visualisations. Quick question though. You basically glossed over the point about China cutting two undersea cables between Taiwan and Japan in March 2023! Thats crazy and how did that not get a tone of coverage in the media. I follow geopolitical developments very closely and still managed to miss that!

I am surprised there was no mention of China's recent construction of fortified islands (ie. Paracels and Spratlys) in the SCS. What kind of impact to the Bashi channel/Luzon Strait would they have? Or are they more focused on the south side of the SCS?

what programs do you use to generate the map animations? they are amazing.

This is why I like the USA being in the Philippines. Sure, it'd be nice if we can protect ourselves in case a war broke out but realistically, we won't be able to advance that quick for us to be ready. Some people say the USA being here will provoke China and involve us in a war but whether they are or not, our location makes us involved regardless (Strategic Location, Trade Route in Pacific, and etc). So if this is the situation, why not have some help? Sure it might backfire to us in a few decades or century but for now, it definitely helps us.

Given how China has not only gone off the belligerent deep end but is also facing imminent demographic and probably also economic collapse in the next couple decades, the chances that the govt of the Philippines decides to side with them over the US again strikes me as basically nil. The US is gonna have all the economic and military power in the short to mid term future, so being friends with us is a good move.

Oh wow I'd lived in Taiwan for ~10yrs, and was surprised by how mountanous it is when looking at this video's 3D geophraphic image.

I like this channel due to its precise content on geopolitics, while uploading content rarely is unfair, try uploading the content at least once a week and that would be a savior of knowledge in those aspects

Its kinda unfortunate that Taiwan did not really pay much attention to the Philippines as a real strategic partner in the last 3 decades. Most of their focus went to their northern neighbors SK and Japan especially in economic engagements. Now with the tensions with China on overddrive Taiwan missed the critical piece of the puzzle that the Philippines provides geographically and they are playing catch up. I guess better late than never and recently it was announced that 8 Taiwanese manufacturing companies are going to invest in the Philippines so at least there is a sense from Taiwan to mend the neglect of a critical southern allie.

I don't think the U.S. will be here in the Philippines regardless of whether China is aggressive to the Philippines or not, but they are here because of Taiwan. So I can see that both the U.S. and the Philippines need each other to deter the bullying of China. May God bless the U.S. and the Philippines.💖

Well, from Geographic Location, Taiwan is the center in east Asia between korea, japan and philippines, It’s a common analysis. In worst scenario, If china will invade taiwan or when a war between taiwan and china explodes, other territories will also get affected from the attack which cant be avoided specially japan and philippines. Whether they like it or not, missiles cant be avoided from nearby territories specially if the attack is by sea or comes from china. It’s the best solution to prepare for the worst. These triangle countries must unite and plan for strategic solution. Other south asian countries specially philippines will get involve in this war. And it’s time for Philippines to take pride from their territories and to stop china from bullying. ASEAN countries are united countries, also USA and EU countries are always with taiwan and Philippines side. For now, I think it’s impossible for china to provoke a war.

It might be a choice between and evil and lesser evil (US) but China’s territorial bullying didn’t give the Philippines the choice but to establish a relationship again with the US because of weak armed and naval forces in case the worst happens.
I mean would you rather be friends with a country who’s trying to invade southeast asia or the other one which has hidden motives but at least not really trying to conquer your islands or southeast asia.

I'm really impressed by the visuals - along with the discussion.

This is an EXCELLENT video! Wow!! So much depth and insight with respect to giving the strategic perspectives from the opposite sides. I'm definitely going to be watching more of your stuff!!!

The US and the Philippines should always continue to have a great relationship the US will never turn their backs on them and be there for them if china tries anything to try to push them around like they are doing to Taiwan and another thing I can say any American in the Philippines would fight shoulder to shoulder with them to help protect their land their people and their way of life!

My God! The Graphics Editor deserves a raise. It's simply mesmerizing!!

It's mental how far away from home the US can project air and naval, and a formidable one at that!