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9. I always thought the Philippines was poorly served by their leadership. Instead of backing down, the proud Pinoy doubles down on stupidity — every ASEAN member knows that Finlandization has occurred or worse, where the Pinoys by default are a Chinese client state — willing to backstab their American ally for a few million dollars.
10. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has summoned Malaysia’s top diplomat in Manila after the Foreign Ministry of Malaysia summoned the Philippine ambassador over Locsin’s tweet that “Sabah is not in Malaysia.” The Philippines is again attempting to present itself as the successor state of the Sultanate of Sulu. This is being done based on the false claim that the territory was only leased to the British North Borneo Company in 1878, with the sovereignty of the Sultanate over the territory never having been relinquished. However, Malaysia considers this dispute as a “non-issue” as it interprets the 1878 agreement as that of cession and that it deems that the residents of Sabah had exercised their right to self-determination when they joined to form the Malaysian federation in 1963.
11. That this Locsin claim can remain on any agenda is a tribute to the infantile character of much Philippines politics. Suffice here to say that the claim to Sabah, supposedly based on then Sultan of Sulu’s deal with a British company in 1878, was not supported either by Spain, then Sulu’s overlord, nor subsequently by the succeeding power, the US, nor by the British or anyone else.
12. Locsin, who served as the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations before becoming the country's top diplomat, is no stranger to the controversy, as he routinely tussles with commenters on social media, calling them "idiots" and "stupid".
13. In early 2019, he defended his comments on Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's massacre of Jews as "historical fact", increasing diplomatic tension between Manila and Berlin. Locsin also wrote that President Rodrigo Duterte's comparison of the deadly war on drugs in the Philippines to the Nazi leader's killing of millions of Jews during the Holocaust was "a metaphor".
14. Are they too stupid to learn from the deaths that resulted from the Lahad Datu conflict from 11 Feb 2013 to 24 Mar 2013? The Malaysian Government was forced to conduct "Ops Daulat" to kill those armed supporters of Sultanate of Sulu, sent by Jamalul Kiram III, to Malaysia. During the campaign, Malaysian security forces had mobilized 5,610 troops, fighter jets, helicopters, mortars, and armored personnel carriers. The operation ended with Malaysian losses amounting to 10 security personnel killed and a financial cost of almost RM85 million (Zakariah, 2013). Meanwhile, the intruders’ losses were 68 dead and 173 arrested for being criminally involved in the armed intrusion or other offences. And thereafter, the 9 death sentences imposed on those found guilty.
15. In 2013, the Sultan Sulu’s supporters requested that the US, OIC and United Nations to intervene in the crisis. The Sultan urged the US to honor the 1915 Kiram-Carpenter Agreement, which concluded that the “U.S. colonial government will provide full protection to the Sultan of Sulu should the question of Sabah arise in the future between the Sultanate and any foreign authority.” The US ambassador to the Philippines rejected the request and believed that the Malaysian Government had the legitimacy to settle the problem.
16. My advice to the Philippines, the hole is deep enough. Stop digging further.
9. I always thought the Philippines was poorly served by their leadership. Instead of backing down, the proud Pinoy doubles down on stupidity — every ASEAN member knows that Finlandization has occurred or worse, where the Pinoys by default are a Chinese client state — willing to backstab their American ally for a few million dollars.
(a) In Aug 1977, then Philippine President Marcos said: “as a contribution, therefore I say in earnest to the future of ASEAN. I wish to announce that the government of the Republic of the Philippines (is) therefore taking definite steps to eliminate one of the burdens of ASEAN- the claim of the Philippine Republic to Sabah.”
(b) Therefore, as far back as 1977, it was agreed that the country’s claim on Sabah was to be dropped and this point was stated again by Arturo Tolentino, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines in June 1980 during an ASEAN foreign minister’s meeting.
(c) Further, China, US, ASEAN and the UN, all recognise Sabah as part of Malaysia — only idiots believe the Pinoy dormant claim argument. By way of background, when World War 2 ended, Sabah was handed over to the British government and made a crown colony. Sabah gained independence in 1963 when in a referendum, its people overwhelmingly voted in favour of joining the Federation of Malaysia.
10. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has summoned Malaysia’s top diplomat in Manila after the Foreign Ministry of Malaysia summoned the Philippine ambassador over Locsin’s tweet that “Sabah is not in Malaysia.” The Philippines is again attempting to present itself as the successor state of the Sultanate of Sulu. This is being done based on the false claim that the territory was only leased to the British North Borneo Company in 1878, with the sovereignty of the Sultanate over the territory never having been relinquished. However, Malaysia considers this dispute as a “non-issue” as it interprets the 1878 agreement as that of cession and that it deems that the residents of Sabah had exercised their right to self-determination when they joined to form the Malaysian federation in 1963.
11. That this Locsin claim can remain on any agenda is a tribute to the infantile character of much Philippines politics. Suffice here to say that the claim to Sabah, supposedly based on then Sultan of Sulu’s deal with a British company in 1878, was not supported either by Spain, then Sulu’s overlord, nor subsequently by the succeeding power, the US, nor by the British or anyone else.
12. Locsin, who served as the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations before becoming the country's top diplomat, is no stranger to the controversy, as he routinely tussles with commenters on social media, calling them "idiots" and "stupid".
13. In early 2019, he defended his comments on Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's massacre of Jews as "historical fact", increasing diplomatic tension between Manila and Berlin. Locsin also wrote that President Rodrigo Duterte's comparison of the deadly war on drugs in the Philippines to the Nazi leader's killing of millions of Jews during the Holocaust was "a metaphor".
14. Are they too stupid to learn from the deaths that resulted from the Lahad Datu conflict from 11 Feb 2013 to 24 Mar 2013? The Malaysian Government was forced to conduct "Ops Daulat" to kill those armed supporters of Sultanate of Sulu, sent by Jamalul Kiram III, to Malaysia. During the campaign, Malaysian security forces had mobilized 5,610 troops, fighter jets, helicopters, mortars, and armored personnel carriers. The operation ended with Malaysian losses amounting to 10 security personnel killed and a financial cost of almost RM85 million (Zakariah, 2013). Meanwhile, the intruders’ losses were 68 dead and 173 arrested for being criminally involved in the armed intrusion or other offences. And thereafter, the 9 death sentences imposed on those found guilty.
15. In 2013, the Sultan Sulu’s supporters requested that the US, OIC and United Nations to intervene in the crisis. The Sultan urged the US to honor the 1915 Kiram-Carpenter Agreement, which concluded that the “U.S. colonial government will provide full protection to the Sultan of Sulu should the question of Sabah arise in the future between the Sultanate and any foreign authority.” The US ambassador to the Philippines rejected the request and believed that the Malaysian Government had the legitimacy to settle the problem.
16. My advice to the Philippines, the hole is deep enough. Stop digging further.
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