Amid all that pomp and pageantry that met the most powerful president in the world, Obama came, saw but not completely conquered. The reason being that his statement did not square with the great expectations of America’s little brown brothers that mother America, in adherence to President McKinley’s Manifest Destiny, would come to the immediate defense of the archipelago if attacked by the big bully up north. This was in stark contrast to the categorical pledge of the US president to immediately come to the aid of its erstwhile enemy of World War II if attacked by China.

This was explained by the US president. In contrast to Japan’s occupation of the disputed islands, this country, allegedly America’s staunchest ally in Asia, did not occupy any of the disputed territory. Most observers took this as a lame excuse.

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