THE Manila Times editorial of June 3, “Unnecessary provocation of China by the President,” took him to task for, first of all unnecessarily as the title suggested telling the world that he was going to discuss China’s bullying, reclamation-island-building and military fortification activities on Philippine territory. The editorial then reiterated The Times’ stand that President Aquino’s approach to relations with virtual-super People’s Republic of China is all wrong.

Mr. Aquino, like all human beings, is a prisoner of his own limitations. Some of us are able to free ourselves and sometimes surmount these limitations. BS Aquino cannot, for several reasons that come from his psychological make-up.

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