BELIEVE it or not, it’s the United States. That’s why the American Embassy, despite its penchant for lambasting China and highlighting the US-Philippines alliance, has said nothing about the controversial passage of Chinese warships through the Sibutu Strait off Tawi-tawi and Sibutu islands in the Sulu Archipelago.

How can Washington join in denouncing the Chinese Navy when the US Navy is also guilty of unauthorized sailings — and even openly declares such violations in a yearly report on its program of deliberately violating the maritime claims of other countries — including those of the Philippines.

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