MAURO GIA SAMONTE

The question was thrown by me to the former Chief of Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) at the Saturday Forum of Annabel’s Restaurant yesterday. Still the subject of discussions was the recent South China Sea incident in which a large Chinese vessel reportedly rammed and sank a wooden Filipino fishing boat. The controversy could not seem to find a closure despite efforts of both the Philippine and the Chinese governments to end it to everyone’s satisfaction. It seems Former Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario and his cohorts in the anti-China hate campaign spearheaded by the Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRI) have not quite said enough in pushing apparent war designs the United States has in the Asia Pacific region.

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