THE outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) wants the government to disclose the mission of US Air Force (USAF) officers who met with top Philippine defense and security officials of the Aquino administration at the former Clark Air Field in Pampanga recently.
US Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle met with Defense Undersecretary Honorio Azcueta, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista and Philippine Air Force (PAF) commander Lt. Gen. Lauro Catalino de la Cruz, but official statements released by the AFP and US Embassy only said the matters discussed “were of mutual interest.”
“Are the US government and its puppets planning to set up a drone air base at Clark?” asked the CPP. The party pointed out that US defense officials have long expressed their desire to build a facility in the Philippines to house and operate its military drones.
This plan was first raised during the discussions of the Strategic Defense Dialogue (SDD) held in Washington early last year and reiterated in a subsequent meeting of the SDD and the Mutual Defense Board in Manila.
“The Filipino people stand firmly against any plan to set up more military facilities in the Philippines. They demand an independent foreign policy and aspire for genuine national freedom and sovereignty,” said the CPP.
“In the drive to increase its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region, the US government and military are more and more making use of the Philippines as one of its military strongholds which serve as a base and platform of operations for its naval and air forces,” CPP said.
“The plan to set up military facilities to house its drones has been one of the key items in the US agenda in the Philippines.”
“Plans to set up military facilities in Clark and Subic come on top of the permanent base of operations of the 700-strong Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines of the US Pacific Command inside Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City,” said the CPP.
“The US also wants to supply or facilitate the sale of refurbished or low-end jet fighters to the PAF in an effort to enable it to serve as an auxiliary to US Air Force operations in the Asia-Pacific region,” CPP added.
Just an example of how commie propaganda and disinformation makes it into the mainstream Philippine media. Article quotes propaganda piece posted to the CPP Website.
ReplyDeleteThere are no US plans to establish a drone base or any other base on Philippine soil or in Asia for that matter. This has been made clear in recently published statements from Admiral Samuel Locklear, the commander of the US Pacific Command.
But then again the CPP is not known for its "truth-telling." This quasi-Maoist group of America haters will publish anything that supports their propaganda message of the day whether it is truthful or not.