Our Latest Colonial War

Last month, the U.S. Armed Forces finally admitted that a new mission was underway in the Philippines. Dubbed “Operation Pacific Eagle – Philippines,” the operation allows for an unlimited budget to be set aside for the purpose of armed U.S. operations in the Southeast Asian region.

Designated on Sept. 1, 2017 by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis amid total secrecy in the U.S. and the Philippines, the overseas contingency operation – an official designation for the military theaters of the former “War on Terror” – is presented as a continuation of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military’s crusade against the Islamic State group (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.

Pacific Eagle, an open-ended mission aimed at “countering radicalization and violent extremism” in the Southeast Asian region, could see the U.S. military re-establish itself as a virtually permanent fixture in a former U.S. colony described by President Donald Trump as a “prime piece of real estate.”

Critics contend that the operation is aimed at strengthening Washington’s grip on the long-subjugated people of the Philippines, defeating a half-century leftist insurgency, and securing the country for the interests of U.S. multinational corporations.

You can read all about it @
https://www.mintpressnews.com/operation-pacific-eagle-in-the-philippines-washingtons-new-colonial-war/237281/

Once again, the US has started a war without a congressional declaration of war. When is this kind of crap going to stop?

Compare and contrast this "operation" with what China is doing in Africa:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2018/02/chinas-gateway-to-africa.html

Is it just my imagination, or is the US operation mainly military in nature while the Chinese one is mainly commercial? Or is that merely the way the two authors chose to portray their respective stories?

From my perspective, things are being done "in my name" which bring me slightly lower prices for some goods but which mainly benefit the rich in terms of higher profits and lower taxes for their corporations. There are very few things made in Africa or the Philippines which could not be made here in the US by US-native workers. I see no reason (other than keeping the rich in power) why the US has to be the seller's market for the entire world. Do you?