GARY OLSON—Back in 1968, American political scientist and U.S. foreign policy advisor Samual Huntington argued that, “He who controls the countryside controls the country”, and further, if the countryside is in opposition to the government and the system, both are “in danger of overthrow.” [3] Going further, Huntington asserted that because peasants are primarily concerned with their immediate material and economic needs, certain controlled reforms may be used as a substitute for revolution. He hypothesized that the likelihood of a revolution is negligible if land ownership is seen as equitable. By administering a private property inoculation, the peasant will be immunized against various leftist strains of revolutionary fever. Certain forms of land tenure change will encourage possessiveness and individual betterment through the existing system. In short, the rural sector will become a conservative force in politics.
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Recent elections in the Philippines have paved the way for Chinese-Philippine relations to continue growing. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed a desire to work with China more closely and resolve disputes bilaterally without US interference.
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MATHEW EHRET—On Feb. 7, the Philippine president notified the USA that a 180 day period has begun in which time American military personal will have to evacuate the territory with Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin stating “the deputy chief of mission of the embassy of the united states has received the notice of termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement. As a diplomatic courtesy there will be no further factual announcements following this self explanatory development.”
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[premium_newsticker id=”154171″] ADAM GARRIE—One of the reasons the US continues to meddle in Philippine…
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The Western establishment media and various servile NGOs (including those which are “defending human…
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