Saturday, October 29, 2016

Are Filipinos benefiting on the military exercises with the U.S?

By Mortz C. Ortigoza


During the official visit of the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Japan, radio listeners and Face Book Live Feed’s viewers were treated about my narration with co-anchor Harold Barcelona on my nephew (father was Japanese) who was anointed by Japan Emperor Akihito to be the lead samurai or powerful military caste of the Imperial House or Koshitsu of the Nippon.
Author (extreme right) sports with the helmet and vest
used by the U.S Marines who manned the 
High
 Mobility Artillery Rocket System
  (HIMARS)
they used during a military exercise with
Philippine military.
Here’s what I told Harold when I went in 2014 with my nephew at the Koshitsu for the contest where my nephew Maraki Akin-ari, 21, was pitted with contestants from Tokyo and Nagasaki about their quickness and deft in handling a samurai’s sword.
When Akihito threw a fly above, the Tokyo guy unleashed his sword and struck the fly by slicing it into two pieces. 
Spectators applauded.
When the Sun-God of Japan, threw a fly above, the Nagasaki guy rapidly hammered it twice with his sword and the fly was sliced into four pieces.
Spectators went wild.
When it was the turn of my nephew who grew up in Tondo and not Tokyo as previously described by the media, the Emperor threw the fly above and Maraki Akin-ari attempted to hit the fly  20 times but to no avail. The fly still flew and nagalit si Akihito.
“Wala kang kuwentang Samurai, 20 times mong tinaga ang bangaw, walang nangyari. Hindi ka puweding maging Lead Samurai dito sa Imperial Palace,” he chided my nephew.
My nephew whom I trained, during our drinking spree with Kuatro Kantos, on the Art of Reasons emphatically told the Emperor in Pilipino that was immediately translated into Japanese:
“Mahal na hari, hindi ibig sabihin na sa 20 times kong pag hampas ng espada ay pumalpak na ako. Kumuha kayo ng microscope o magnifying glass para makita ninyo kung paano ko tinuli o ni circumcised ang langaw”.
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My daughter Alex, 9, Grade 4, asked me how to pose questions in a mock press conference after she became a member of the editorial staff of her school newspaper.
Sabi ko ito ang pagtanung: "What is your take on your visit to Japan?" (If the interviewee is an imagined President Duterte).
Then I told her some of my “anecdotes” interviewing dignitaries;
ME: Senator Pacquiao what is your stand on K-12?
PACQUIAO: (who was sitting): I don't want to stand, I want to sit. I don't want K-12, I like K-9.
ME: How's the violence here in Maguindanao?
MAGUINDANAO GOVERNOR ANDAL AMPATUAN: (Who finished only Grade 3) Violin? I could not even play guitar. You asked me about violin goddammit!!! You want me to kill you?
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I saw recently a column that reads the Philippines did not benefit to Balikatan or military exercise with the U.S.
I disagreed of course.
Here were the advantages of having military exercises with a super power based on my conversation with the U.S Marines at Clark Air Base in Pampanga early this year that manned the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
ME: How can the guided rockets of HIMARS hit with accuracy the Chinese warships if one of this is posted at one of the islets of the Philippines at the South China Sea?
US MARINE 1: They would be GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) guided.
ME: Oh, just like what the C.I.A backed Colombian government had done with the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) guerillas when the Cessna propeller powered plane dropped a GPS guided 500- pound bomb at the guerrillas whose fire they used in cooking food betrayed them in nighttime.
ME: Is the price of this monster (Himars) $5.1 million apiece?
MARINE 2: Naah, its $6 million apiece now.


ME: Philippine government should buy some these so we can sink those ships of the Chinks.

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Here’s what I read recently from Diplomat.com, the Bible of foreign policy makers:
"Vietnam’s defense expenditures were the fourth largest in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand; all wealthier or significantly larger economies. It was the first year that Vietnam’s spending surpassed Malaysia’s. The defense budget is an estimated $5 billion in 2016, and it is expected to grow to $6 billion by 2020”.
According to the article, written by Zachary Abuza, PhD, a Professor at the National War College in Washington D.C, Vietnam has built one of the largest coast guard forces in the region (much bigger than those of the Philippines, Indonesia, or Malaysia).
Abuza, probably my distant relative since his surname sounds like Ortigoza te-heh, stressed that Vietnam has acquired six Russian-built Kilo-class submarines, five of which have been delivered, and the sixth will arrive in early 2017. He said that gives Vietnam the most advanced submarine fleet in the region. The former French colony that was torched by the U.S in the Vietnam War, has already trained nine of 12 submarine crews and at least one submarine is currently patrolling without its Russian trainers and advisers. Vietnam surprised many when it successfully purchased submarine-launched Klub anti-shore missiles from Russia.
These Russian made anti-shore missiles could hit the facilities built by the Chinese in the Spratly’s and Paracel Islands.
“Pati Israel kumikita dito sa arms race sa South East Asia, herSPYDER, a new short-medium range air defense battery, Galil assault rifles, Tavor assault rifles, Negev machine guns, and Galatz sniper rifles for the Vietnamese Marine Corps are being bought by the Vietnamese in preparation for her war against China that humiliated her when the Chinks killed her marines and navy personnel and destroyed her naval ships and took her Paracel Islets in 1974, I told my avid radio listeners Denmark Suede (the son of the late hard hitting radio commentator Eddie Suede of Bombo Radyo- Iloilo) and Silvestre Rayos, the political kibitzer in the U.S.
(You can read my selected columns at http://mortzortigoza.blogspot.com and articles at Pangasinan News Aro. You can send comments too at totomortz@yahoo.com)

7 comments:

  1. Jhay-Ar Guiritan Benifiting in war but we wil not go to war, duterte said he want every body near country are friends bahala na ang china at US mag gera basta tayo safe ang mga pinoy kaya US troops out of our country at wag nyo kami idamay..
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    Jay Robledo
    Jay Robledo damay tlga tayo sa gyera kasi sa South China Sea ang tension
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    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero obvious bang damay sinakop na nga tayo.
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    Edgie Esperanza Mix
    Edgie Esperanza Mix Good for them!
    Like · Reply · 46 mins
    Geson CuramBao
    Geson CuramBao You shite
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    Kenneth Esperacion Alcala
    Kenneth Esperacion Alcala Hai nku
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Hindi tayo madamay kasi nakikipag usap na si Pres. Duterte sa China. Kaibigan natin ang China. Ngayon to answer the question from the headlines. Are Filipinos benefiting on the military exercises with the US? NO. It is the US benefiting the Military exercise with the Filipino. Filipino are expert in JUNGLE WARFARE. Kahit hindi kabisado ng mga sundalo natin ang mga mountains sa Mindanao they learn how to survive sa loob ng jungle. Our forces was fighting bravely noong si Erap ang Pres. laban sa MILF at na powder na ng ating AFP noon sa ilalim ni Erap administration ang MILF. Subalit nang tinanggal siya ng US at pumalit si Arroyo bilang pres. Binalik ni Pres. Arroyo ang mga campo ng MILF sa kanila (MILF) marahil ito'y utos ng United States of America

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  2. Edgie Esperanza Mix War is the last thing we want
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes To war against China is like you get a hammer and hit it into your head.
    Like · Reply · 2 · 26 mins
    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero May feeling henyo dito.
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    Cesar Mocorro
    Cesar Mocorro Yes we have benefited..to train modern warfare also modern equipment.it not enough to have guts as Filipinos but have no knowledge on fronts and equipment. A salute to u.s. troops.
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    Edgie Esperanza Mix
    Edgie Esperanza Mix We cannot go to a road of violence, because violence will only begets violence.
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    Tei Tg Gei
    Tei Tg Gei Cguro nagbinifit...pero ang tunay na dahilan to spy our resources...at ang pagtatayo ng base ay paghahanda nila para sa gyera na kanilang uumpisahan...kawawa at damay tayo...buti na lang nagkaroon tayo ng Pangulong Matalino...
    Like · Reply · 2 · 16 mins
    Prudencio Pelingon Salarzon Jr.
    Prudencio Pelingon Salarzon Jr. No...
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Cesar Mocorro equipment they have like WE DON'T HAVE. Hindi mo ba alam na pinag tatawanan ng mga Americans ang mga VIETNAM WAR weapons ng ating AFP? Infact sa jungle warfare lang talaga na amaze ang mga Americans. :)
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes At sa Jungle warfare at survival may natutunan ang mga Americans.

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  3. Adnimla Waes Cesar Mocorro equipment they have like WE DON'T HAVE. Hindi mo ba alam na pinag tatawanan ng mga Americans ang mga VIETNAM WAR weapons ng ating AFP? Infact sa jungle warfare lang talaga na amaze ang mga Americans. :)
    Like · Reply · 1 · 34 mins
    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes At sa Jungle warfare at survival may natutunan ang mga Americans.
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    Edna Draper
    Edna Draper yes thats good idea
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Tei Tg Gei tama po kayo, Americans spy our natural resources. Sabi nga nang isang sundalo na na assign sa Basilan. Americans took our gold na kunwari they are making humanitarian but behind of it. they took are gold. Pero ewan ko lang kung totoo, siya ang nandon sa Basilan at hindi ako. :)
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    Kenneth Castillo
    Kenneth Castillo Nku po miss informed po kayo. May nadinig po ba kayo na naghukay ang mga amerikano dito sa bansa natin? Sino sino po ba ang may ari ng malalaking mining firms na naghuhukay ng likas na yaman natin di ba mga Chinese and lahat ng yun pinapadala at pinoprocess sa China. Have you been in zambales? Check niyo po kung sino sino yung naghahakot ng narural resources natin para malaman niyo. At saan ba dinala. Sino din po yung governor na nagbenta ng lupa para panambak sa mga ginawang isla sa spratlys? Di ba kaalyado ng boss ninyo sa pulitika that until now wala siyang ginawang hakbang?

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  4. Bella Donna i think PRRD is right!
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    Angelo B. Vasquez
    Angelo B. Vasquez
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    Richard Anderson
    Richard Anderson I think we are not benefitting but a sangkalan for their own good and welfare MA's boto at gusto ko pinaglalaban in tatay digong na linisin muna ntin sarili natin bakuran kaysa nkkialam ang America... Tama tlaga c president Duterte... Godbless po always...

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  5. John Cede Edombingo Kung hindi ka sundalo wag ka nang magmarunong.... Resources my ass..how about the China?? Every country have their own interests.. Even us Philippines have our own interests.... the world is never been fair. If you want to safeguard yourself you need t...See More
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    Ibarra Tabaquero Melendes
    Ibarra Tabaquero Melendes yes
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    Tei Tg Gei
    Tei Tg Gei Abah my nagmmagaling din...kontra kaba sa pamamalakad ng Pangulo? O kabilang ka sa mahigit 2M adik? Hitsura pa lang..
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    Gan Rebueno
    Gan Rebueno Admin Warning on your choice of words!
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    Kenneth Castillo
    Kenneth Castillo Oi wag mong ilihis ang talakayan. Pag kontra adik na? Thats the least that you can do? Ang pinaguusapan po ay US RP military excersises. Di po drugs. Baka kayo po ang nakadrugs.
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    Emil Musico
    Emil Musico Yung blacksand sa Leyte hindi nation alam minimina ng mga tropa ng amo niyo matagal na! Mâle a research on this if you wanna know more facts regarding this issue!
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    Delfin Angngao
    Delfin Angngao Yes a little. Cila ang tunay na nakikinabang kase kunwari tinuturuan nila phil.army pero sa totoo cila ang kumukuha ng tactics sa atin ,tulad na lang ng standard ng us pagdating sa operation iyong 10 meters gap sa line formation assult na di naman apl...See More
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    Xandijr Xeangabriel Babingao
    Xandijr Xeangabriel Babingao i agree with this... nasan ung mga equipment if tlga gusto nila makatulong....
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    Hector Divinagracia
    Hector Divinagracia We should be spending more like Vietnam.

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  6. dnimla Waes Richard Castaneda Delos Reyes tama pwedi sana tayong gumawa ng sariling atin KUNG papayagan sa congress at sa senate. Pwedi rin sana tayong gumawa ng sariling barko at mga armas KUNG hindi bininta ni former Pres. Ramos ang National Steel Corporation sa Malaysia. Ang problema kasi bininta ni Ramos ang kaisa-isang steel milling ng Pilipinas, ang National Steel Corporation. Huwag ninyong sabihing gawa-gawa lang ang storya. Mag research po kayo tungkol sa National Steel Corporation, nasa Mindanao po yan, sa Iligan City.
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    Roque John Cortes
    Roque John Cortes tama totoo yan at ang pangalawa ay ang fort na kahit isang sintimo
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    Roque John Cortes
    Roque John Cortes hndi man lang pinakinabangan ng ating afp
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    Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza

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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Infact ang National Steel Corporation ay capable gumawa ng ARMAS na kahit anong klasing ARMAS. Kompleto po ang National Steel Corporation. Tapos daming galit kay Duterte ni halos hindi naman galit sa kay Ramos?
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    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero Katawa ka hindi mo alam pinagsasabi mo!
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    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero Hindi bobo mga tao dito choepi almost 50 na ako!
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Enrico Palmero nasa eggs kapa ng tatay mo nang nabinta ni Ramos ang National Steel Corporation sa Malaysia.
    Adnimla Waes's photo.
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Enrico Palmero ah you are from Luzon and you've never been in Mindanao. Kawawang nilalang.
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Enrico Palmero Global Steel Philippines Inc. na yan ngayon dahil bininta ng Malaysia sa India ang steel milling na yan.
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    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero Ito ang totoo.
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    Roque John Cortes
    Roque John Cortes hahahaha dyos ko sarili lang natin niloloko. kung mag babangayan pa kapwa ko pilipino. pag dasal na lang natin hndi lang sa bansa natin na uunlan kundi ang pag papalakas ng ating afp
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Enrico Palmero the best president diba siya yung nag pa massacre ng PNP-SAF sa Mamasapano? Siya din yung responsible sa mga sondalo natin na hinayaang mamatay sa kamay ng mga kalaban. Ni halos balahan ng LIPSTICK ang ating mga kasundalohan.
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Enrico Palmero kulang nalang MAKE UP KIT ang supply ng ating AFP. :)
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    Roque John Cortes
    Roque John Cortes supurtahn natin ang ating afp panalangin natin mabgyan o matuonan ngbkahalagahan ang pag modernahiya ng ating afp
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Roque John Cortes may kunting kaibigan ako sa AFP at sa PNP. Kaya saludo ako sa AFP. Lalo na yung mga Marines na nakikipag bakbakak laban sa MILF noong 2000. Wala na sana ang MILF kung hindi lang kinulong si ERAP ng US.
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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes May kapit bahay din ako dati na nasa Scout Ranger, nasawi dahil sa pag tangol ng bayan laban sa Abu Sayaf almost 10 years ago.
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    Enrico Palmero
    Enrico Palmero Kulang nalang sabih nya hawak sya ng politico trolls.wala namang nagtatanong.

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    Adnimla Waes
    Adnimla Waes Kung ito lang AC-130 GUNSHIP bininta o binigay ng US sa Pilipinas, it will save more and more life .

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  7. Richard Anderson I think we are not benefitting but a sangkalan for their own good and welfare MA's boto at gusto ko pinaglalaban in tatay digong na linisin muna ntin sarili natin bakuran kaysa nkkialam ang America... Tama tlaga c president Duterte... Godbless po always...
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    Oraczjade Pastillero Yocaro
    Oraczjade Pastillero Yocaro abusayaf pa nga lang halos hindi natin magawa linisin tapos taasan natin ang pride natin na hindi magpapatulong sa ibang bansa? pinoy nga naman... mang imbak muna tayo ng mga mas magagnda at hitech na gamit bago natin sabihin na wla ng kwenta ang mga amerikano, sa panahon ng hapun kaya kaya natin noun kung wla ang amerikano?
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    Onaznam Nahtanoj
    Onaznam Nahtanoj Umasenso ba tayo?sa tulong na bigay ng amerikANO?

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