I think you are delusional to believe the United States is willing to fight a fifty-year war against China over a few islands (e.g. the Spratlys) in the South China Sea. The war will require at least fifty years, because China will keep returning with a new generation of supercomputer-designed weapons to maintain its 2,000-year-old sovereignty over the Spratlys since the Han Dynasty.
50 years? Who tell you that? Your delusion?
No need 50 years, only few seconds, remember how they erased Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Where is the American national interest? If you said the United States was willing to fight China to defend southern Alaskan islands and maintain American territorial integrity then I would agree with you.
Yes, the whole Asia pacific and the passport to sail their fleets thoroughly in your waters. All in one reason, to prevent your naval expansion to become a blue water power.
However, recent American inaction during the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 shows that the United States (despite its rhetoric) will not enter into a major war for a minor and unimportant country, like Georgia or the Philippines.
Wrong, we are more important to the U.S. than you could though, we are the most important geography in the region since the U.S. left Vietnam. Philippines is more valuable than Vietnam and Singapore combined.
The Georgians contributed over 2,000 troops to America's war effort in Iraq. The Georgians deluded themselves into believing there was a Georgian-American alliance. Though Georgia is a member of the United Nations, the United States sat by and ignored the annexation of 20% of Georgian territory by Russia.
How could you know they don't need us? Philippines and USA have signed many secret deals that your Chinese could never imagine of. If a war broken out in the region, there 100% USA or Philippines will jump in to to help each others out, honestly speaking, we do that to save our national interests more than a charity help.
To my knowledge, the Philippines has contributed no troops at all to the American war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It should be obvious that the Philippines rank lower than Georgia in America's eyes.
No no no, that show you don't know anything about the USA-Philippines alliance. If you are that low knowledge, I won't mind to lecture you anymore.
Since the United States wasn't willing to lift a finger as 20% of Georgian territory was annexed by Russia, what makes you think the United States will lift a finger to help the Philippines wage a war of aggression against 2,000-year-old Chinese islands in the Spratlys?
"2,000" years is only by your mouth kiddo, Vietnam also claims the same, what you gonna do to them? All people are declare the right in their side, but reality is harsh, who is more powerful will have the right.
We have USA as our best ally and the strongest supporter for Philippines, who dare to beat us in this conflict? You? or your little comrade VC?