The world must unite against nazi PRC
you are just crazy and ignorant as usual
read history to know what was happening in WW2!
And this stupid administrator aquino is taking an about turn for making the above outrageous comment:
Aquino didn’t mean to offend China
by
Genalyn Kabiling
February 6, 2014
Manila, Philippines – Malacañang was in damage control mode yesterday following President Benigno S. Aquino III’s controversial comparison between China’s claims in the West Philippine Sea to Adolf Hitler’s notorious actions in the past.
The President did not mean to offend China when he mentioned Hitler in the country’s territorial conflict with China during an interview with the New York Times, according to Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr.
Coloma explained that the President, a known history buff, merely mentioned a historical fact that could be related with the Philippine situation. He said Aquino was not directly comparing China to Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany responsible for the deaths of millions.
“As a storyteller and as a conversationalist, the President often gives details of a particular situation. So it could happen that he was simply citing a fact,” Coloma said in a Palace press briefing.
He noted that the President enjoys reading military history and often gets insights from these books.
“When we learn lessons from history, we can compare them or ask if they are similar or have relevance with what’s happening in the present. So that’s the context when the President mentioned this particular event, when he mentioned the name of Adolf Hitler,” Coloma said in Filipino.
The President earlier compared China’s claims in the West Philippine Sea with the Nazi Germany’s occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Aquino urged world leaders not to make the same appeasement and instead resist China’s wrong claim in the Philippine territory.
“At what point do you say: ‘Enough is enough’? Well, the world has to say it. Remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent World War II,” the President said in the interview with The New York Times.
Aquino was referring to the failure by Western nations to support Czechoslovakia against Hitler’s demand to occupy parts of the Czech land in 1938.
Coloma maintained that the President does not intend to add fuel to the territorial conflict with China. He noted that the country’s case against China has already been filed before an international arbitration tribunal.
International Law
In the New York Times interview, Aquino maintained that the country seeks to end the territorial dispute with China based on international law.
“That’s why we went to arbitration and hopefully through there or the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) mode, we will have a definite understanding of who is entitled to what, and who’s responsible for what,” he said.
While asserting the country’s legitimate claim over West Philippine, the President said he looks forward to an agreement between the Philippines and the United States that would enhance the country’s defense capability.
“We are very optimistic that will happen,” Aquino said, referring to the proposed greater US presence in the country’s military bases.
Aquino, however, said he is not keen on increasing military spending due to concerns it might affect the budget for social services. “I’m not sure if I would be willing to sacrifice social concerns to try to improve the military capabilities,” he said.
The Philippines earlier filed a complaint against China’s aggressive incursions into its territorial waters before an international arbitration tribunal. Manila wants the United Nations-recognized tribunal to declare illegal China’s move in the potentially resource-rich waters.
The President earlier rejected speculations that the Philippines has supposedly lost ownership of the Panatag Shoal amid the increasing presence of China in the area.
He maintained that Filipinos can go freely to Panatag Shoal since it remains a legitimate part of the Philippine territory. “We can still go there and we do have over-flight missions and we do monitor what is happening,” he said.
No Apology
Aquino also said he will not apologize to Hong Kong for the Manila hostage crisis in 2010 despite the recent sanctions imposed against the Philippines.
The President said issuing an apology could create “a legal liability.”
Aquino claimed that China has not yet given compensation to the families of Filipinos who died in recent incidents there. He was apparently referring to the Filipino doctor who was among those killed and her family among the tourists injured in a terror attack in Tiananmen Square late last year.
Hong Kong recently cancelled the visa-free privileges for Philippine officials and diplomats after Manila’s alleged failure to meet its demands after the bungled hostage rescue in 2010. Those affected must seek visas before traveling to Hong Kong, a popular destination for Filipinos.
Aquino explained that he is not apologizing for the death of the hostages, saying the “act of one individual should not be misconstrued as an act of the entire state.”
Aquino said if he accepts the hostage crisis was an act of the state, then compensation comes into the picture.
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