Originally Posted by
Gnadenburg
The Phillipines is a basket case of military ineptitude, corruption and political expedience. The President is unstable which is why the massive ex US Luzon bases are pretty much still dilapidated.
Indonesia is a double-edged sword. Their forecast GDP growth is quite massive so their own self-funded build up inevitable. I'm guessing ties will be warm but cautious.
well if you play it right they provide the battlefield..... Indonesia especially is viscerally anti chinese, has a v large population and is ideologically non Communist...