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PREVIEW: PRC: #SOUTH CHINA SEA: Conversation with colleague Craig Singleton of FDD re: the PLA Navy and Coast Guard bullying and hostility in the South China Sea in order to dominate Manila. More later

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: PRC: #SOUTH CHINA SEA: Conversation with colleague Craig Singleton of FDD re: the PLA Navy and Coast Guard bullying and hostility in the South China Sea in order to dominate Manila. More later

1898 Manila Bay

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Pinedo Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

This is John Batchelor, speaking with colleague Craig Singleton of the Foundation for the Defense of democracies,

0:36.0

about the news that Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin are both headed to the Western Pacific, East Asia, to confer with our allies in Tokyo, that

0:46.0

would be South Korea and Japan in Tokyo, and also visit in Manila to confer with our allies with regard to the threat by the People's

0:56.0

Liberation Army Navy and Coast Guard against the Philippines. What is to be done?

1:02.0

Craig has a keen recommendation here. He is a former diplomat and

1:07.6

diplomats talk success and peace. However, Craig Singleton, F. T. D. on the threat to the Philippines by the PLA Navy and Coast

1:19.8

Guard. More of this to nigh.

1:22.1

You know, it's sort of counterintuitive, but you sort of have to

1:28.1

increase pressure on an adversary to diffuse tensions.

1:32.9

And we have to be willing to do that

1:34.9

in such a way that we match our credible actions

1:38.3

to ensure their effectiveness, the warnings

1:40.9

and the actions, rather. You know, one sort of idea that we can think about is

1:46.0

deploying U.S. Coastcard personnel

1:48.0

to accompany some of these Philippine resupply ships

1:51.0

and a purely advised and assist mission.

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