The more I think about it, the more I can't deny that the #Philippines is actually she driving force in laying down the path to a "Confederacy of the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan".
You see, China and the US (and all our neighbours for that matter) are fully aware of the pre-Colonial #history of the what we know today as the Philippines. And if recent wars are any indication, South Korea exist today because of the #Filipino regiment sent there which halted China's advance, take note, against all odds. Not once, now twice, but multiple times. Obviously, China hates it ever happened and well documented.
The first soldiers who reached what we know today as the DMZ, or demarcation line, between North and South Korea was, well, the Philippine army regiment too. Yes, it was Filipinos who first guarded it and the US was very surprised about it!
That is who the pre-Colonial Filipinos were. We were feared.
Another example.
When China closed its doors to the world in pre-Colonial times, it kept one door opened to pre-Colonial Philippines. And whenever Japanese pirates came to attack the Chinese merchants, they hired pre-Colonial Filipinos to defend them. It was well documented as well how pre-Colonial Filipino "navy" chased the Japanese pirates all the way to Japan. So, yes, Japan is aware of who the Filipinos really are.
Even Korea. Indonesia. Vietnam. Brunei (there was no Malaysia yet). They hired pre-Colonial Filipinos to captain their ships or to protect them from pirates.
China and the US, vying for world dominance, definitely wants to keep the status quo. And what is that? To keep the Filipino people sleeping. Why? Well, you definitely do not want the Filipino people to wake up and reclaim their identity.
And this is where I think China and the US failed: in their desire to keep the status quo, and to sandwich the Philippines in their foolish world dominance desires, the Philippines has already awoken and silently laying down the path to a certain future by Asians for a democratic Asia.
I think Korea and Japan saw this hence they were quick to support the Philippines. Not only economically but militarily as well.
Yes, the Philippines is lacking in modern military aspect. Again, status quo. But Korea and Japan have been helping us in this area for years now, and no one bothered about it, thinking it was "small". But you have to see the bigger picture, it's movement and rebalancing. And giving it to a Nation whose people were once feared in Asia-Pacific, and can be feared again.
Some #ASEAN member nations started to notice this shift, and are changed tunes recently. (Except Malaysia, they're stubborn.) Though most are still playing "neutral" because of the useless ASEAN organisation, the change in tunes clearly is a signal they've noticed.
Who was brave enough to bring China to the court regarding their silly claim of the "South China Sea"? Only the Philippines. And this was before other nations started to "donate" military assets. Only the Filipino people are brave enough to face China.
You see, everyone knows China has no claim because it was pre-Colonial Filipinos who guarded the "South China Sea" AND "East China Sea" from pirates. The one who has claims over it are, well, the Filipinos. But we won't.
China is afraid to wake up the Filipino people. The US too. Korea and Japan already positioned themselves as true allies who will aid their ally (UNLIKE THE US, fake allies). The other nations in the area are making it appear they are "neutral" but they already know who they will side with.
The "Confederacy of the Philippines, South Korea, and Japan" will not form because of treaties or forced to do it. It is forming because the Philippines is laying down the path and foundation. Because other nations are rallying to the vision of the Filipino people for a true democratic and equal community, by Asians for Asians.
It already started years ago. No one noticed it. It just happened, and everything naturally follows.
The Filipino Nation has already awoken.
Or, maybe, we were just pretending to be asleep.