Philippines may declare war with Canada over trash

[tomahawk6]

I cant believe the PI would go to war over garbage. Why they would ever bully uber peaceful Canada ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippines-duterte-gives-canada-1-week-to-take-back-garbage-or-we-will-declare-war/ar-BBWdTlJ?ocid=spartanntp

 

[Remius]

I cant believe the PI would go to war over garbage. Why they would ever bully uber peaceful Canada ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippines-duterte-gives-canada-1-week-to-take-back-garbage-or-we-will-declare-war/ar-BBWdTlJ?ocid=spartanntp

Not really taking the war threat seriously but...we are at fault in this case.

 

[tomydoom]

Not really taking the war threat seriously but...we are at fault in this case.

True, but could be entertaining though. Their most significant surface combatants are 3 USCG Hamilton Class cutters. But they do have a LPD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Equipment_of_the_Philippine_Navy?wprov=sfti1



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[Blackadder1916]

". . . War with Cabada . . ."

Where is Cabada?

 

[ballz]

This would be the longest and most boring war ever given neither country has enough capacility to reach out and touch the other....

 

[Pelorus]

Duterte has fully embraced the populist strategy of making outrageous claims regardless of their feasibility or veracity. Unfortunately seems that this is becoming more and more popular among political leaders around the world.

 

[MilEME09]

This would be the longest and most boring war ever given neither country has enough capacility to reach out and touch the other....

Well they have us outnumbered about 5 to 1 if it came down to it, but this is all just posturing. That said their navy has 13 major warships so we are sadly on par.

 

[Remius]

It would be funny to intercept the ship at sea and turn it around.

 

[Remius]

". . . War with Cabada . . ."

Where is Cabada?

I can see the confusion.  The long form of it is Copa Cabada.

Or he may be declaring war on this guy:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Cabada_Jr.

 

[tomydoom]

Well they have us outnumbered about 5 to 1 if it came down to it, but this is all just posturing. That said their navy has 13 major warships so we are sadly on par.

The heaviest armament on their main combatant is a 76mm gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_del_Pilar-class_offshore_patrol_vessel?wprov=sfti1

The Philippine Navy has a total of 3 of these, everything else is of Kingston Class size. I imagine a single CPF could deal with the Filipino Armada pretty handily.

However if they load the garbage on one of their brand new LPDs, those would make pretty nifty war prizes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarlac-class_landing_platform_dock?wprov=sfti1

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[ballz]

Well they have us outnumbered about 5 to 1 if it came down to it, but this is all just posturing. That said their navy has 13 major warships so we are sadly on par.

Neither country has the capability to actually conduct an expeditionary operation, particularly across the Pacific ocean... the logistics just aren't there. The whole thing is just comical.

 

[Remius]

Neither country has the capability to actually conduct an expeditionary operation, particularly across the Pacific ocean... the logistics just aren't there. The whole thing is just comical.

We could always establish a base of operations here:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/japan-korea-south-china-sea-abe-trudeau-1.5108302

 

[AbdullahD]

Well I guess, I should probably cancel my plans to visit the phillipines then lol

How is it we have such "derogative term here" running the world? What happened to electing cool, calm and competent leaders?

Abdullah

 

[mariomike]

It's good enough for Michigan.

"After years of decline, Canada's dirty diapers, coffee grounds and banana peels are once again being trucked to Michigan in a major way."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/canadian-garbage-michigan-landfills-solid-waste/337837002/

"Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your garbage back."

 

[Jarnhamar]

More importantly what level of hardship and danger pay will troops get?

 

[Cloud Cover]

Not really taking the war threat seriously but...we are at fault in this case.

it is totally unfair to them, they send us the best nanny's!!!

 

[AbdullahD]

it is totally unfair to them, they send us the best nanny's!!!

Nannys??? No no, they staff timmies all over Canada. We might lose our double doubles, in a war against the Philippines and that, that would be a catastrophe.

I need my coffee >.<
Im a caffeine addict
Abdullah

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Finally a near peer threat.....

Of course he can take a page from Putin's book and have all the filipino's walkout as a wildcat strike, watch our healthcare and service industry grind to a halt in about 2 hours. Within 24hrs we would have to capitulate.

 

[ModlrMike]

Or, we could cripple the PHI economy by taxing remittances...

 

[jeffb]

Wouldn't that trigger Article 5 of NATO? The Philippines versus NATO would be awkward for everyone involved seeing as they are a key US ally in the region...