Joe Alejandrino
The classified CIA documents that were leaked on social media tell us nothing new. It is SOP of foreign Intel agencies to spy on friends and foes alike. That it spies on China or on Israel is normal. The technology exists with today’s long-range listening devices whether from satellites or from land-based devices. German Chancellor Ángela Merkel was outraged when she learned the Americans were eavesdropping on her telephone conversations. All communications by foreign embassies to their home office are recorded. Ambassador Babe Romualdez at our embassy in Washington should not be surprised the Americans know what he has been communicating. Nor should BBM be surprised that his pillow talk with his wife is no longer private. Nowadays there are no secrets unknown to Intel agencies.
The leaked classified reports clearly show it is the US and NATO that are calling the shots in the Ukraine war. Zelensky is only a front. His army was being trained as far back as 2014 by them to take on the Russian army. Once the war started, even though they were officially in an advisory capacity, it was NATO officers who were directing the war. It will be the same in event of a war over Taiwan. It will be the US officers giving orders to Pinoy officers. The AFP will be subordinate to the US Indo-Pacific Command regardless of what Defense Sec. Galvez and AFP chief Gen. Centino say. In other words, the AFP will become an extension of US Command. This is only routine by those supplying the funds and equipment, as in the case of the US to Ukraine. The golden rule has always been he who has the gold rules. And if a Pinoy officer bucks the rule, no matter what his rank is, that officer can be sent to the deep freeze. When Ukrainian officers started complaining, the Americans told Zelensky to replace them which is what happened. In war, no one is indispensable as the Ukrainians learned the hard way. Theirs was not to question why. Theirs was to do and die. And that is what the brave Ukrainians have been doing just by looking at their casualty figures. An average of a thousand dead or wounded every day. The Russians had been monitoring the chat of Ukrainian officers and to their surprise found they were giving orders in the Polish language. Yes, Polish NATO officers called “contractuals” dressed in Ukrainian uniform had taken command. Where were the Ukrainian officers? Probably dead, the Russians surmized.
DND Sec. Galvez and DFA Sec. Manalo are being called to Washington according to the latest news report. I suppose to receive their marching orders. Have a nice trip, boys.