How does U.S. Imperialism justify its new armed intervention in the Philippines?
The US wants to take advantage of the momentum of its war of aggression in Afghanistan to carry out its “borderless war” against “terrorists,” and to remove the obstacles and threats to the maintenance and further expansion of its hegemonic and monopoly-capitalist interests. It is taking advantage of the situation to ruthlessly trample upon the sovereignty and independence of countries and the principles of international relations as governed by international treaties. The US is wielding its imperialist power to the hilt in the economic, political and military spheres in order to coerce other countries to “assist” its war of aggression and its expansion to other parts of the world. In the Philippines, US imperialism is riding on the widespread anger of the people against the Abu Sayyaf bandit group and disgust with the inutility of the AFP, in order to expand the target of the military operations of US troops and to justify its armed intrusion and the aggressive assertion of its imperi
