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The Department of National Defense said on Tuesday that an “armed attack” against the Philippines should no longer be a prerequisite for the United States to help under the Mutual Defense Treaty amid the ongoing tensions at the West Philippine Sea .“The public gets fixated on that. So, I think we should broaden the scope of the MDT to face a dynamic and cunning adversary,” said Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
The US Coast Guard, on the other hand, was ready to help the Philippines once the MDT was invoked. The USCG also criticized the recent ramming of a Philippine boat by a Chinese vessel.“The whole point of rules on the waters is that we don’t run into each other and so this is a clear act of bullying by one individual that wants to exert its influence over another nation,” said US Coast Guard Pacific Area Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Andrew Sugimoto.
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