US bases in the Philippines? We're walking into another insurgency.

Image via Bantay Spratly showing the remains of the 44 Police Officers ambushed by terrorist forces.

If your focus is solely on China and its dealings with its neighbors then US bases in the Philippines makes perfect sense.

If you're paying attention to the issues inside that country (economic, social and political) and then add that governments fight against the MILF (no, not mothers you'd like to fuck...I'm talking about a group of hardcore terrorists) then it makes you wonder if anyone has addressed force protection issues for our people there.

Why is this a concern?

Because it was reported on Monday that 44 Elite Police Officers walked into an ambush that had MILF participation...even though the government signed a treaty allowing that terrorist group to establish a state within the Philippines that would be governed by Islamic law.

The Philippines that the old skool Marines knew is gone.

When our bases there are up and running all we'll be doing is walking out of one insurgency into another.

Read about the ambush here and here.