Pearl Harbor and China's possible attack

Today, on the solemnity of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we recall the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan.

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

It was December 8 in the Philippines. Immediately thereafter, the Japanese bombed our country, targeting American war assets in Philippine territory. Many Filipinos today, including my late father, an 18-year old guerilla then, still bear the trauma. It was really a treachery having been collateral in the conflict between the US and Japan.

Incidentally, the Lapu-Lapu City mayor unwittingly disclosed the alleged presence of U.S. missiles right next door to the Mactan International Airport. And China is listening very closely. That makes us a very inviting target of an attack by China, Russia, North Korea, or all of the above. I hope there shall be no reenactment of Pearl Harbor.

Japan committed a very serious crime against humanity. What Japan did to the Philippines was worse than what Russia is doing to Ukraine now. From 1941 to 1944, more than one million Filipinos died.