How the Philippines' feeble foreign policy affects our country's economic and military sectors

drastically and how domestic policy would help the contemporary circumstances circulating in
our society.

-Foreign Policy favoring neighboring countries' needs and exploiting our natural resources.
-Focusing on our domestic policy for the national interest to address the exploitation of our
country's natural resources by the United States
Adhering to Domestic Policy cherishes our country's national interest and favors the Filipino
people's welfare and the Philippines' resources.
How Domestic Policy will help to exterminate the imperialism that our country is encountering
with the United States of America.

In this document that Notable Claro M. Recto composed, I learned valuable information about
our country's agreements and policies with other countries. Our foreign policy tied to America
has played a vital role in our country ever since. It uses our natural resources for another
country's demands, which exploits our national reserves in the worst-case scenario. The
imperialism caused by America has impacted our country prodigiously, especially in our
economic and military sectors. Under these circumstances, the point that Claro M. Recto
highlighted in his document is that we should value and adhere to our domestic policy to treasure
the national interest of the Philippines and significantly save our natural resources from
depletion. Appreciably, before the topic presentation made by our group, I thought that the
mutual defense treaty that was signed in 1951 was a glorious agreement that helped our country's
protection against attack by an external party. Yet, upon discussing this chosen matter, I've
learned that the information that I've known for a long time was the opposite realities in our
country. The consensus' intent was solely to sabotage and abuse the rights and trusts that our
country bestowed upon our neighboring country, the United States of America. Moreover,
embracing and nurturing our domestic policy will point out the deficiencies in our sectors caused
by the exploitation of our natural resources. Ultimately, the said domestic policy will focus on
our country's national interest, which will help to foster our country's needs and cultivate the
insufficiencies for the welfare of the Filipino citizens.

As a Readings in Philippine History student, the information and facts I learned in the report will
significantly contribute to my political science course journey. The historical knowledge that I
obtained here will impact the way I think and perceive such things. Just like what I've mentioned
above, not all agreements are really in favor of both parties' demands. Inevitably, there are
instances where you'll experience betrayal and deception from the people you trust the most, as
we've experienced with the United States of America. This reporting significantly impacted how
I analyzed and truly comprehended the true meaning of "independence" for our country and its
fundamental role for Filipinos.

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