Of Mosquitoes and Dragons

"Compared to the Chinese Dragon, the Philippines is just a Mosquito" said a prominent Philippine Senator (Miriam Defensor-Santiago)...

This got me thinking, "is Beijing is really a Dragon?"... in the five-animal style of Chinese martial arts... the Tiger relies on strength (doer)... the Snake on technical precision (thinker)... the Crane on evasion (feeler)... and the Leopard on cunning (dreamer)... once a martial artist has the ability to select accurately and apply effectively any of the aforementioned animal styles to a particular situation... then he becomes a Dragon... 

Beijing's recent behavior in the West Philippine Sea cannot be associated with someone who is already a Dragon... it is more of a Tiger behavior... which is basically relying on brute strength to get what you want...

The one who behaves like a true Dragon is Uncle Sam... which, depending on the situation, will act like... a Tiger (Desert Shield)... a Snake (Predator strikes)... a Crane (Mrs. Clinton)... or a Leopard (SEAL Teams)...

How about the Philippines?...

Initially, i was a bit offended by the "Mosquito" tag... but after some serious thought, i said to myself: "why not?"... after all, i doubt if there is any other animal on earth that can match the human body count of a Mosquito... 

How many humans have Tigers killed in the last two millenia?...  a few thousands would probably be tops... how about Dragons?... i won't even dare speculate... 

But Mosquitoes... just say... Yellow Fever... Malaria... Dengue... and it could easily run into the hundreds of millions... maybe even more than a billion...

So take heart fellow Filipinos... we may be a Mosquito to Beijing's Tiger... but it will only take one bite from our Mosquito... to fatally infect Beijing's Tiger with an incurable pathogen...

And by the looks of it... Beijing is already infected... with the pathogen of... GREED...