Is the SCS dispute the fortifying justification for the ongoing militarization of the Philippines?

Naiveté is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting the same result.

THE great physicist Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Einstein's timeless wisdom is embedded in a profound truth applicable to the enduring dispute at Ayungin, or Second Thomas Shoal, between the Philippines and China over the past two decades. It becomes painfully evident how the protracted standoff at Ayungin Shoal encapsulates the essence of repeating futile actions while anticipating divergent results, highlighting the urgent need for a different approach.