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What The FACT? BY JOSE BAKING
MASSACRE
It was not a misencounter. It was an intentional ambush, a massacre. It was not a case of msitaken identity. The Philippine soliders and special police forces were out in the open with no cover and yet the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) kept shooting. And when the soldiers surrendered, they were shot in poin blank range. Their equipment, guns and supplies were taken. Yet, the Philippine government and the MILF negotiators inist on using the word misencounter. A misencounter, one that involves mistaken identity does not last 5 hours. This was the equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel, as they say. Why everyone insists on going on with the peace negotiations is beyond explanation.
Committed to Peace
That’s nice. This is the cliche’ line that the MILF has always used after ambushing our soldiers, during a truce. These rebel groups has never followed the law. Why do we keep believing them?
No Control over their fighters
If the MILF do not have control over their fighters, why are we negotiating with them? It does not make sense.
More Violent Groups
Did we not have a peace treaty with the MNLF already to stop the violence in Mindanao? The ink has not dried up yet on the contract and this MILF came out fighting for their own treaty. What did the MNLF do? They attacked Zamboanga. Did they get punished? As far as I know, nothing happened. The purpose of a treaty is to achieve peace, and law and order. If there is no peace and law and order does not exist, why do we keep signing these treaties?
So, if we sign this treaty with the MILF, it will not bring peace because there is already this BIFF fighting for their own deal. How many years of fighting the BIFF after this deal is signed before we sign another deal with the BIFF which will invalidate this deal with the MILF? This is the reason the MNLF attacked Zamboanga. This MILF deal encroaches on their deal. Getting confused now with all these alphabet groups? I assure you BIFF does not stand for Best infinitely Friends Forever.
China’s Moves
How do you solve a problem like China? Well,
embarrassingly, you ask the United States for help. The same country that we kicked out of the country. That would be possible if China is not an economic powerhouse yet. But the US is not going to touch China anymore. It is a manufacturing powerhouse as well as a consumer market rivalling that of the United States and Europe.
European Influence is Bad
President Arroyo scrapped the death penalty and impressed the Europeans. But at what price? The Philippine crime is getting horrifying, with criminals not afraid to commit it. The criminals are getting younger and brazen. Now, President Aquino is trying to sign the peace treaty with the MILF to impress the Europeans and become a candidate for the Nobel peace Prize. Really?
Let me get this straight.
You scrap the death penalty for the worse
criminals and the Europeans praise you. You sign a peace deal with the same group that just massacred and murdered 44 of our soldiers and they do not even condemn the rebels.
If we killed one of them in a firefight, the Commission on Human Rights will be calling for an investigation and condemn our froces. How come nobody from the CHR is condemning it now?
Why?
Why do we kept trying to impress Europeans? If they love them so much, why doesn’t the Philippines transfer all their embassies to Mindanao? Let’s see how much they love them back?
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