RedBlueThoughts

A sword of Damocles hangs above the head of Mrs. Arroyo. This early, the international community has created a big issue against her administration. Philip Alston, the UN rapporteur for extrajudicial killings, is submitting his report before the UN General Assembly. Another important international personality, Nobel peace prize winner Desmund Tutu recently issued a very disturbing and strong condemnation of the Arroyo administration. Tutu said that he feels disturbed by the use of the anti-terror law to “marginalize” and kill the political opposition. International condemnation against Arroyo is snowballing, reminding me of the time before Marcos’ fall.

What is happening, I think, is that the US is slowly realizing that Arroyo is more of a liability than an asset. Yes, she’s a lapdog. Yes, she’s willing to trade anything, even the kitchen sink to the Americans just to stay in power. However, under the Arroyo regime though, more and more people are turning into rebels and potential terrorists because of her inhumane treatment of her citizens. Quite frankly, Uncle Sam is deathly afraid for two reasons: One, under this regime, the “enemies of democracy” so to speak, is turning mainstream. Two, the inability of the administration to prevent the transformation of the country into a veritable terrorist training ground is affecting regional security.

So, the US and her allies are looking for alternatives. They are entertaining the thought of (a) GMA through constitutional means and if this fails, (b) creating the conditions for the setting up of a military regime. All of these options depend on what will happen in this elections. Should there be a failure of the elections, the military will step in. Should there be a failure of the GMA administration to get critical support from the masses through this elections, then, an internal coup will happen. Any which way, there is a Grand Design being implemented right now. And its getting serious.

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