RedBlueThoughts

Ikaw na me armas
ngunit walang medyas
Ikaw na me helmet
pero walang mosquito net
Ikaw na me bala
pero walang pera
Ikaw na me balisong
pero walang bubong

Laging nasa likod mo si Kamatayan
Laging naka amba sa’yo ang sakuna
Ikaw na prumuprotekta sa mahirap
pero walang sariling lingap.

Ikaw na sumasaludo
kahit superior mo ay sira-ulo
Ikaw na sumusuong sa gulo
kahit na alam mong delikado
Ikaw na “yes sir, yes sir”
kahit alam mong si General ay
“yes mam, yes mam”
Ikaw na “yes mam, yes mam”
kahit alam mong
“hello garci, okey na”

Laging ikaw ang tanggulan
kahit na sariling pamilya mo
ay walang masilungan.
Pagka kinuha ka pa ni kamatayan
pahirap pa ang bayad sa libingan.

Sa mga namatay na Marines sa Basilan
Sa mga nalagas pa sa Patikul Sulu
Sa mga nangamatay sa Kanluran
Sa mga napugutan sa Silangan.
Pagpupugay sa kabayanihang
walang kapantay.

Sa mga buhay na Marines sa Mindanao
Sa mga Army na nakikigyera sa Luzon
Sa mga stranded pa sa iba-ibang panahon
Ngayon na ang pagkakaisa.
Ngayon na ang pag-asa.

Ipanday ang Bagong Pilipinas!
Yakapin ang Bagong Umaga!
Tayo na ang humawak sa bayan
at siguraduhin ang kinabukasan.

Marines are dying in Mindanao. In the North, Army soldiers are being massacred by Communist rebels. In Metro Manila, crimes are rising everyday and beginning to get gruesome. This happens even in Cebu and the rest of the Visayas. The people are agitated, yet disorganized.

The international community has joined the fray. Various international bodies are attacking GMA for the extra-judicial killings and the rise of desaperidos. The scenario has gone back to the conditions of 1986.

War is definitely a certainty. War hawks inside Malacanan palace are gearing for a showdown with the Moro militants. Through their spokesperson, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Esperon, the administration is looking to replicate what Erap did during his time–wipe away the MILF. Unlike Reyes however, Esperon knows he’s in a weak state. The AFP is in disarray, wracked by dissenters, grafters and what-have-yous. Threats abound everywhere.

That’s why Esperon talks of war against the Moros but truce with the Communists. He knows that a war on all these fronts would open the administration up to attacks. Look what happened with Marcos. It was repeated with Erap.

You can definitely see that the state is a weakened state because the AFP Chief of Staff himself is offering peace to the enemies of the state. Emboldened by the foolishness of Esperon, Communist ideologue Joma Sison threatened the government with conditions for accepting a truce. Likewise, the MILF also issued statements saying that they will not return the firearms confiscated from the dead Marines without a letter from the AFP leadership. Such is the sorry state of the AFP that its enlightened members must act now to save it from further humiliation.

I call upon the Bagong Katipunan of the 3rd Generation whose members I so admire—This is a veritable call to arms. Save the military and the state from these weaklings. Save the entire country from going to the dogs. Save us from this decrepit administration. It is time to act. It is time to make history.

Major General Ariel Querubin cut his hair today. He’s now bald, along with the rest of the Marine battalion in Mindanao. Its an act of sympathy to the 14 Marines who died in Basilan and two more in Sulu just today. The Armed Forces finest are dying by the wayside. And the government seems unable to solve this problem.

Eveb before the Basilan and Sulu incidents, the Marines are on a losing streak. Since the capitulation of this administration to the deviants (I call these ASG members Muslim deviants for they follow a philosophy that totally alienates themselves from the rest of the Ummah and totally different from what the Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] teaches), the AFP has been suffering heavy casualties on the ground. I cannot believe that the Marines would even be defeated by a ragtag, untrained army of militants there. If we are to gauge their capabilities in armed combat, these Marines are experienced in war. Why are they suffering defeat after defeat in the battlefield?

Months ago, I read what Mon Tulfo of the Inquirer wrote–these Marines are being routed by their enemies because they are demoralized. Yes, demoralized. They have been politicized. Though they are trying to detach themselves from their sorry state, they cannot. Their families are suffering. They are being pauperized on the battlefield and in their own families. Even before they go to war, they have been injured already due to extreme poverty.

The Marines are poor in spirit, mind and body. Their charismatic leaders incarcerated due to their principles. They have a Commander in Chief who can’t lead and a Chief of Staff of questionable character. There is no inspiring figure to lead the Marines to battle.

The solution to this is a political solution. The Marines should band together and join their leaders in their quest for a better Philippines. In doing so, they will be able to extricate themselves from their sorry state and fight these terrorists with all vigor. They cannot do so now.

Likewise, I appeal to the US to support this struggle against the existing administration. The people of the Philippines want to help you in your fight against terrorism. The Human Security Act is a legal shield against these thugs. However, because this government is known for its vindictiveness and weakness, the people opposes the act though they know that it will eventually benefit them. The only way for this anti-terror law to be accepted is if GMA is out. Under a military-civilian revolutionary government, the anti-terror campaign will definitely get a boost.

Continue the revolutionary struggle against the illegitimate regime and all will be well in my country.

All Filipinos should band together–civilians, military and businessmen. Achieve the objective of 2004. And all will be well again.