RedBlueThoughts

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Bald over nothing

I just saw a picture of some young activists shaving their heads in protest over what’s going on in Myanmar. It strikes me as totally ironic and “papansin.” Why? These young ones don’t realize that before they focus their attention on what’s happening outside their country, they better do something of what’s happening in theirs. We live in a repulsive and repressive regime. This regime is more dangerous than Myanmar’s because theirs, the people know that they live in a military dictatorship. Here, we have a “democratic” government acting like a dictatorship, in real terms. They just lost their heads for nothing.

Paranoid over nothing

I heard that Gen. Miranda nearly died in prison because the AFP leadership refused to attend to his medical condition. This is inhumane. Miranda is innocent before being judged guilty and it is within his rights to be attended by a physician. Esperon is too paranoid. It shows how weak he is. Even General Ver nor the despot Marcos did’nt do this to their biggest enemy, Ninoy. What use will Miranda be outside his prison walls? Nothing. They should heed the appeal of General Lim to free Miranda and get him to the hospital. Is this the reward the government gives to its bravest soldiers?

GMA knows about the ZTE deal

If we are to believe the documents shown by GMA Channel 7, then, GMA definitely share some complicity on the ZTE deal. The braggadocio being shown by ZTE officials, demanding that the Supreme Court lifts the TRO indicate that ZTE do have strong connections with the palace. Should the Senate hearings finally point to the doorsteps of GMA, we may now have a handful of shit to throw against this government. As one general said during the Estrada trial, ” this may break the camel’s back.” But, will it?

Marines going bald

When fellow Marines died after that July fiasco in Basilan, detailed Marines led by Col. Ariel Querubin shaved their heads in mourning. Marines and soldiers continue to be slaughtered in Basilan and Jolo. News about their deaths have been “controlled”, obviously to avoid an uprising from fellow soldiers. However, I still do not believe why soldiers are not revolting. If these incidents happened in other countries, this government would definitely have not survived at all.

Let’s admit it—the civilian government failed and continuous to fail its duty of leading the counter-insurgency campaign. It is totally inept and disorganized. It cannot even lead. Why do soldiers continue to support this government? Are they nuts? Or soldiers are too coward not to realize that this government is feeding them to their enemies?

I’m going bald

I remember cadets from the Philippine Military Academy. All of them are bald. However, I have lost all admiration to these future leaders. I have’nt heard even a whimper from them. I think most of them just went to the academy because (a) they are poor and they just want to amass great wealth after seeing other PMAers sucking it up for money or (b) they are total assholes and just passed the exams because they have the potential of being lambs.

If these PMAers allow their fellow mistahs to rot in jail due to false charges and some even enjoy seeing these career and principled men just “fade away” in prison, they are not worthy of being called mistahs. There are no different from the others who swallow their pride, their honors and even their sworn duties to the people because they want to get rich. Where are the few good men of the AFP?

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