Tag: military

Filipinos need to kill their cultural demons in order to kill their real enemies

June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 benign0 8 Comments

Filipinos need to “unite” to solve their big macro national problems. Yet Filipinos, unfortunately, are a people pulled in different directions. We have Yellowtards versus Dutertards, the masses versus the oligarchs, Christians versus Muslims, and Imperial Manila versus the rest of the country among other battles being waged that are ripping Philippine society apart. Adding…

Culture, Development, Education, Society

Filipinos need to make a choice: Bomb Marawi City to the ground or sustain more military casualties

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 benign0 16 Comments

The battle for Marawi City is degrading into a protracted stalemate between Philippine government troops and Maute terrorists holed up in buildings in the city centre. Though clearly enjoying superior firepower and logistical support, the Philippine military’s progress in retaking Marawi has tapered off. Despite sustaining heavy aerial bombardment, the enemy has proven difficult to…

Culture, Government, Society, The South

Criticising Duterte for skipping Independence Day rites is futile: Ph is not truly independent!

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 Ilda 13 Comments

Current Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo’s public relations team or, shall we say, propaganda machine is working overtime. They found an opportunity to try and put her image in a good light after President Rodrigo Duterte decided to skip the 119th commemoration of Philippine Independence Day. Photos of her in salute pose during the recent ceremony…

Government, Politics

A delusion of “peace” led to the destruction of Marawi City

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 benign0 2 Comments

I don’t want war. All I want is peace. Peace. Peace! A little piece of Poland, a little piece of France A little piece of Portugal and Austria perchance A little slice of Turkey and all that that entails Und then a piece of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales A little nip of Norway, a…

Development, Society, The South

Marawi is the Philippines’ Vietnam War: Filipinos are apathetic to their soldiers’ sacrifices

June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 benign0 19 Comments

That date Filipinos mistakenly regard as “Independence Day” is approaching. Mistaken, because it is a reality from Filipinos’ perspectives but not everyone else’s. The Philippines’ real independence day was, of course, on the 4th of July 1946, when it was granted by the United States. The Philippines ceased being a colony of the United States…

Civics, Culture, Society, The South

Filipino soldiers get no respect and support from Liberal Party and anti-Martial Law ‘activists’

June 10, 2017June 11, 2017 Ilda 47 Comments

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s proclamation of Martial Law over the entire Mindanao region following the military operation in Marawi City that resulted in protracted battle with the Maute terrorists has given members of the Liberal Party and anti-Martial Law advocates reason to make more noise. When before they were simply nit-picking on his tirades, now…

Civics, Government, Society, The South

The Philippine Liberal Party, its allies and its supporters are the real enemies of the Filipino people

June 8, 2017 Ilda 14 Comments

Some of us have always thought that Filipinos in general are both gullible and pushovers. This notion lends itself to the fact that Filipinos have been sidelined by their neighbours in South East Asia – people who started out with countries as backward as the Philippines. But the belief all Filipinos are slow is not…

Politics

The Yellowtards’ OBSOLETE fear and loathing of the Philippine military

June 8, 2017 benign0 9 Comments

Yellowtards have become a confused lot. The root cause of this confusion is their long-obsolete Laban (“fight”) rhetoric which remains the primary pillar of their ideology. To Yellowtards, everything is a “fight” against the Establishment. Even when they are in power, most recently under former President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, they still see themselves…

Government, Society, The South