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COMMENTARY: However, there is a method to the madness of Padilla’s statements. They collectively serve to obfuscate the issue that he wishes to target and that coupled with the DDS machinery produces propaganda that keeps their following convinced of the so- called righteousness of their cause.
So many problems need to be addressed for our country to progressively and decisively move forward and yet they remain unsolved. In fact, even up to now, despite 43 years, we still do not even know the mastermind behind the assassination of Ninoy
Despite the persistent defeatist propaganda being regurgitated by the treacherous talking heads and influencers of the Duterte camp, the Philippines is slowly emerging as a significant Southeast Asian military power. The only thing for the Philippines to do is for Filipinos to realize that we are not anymore the weak man of Asia.
In its reckless manner of bullying countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, China has managed to make two nations become close military partners despite having been adversaries during the Second World War.
International opinion supporting Philippine position will not force China to give back Scarborough Shoal to the Philippines. The Philippines has to initiate that. Does the Philippines then have the will to carry out an operation to liberate Bajo de Masinloc/Scarborough Shoal from Chinese control?
By late 1944, after two and a half years since the fall of Bataan, it was estimated by Allied intelligence that a million Filipinos were in one way or another part of the guerrilla resistance. These Filipinos held on to hope in a time of hopelessness, maintained courage despite being abandoned, and this is why we remember and commemorate their sacrifice on what is one of the most solemn days in the Philippines, the Day of Valor, or in Filipino, “ang Araw ng Kagitingan”.
Given the manner in which the Trump administration has been derisive of allies and even dismissive of genuine offers of assistance, the Americans might just end up winning the battle and losing the peace in Iran. However, would that matter for Trump? Probably not as he and his cronies would probably be making a killing on Iran’s oil industry because nowadays, U.S. national security is not just defined as the interests of the U.S. itself, but how best will it fill up Trump’s corrupt pockets.
Given the limited capabilities of the Iranians, the threat to Filipino workers in the Middle East is not as serious as painted by journalists engaged in sensationalist reporting and commentary… The real threat to the Philippines is the economic fall out of the war especially in oil supplies. That will affect every single Filipino as prices will inevitably increase causing more hardship to a nation that is still recovering from the COVID pandemic’s disastrous effects on the economy.
Even though BBM is in possession of all the instruments of national power such as the coercive capability of the state, its massive intelligence apparatus, its extensive legal capabilities, its investigative and police powers, its ability to influence the other branches of government, among many others, without the accompanying strategic vision and political will, all these assets will be wasted. The result of which will see the pro-China camp increase its influence in the country until it ultimately recaptures state power.
Eighty one years ago, on February 3, 1945, the Battle for the Liberation of Manila began. It was the only urban battle of the Pacific War and it raged for one month, ending on March 3, 1945… The battle remains controversial due to the excessive loss of civilian life as well as the destruction it caused. It made Manila the second most devastated Allied capital city after Warsaw in Poland during the Second World War.Some of the specific controversial issues surrounding the battle are: Was it a necessary battle? Could the city have been bypassed to save the residents from the horrors of urban fighting and massacres? Was the use of artillery by the Americans done in an indiscriminate manner?
