tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post3981581864434884654..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: We Are All Abu Sayyaf NowDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-79142698581743254692007-07-17T20:01:00.000+08:002007-07-17T20:01:00.000+08:00Blackshama,At Fort Bonifacio yesterday...It was ha...Blackshama,<BR/>At Fort Bonifacio yesterday...<BR/>It was hard to keep an open mind...<BR/>In front of those closed caskets...<BR/>Talking of army brats... <BR/>A few who were there, uncomprehending, <BR/>were scared of Papa!Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-81868401881375155242007-07-17T18:28:00.000+08:002007-07-17T18:28:00.000+08:00I hope you have tried to fire a mortar round. I un...I hope you have tried to fire a mortar round. I underwent some FA training for a while.<BR/><BR/>I am not a soldier but a citizen who has had military training. As for corruption in the AFP and having firsthand experience, let me just say that I am an Army Brat!Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-90331016585814503132007-07-15T10:43:00.000+08:002007-07-15T10:43:00.000+08:00The mortar rounds thing is a dodge.The point of DJ...The mortar rounds thing is a dodge.<BR/><BR/>The point of DJB's post was not to criticize the weapons procurement or supply chains (which is an entirely different & large subject and Wretchard at the Belmont Club picks up that ball) in the AFP it was outrage over the mealy equivocating response of the PDI.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps there is some sympathy for the PDI view? Hey don't look at that article on the PDI's editorial, What the PDI editorial (and other similar ones in nations around the world) does is more damaging than dud mortar rounds. Mortar rounds and high-tech whiz bang weapons are material; we do not have a material problem so much as a spiritual problem. We do not want to fight.<BR/><BR/>Give a man who wants to fight a stick and a man who does not want to fight a .44 magnum and who wins?Marcus Aureliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731740191789466205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-89493249084494211432007-07-14T17:20:00.000+08:002007-07-14T17:20:00.000+08:00john,talking to a friend in the military, I am tol...john,<BR/>talking to a friend in the military, I am told that it is normal for some percentage of our stock of mortar rounds not to fire. Corruption may have something to do with it, but even the gma news crew did not say ALL the rounds misfired.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-4250655867540426452007-07-14T15:09:00.000+08:002007-07-14T15:09:00.000+08:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines should DEFINIT...<B>The Armed Forces of the Philippines should DEFINITELY bring the terrorist-bandits to justice. But as we all know there are major hindrances to the effectiveness of the AFP. Now when you <A HREF="http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=1365" REL="nofollow">have mortar rounds that won't fire</A>, what would that say? Corruption in the purchase of ordinance seems to rear its head here.</B><BR/><BR/>Did you say <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/18/opinion/18DECK.html?ex=1381809600&en=4f265c46e9df71c3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND" REL="nofollow">corruption</A>, Blacksharma? So saan ba napupunta ang mga US aid para sa military natin?john marzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036820667908976630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-55641909805891662592007-07-14T11:07:00.000+08:002007-07-14T11:07:00.000+08:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines should DEFINIT...The Armed Forces of the Philippines should DEFINITELY bring the terrorist-bandits to justice. But as we all know there are major hindrances to the effectiveness of the AFP. Now when you have mortar rounds that won't fire, what would that say? Corruption in the purchase of ordinance seems to rear its head here.<BR/><BR/>Well the Arroyo government has beheaded the old ROTC program where once as a young cadet I learned that success of the objective lies in the dependability of the ordinance and the weapons.<BR/><BR/>Fourteen dead Marines is no light matter for our Woman President.<BR/>These soldiers have fought for the Republic.<BR/><BR/>Now who are those idiots who publish opinions like the Marines should have not entered MILF controlled areas. Also that they should have asked permission.<BR/><BR/>THE REPUBLIC IS A SOVEREIGN POWER. The Republic's Armed Forces should be able to operate anywhere to achieve its objective as directed by lawful authority and command.<BR/><BR/>That's why we (Philippine citizens who are the source of this sovereignty) will have to crush and defeat all kinds of terrorists. The Abu Sayyaf, MILF, MNLF, Jose Maria Sison, the CPP-NDF-NPA and all their fronts.<BR/><BR/>If they disarm themselves and subject themselves to the law of the Republic, then we should have no problem.<BR/><BR/>Negotiations should never concede any bit of the sovereignty of the Republic.Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com