tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post6502817770437271350..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Twenty More Marines Killed--Still Have An Open Mind?Deany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-15369124438752876802007-08-27T05:35:00.000+08:002007-08-27T05:35:00.000+08:00To DJB, it's not just the U.S., asyou can see in m...To DJB, it's not just the U.S., asyou can see in my comment.Tiki Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933590834437192654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-47125293962236103882007-08-15T13:43:00.000+08:002007-08-15T13:43:00.000+08:00So Tiki, it's all the fault of Amerika?So Tiki, it's all the fault of Amerika?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-47397812626436103532007-08-14T16:07:00.000+08:002007-08-14T16:07:00.000+08:00To those who see this as an issue of one side agai...To those who see this as an issue of one side against another, consider the following:<BR/><BR/>You are referring to Islamic fundamentalist groups that one time worked for or with the U.S. and its allies, and even today several groups, including the Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, are being supported by Pakistan, a U.S. ally. Several groups came from another U.S. ally, Saudi Arabia.<BR/><BR/>Some recent reports even indicate that the U.S. is considering siding with one Islamic fundamentalist group in Iraq against another, and continues to sell military supplies to Iran.<BR/><BR/>For several years, the Philippine military could not receive enough arms and supplies because of corruption in the higher ranks and lack of funding from the government.Tiki Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933590834437192654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-33680170653791629802007-08-13T21:26:00.000+08:002007-08-13T21:26:00.000+08:00well, what side DO you choose, MB?well, what side DO you choose, MB?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-70317825857528118502007-08-13T20:31:00.000+08:002007-08-13T20:31:00.000+08:00wrong buddy. I just identified two terrorists plus...wrong buddy. I just identified two terrorists plus i am not a terrorist so that takes care of that.<BR/><BR/>And yes. we can choose sides or no side at all. as long as we are not ideological or religious maniacs, our intelligence and common sense will guide us throughmanuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-55374143064353881892007-08-13T10:09:00.000+08:002007-08-13T10:09:00.000+08:00okay MB. I guess I misunderstood you. Your positio...okay MB. I guess I misunderstood you. Your position is not that NO ONE is a terrorist. Your position is that EVERYONE is a terrorist. <BR/><BR/>Bush and Bin Laden are BOTH terrorists. A pox on both their houses. I forget. You are a Cold War Liberal. Your attitude is we can CHOOSE what side to be on.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-31001870429673480382007-08-12T23:45:00.000+08:002007-08-12T23:45:00.000+08:00So I take it there is really no such thing to you ...So I take it there is really no such thing to you as a "terrorist".<BR/><BR/>There is such a thing as terrorism. That's obvious.<BR/><BR/>The question is who is a terrorist?<BR/><BR/>The answer depends on whose side you're on.<BR/><BR/>Should terrorism be outlawed? Of course.<BR/><BR/>But the question is by whom? For whom?<BR/><BR/>And the answer to that question is again it depends on whose side you're on.<BR/><BR/>Bush is on one side. Saddam is on the other side. Both of them strike terror in the hearts of men. So it depends on which side you're on. <BR/><BR/>Or you can be on the side of peace and oppose and condemn both of thm as terrorists.manuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-70631785706633821142007-08-12T18:42:00.000+08:002007-08-12T18:42:00.000+08:00EMBEE! hee hee heeHee hee hee is on the other side...EMBEE! hee hee hee<BR/><BR/>Hee hee hee is on the other side???<BR/><BR/>That's it?<BR/><BR/>So I take it there is really no such thing to you as a "terrorist".<BR/><BR/>It is a concept so fearsome or fascistic or anathema that you don't really think it is valid to apply it as a label? <BR/><BR/>Is that it?<BR/><BR/>Help me out, man!<BR/><BR/>Is there or is there not a thing called terrorism that ought to be outlawed, even if there is only ONE living example of it?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-67542597958491161102007-08-12T11:59:00.000+08:002007-08-12T11:59:00.000+08:00mb,Is Osama bin Laden a "terrorist"?He is on the o...mb,<BR/>Is Osama bin Laden a "terrorist"?<BR/><BR/>He is on the other side.manuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-88283235016232707622007-08-11T22:40:00.000+08:002007-08-11T22:40:00.000+08:00mb,Is Osama bin Laden a "terrorist"?mb,<BR/>Is Osama bin Laden a "terrorist"?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-61734427032836846462007-08-11T22:36:00.000+08:002007-08-11T22:36:00.000+08:00"If you are against the AFP leadership,they are no..."If you are against the AFP leadership,they are not the ones being killed."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately.manuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-26727304913732377622007-08-11T15:58:00.000+08:002007-08-11T15:58:00.000+08:00Again, time to break my promise to my dad not blo...Again, time to break my promise to my dad not blog or comment about military affairs.<BR/><BR/>The forces opposite the militray are getting stronger,there must a reason behind it.<BR/><BR/>Fine,no demands asked but will we just call our AFP lameducks or will easily take advantage of the hSA once given the chance....<BR/><BR/>That is not the point,the role of our soldiers is to defend our land,<BR/>if you do not sense integration of forces and building an unholy alliance..nothin I can do.<BR/><BR/>I am not just talking about the hSA here,with or without it,I don't even think an HSA will stop the consolidation and build up of forces if our AFP,is much maligned and unsupported.<BR/><BR/>If you are against the AFP leadership,they are not the ones being killed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-89531357250150764212007-08-11T09:49:00.000+08:002007-08-11T09:49:00.000+08:00marcus,lemme know when the abus get to white fish ...marcus,<BR/>lemme know when the abus get to white fish bay. they will you know...Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-15779587769802549522007-08-11T01:43:00.000+08:002007-08-11T01:43:00.000+08:00John,From time to time we are on the same sides of...John,<BR/><BR/>From time to time we are on the same sides of things (btw I have long since fallen off of the Condeleeza Rice bandwagon) but with the facetiousnesses you open with I do not know if it is ending (the facetiousness) or not.<BR/><BR/>One of the major drawbacks of the Iraq war and its difficulties is it has made my nation averse to other such activities (unless of course it is against allies good or not so good), plus there is that law/constitutional thing in the Philippines about foreign forces operating. It seems to me the limits on that one are stretched about as far as they can be, any more stretching and snap.<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine who spent some time on Mactan island a while back thinks there is more US involvement than what is commonly let on.<BR/><BR/>One last thing. MB, war is a whole panoply of conflict ideological as well as hot, the enemy must be met on all fronts.Marcus Aureliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731740191789466205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-55004107345729530752007-08-10T23:40:00.000+08:002007-08-10T23:40:00.000+08:00of course, it's all PDI's fault!and hey, marcus au...of course, it's all PDI's fault!<BR/><BR/>and hey, marcus aurelius, i think it's time to unleash the might of the US military in Mindanao.john marzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036820667908976630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-26462492842534037382007-08-10T22:36:00.000+08:002007-08-10T22:36:00.000+08:00And the Abu Sayyaf, MB?ARE they terrorists, or cho...And the Abu Sayyaf, MB?<BR/><BR/>ARE they terrorists, or choir boys?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-25649020273130159572007-08-10T20:38:00.000+08:002007-08-10T20:38:00.000+08:00I have not transformed anything. Demands is a vita...I have not transformed anything. Demands is a vital element in your definition. No demands no act of terrorism under the law. <BR/><BR/>It cannot be implied. The demand has to accompany a specific act. So you're stretching.<BR/><BR/>ASG are bandits. They commit terrifying acts. I don't know if they have committed a terrorist act as defined by your law. Have they? <BR/><BR/>The war on terrorism is not defined in the constitution or anywhere else for that matter except in your mind and in that vacuum between George Bush's ear. It cannot be defined because it is subjective. It cannot be defined because when the tables are turned then you become the terrorist.<BR/><BR/>Cruz is right. Histrionics results in bad laws.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree the anti -terror law is needed. It is not needed.<BR/><BR/>And fascist, if you mean it in the loose way it is bandied about, applies to those who are supposed to uphold and enforce the law but who have proven, through extra judicial killings and disappearances, that they are indeed fascists.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you go on with your crusade.manuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-56228998973230403822007-08-10T17:56:00.000+08:002007-08-10T17:56:00.000+08:00Do you even AGREE that the Abu Sayyaf ARE terroris...Do you even AGREE that the Abu Sayyaf ARE terrorists?<BR/><BR/>What percentage of the planetary population would agree with you?Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-70591653115222327352007-08-10T17:52:00.000+08:002007-08-10T17:52:00.000+08:00mb,you have transformed the second element of the ...mb,<BR/>you have transformed the second element of the definition of terrorism into "terrorists make demands". You are being silly. You don't understand the definition because you don't want to.<BR/><BR/>We are at war? With what state MB?<BR/><BR/>The War on Terrorism is not a war like that defined in the constitution. <BR/><BR/>It is a war on organized political crime. <BR/><BR/>The Abu Sayyaf are a kidnap for ransom gang on ideological steroids supplied by AQ and JI.<BR/><BR/>They are trying to coerce the gov't to surrender sovereign territory to the warlords of their secessionist movement. THAT is the illegal political demand they are trying to coerce the govt to give in to. That is the 2nd element of their terrorist crime. <BR/><BR/>They do not have to "make" the demand by texting it to the Biz Mirror and the Media or shout it out just before they behead the Marines. <BR/><BR/>That is just the silly argumentation of people who don't see the clear alternative to WAR-OR-PEACE that lies in the simple policy of LAW ENFORCEMENT.<BR/><BR/>But first you have to agree the LAW is needed, and while not perfect, is not fascism either.Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-76957813124751603132007-08-10T15:43:00.000+08:002007-08-10T15:43:00.000+08:00Okay na sana until the anti-terror law line.Did th...Okay na sana until the anti-terror law line.<BR/><BR/>Did those terrorists make any demands?<BR/><BR/>Did they demand the government to stop sending out soldiers for groceries before they attacked?<BR/><BR/>We are at war. A real war, not that ideological war you are waging. The AFP is not fighting well at all. That is we should focus on. Not laying predicates for that silly, histrionic anti-terror law.manuelbuencaminohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644763064403005323noreply@blogger.com