I wasn’t planning for all of this to get out of hand, or to put anything concerning the war here, but this is getting ridiculous, very annoying, and utterly impossible. Renaming french fries to freedom fries and french toast to freedom toast is the lowest of the low a country can ever get. I cannot help but LAUGH! Must you be so severe, dear friends over in America? I have nothing personal against you all, but you really are a funny folk, especially your President and hello, let’s not forget Donald Rumsfeld, whom I detest the most these days.
Nothing can erase the facial expression Bush had on while delivering his 13-minute speech from my mind. If Fonzy were somber, that would be it. Similarly, the Philippine government seems to be making a big cahoot over our stance in this war, and maybe just maybe GMA would like to keep sentiments to herself, at least for awhile, lest she has forgotten the very huge and angry population in the South that are liable to retaliate with sympathy attacks. Manila on high alert? No surprise. If you’ve read the Economist article on the effects of war on our country, you’d have to agree that we will, undoubtedly, be the worst-hit nation in Southeast Asia. First, the OFWs who are helping the economy with remittances will be rerouted. The issue of Hong Kong’s wage cut for domestic helpers (HK$400, or USD51, can you believe it) is still far from being settled, now this. You don’t have to whip out a calculator to compute what the PHP55-USD1 is doing to our economy. Second is our dear Abu Sayaff who are reportedly “trained” by Al Qaeda, probably itching to get their claws on more innocent victims once the US strikes Iraq. The rest is up to your imagination.
When first world countries wage war, third world countries absorb the fall. Utter convenience. Even though GMA assures us that we have enough oil reserves for two months, enough food, enough rice, enough needs, she has failed to mention the long-term effects of all this.
I’m not totally one-sided; I can manage to see some arguable points, but this war is just too transparent. Just comeon and say what you want, instead of making a mountain out of a molehill, as the saying goes.
My point is this : convenience. People find comfort in convenience, something to blame, something to believe in, something to use as an excuse to strike. While watching Bush make his speech about liberating Iraq and promising the food and medicine and a “new Iraq” to the people of a country he is about to declare war on, I wondered: What kind of a leader, armed with a severe case of Messianic complex, could ever find convenience in going to war without UN support, without enough evidence, without exhausting all peace possibilities first?
Hey, you already know the answer. And everyone, whether we like it or not, will be affected. Except maybe for those people in Tibet, you know, who live in the mountains? I saw a feature on them the other night on National Geographic. That was coooool.
Sorry for the rant, I couldn’t help myself. Since I update Globalnation, I think I am becoming a wee bit overly concerned about the Philippines, and that’s not a bad thing to be feeling, no? As closing I would like to quote Forrest Gump: “…And that’s the only thing I have to say about that.”
