The MILF leadership disappoints me.
When the marines declared that 14 of their men were killed by an Abu Sayaff ambush, they proudly proclaimed having been the one who encountered and killed the marines (the claim is that 30 marines were actually killed). I wonder what is there to be proud about. They were supposed to be hunting the same kidnappers that the military was running after.
When the military demanded that the perpetrators of the beheadings be surrendered, they responded in the negative and threatened with war. Statements such as having the best MILF unit in Basilan came out of their spokesman.
And now that war seems to be imminent, they are suddenly calling on the foreign donors to the Mindanao development projects to intercede and stop the government from attacking. Double speak, eh?
May I ask, why did they ambush the government troops, in the first place? Is intrusion into their alleged territory punishable by death? The MILF keeps on using the words ceasefire, but why didn't they stop firing for 9 hours? The battle started at 9AM and the Marines started withdrawing at 6PM. Why did they continue to fire for 9 hours?
Was that the spirit of the ceasefire agreement? If ceasefire means killing whoever fails to ask for a permit to pass, perhaps war is better. At least, the rules are clear -You kill the soldiers and the soldiers try to kill you back.-- Is that what you want?
So why are you asking for foreign intercession?
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