In the wake of the massacre of soldiers in Basilan, a lot of armchair politicians have been calling for massive retaliation against the MILF/Abu Sayaff forces who were responsible for the death of 19 soldiers, some of whom have been in service for only a few years...
Meanwhile, both the Philippine Armed Forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been pointing accusing fingers at each other claiming that each one started the fray. The president in the meantime has maintained a calm demeanor by not joining the fracass. To his credit, he has decided to pursue peaceful means in sorting out who's at fault.
Running Priest Fr. Robert Reyes and no less than Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines, His Excellency Ambassador Jorge Domecq has praised the president for maintaining his peaceful stand in resolving the matter. Both the ambassador and PNoy were at the opening of the Spanish Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum when the ambassador praised the president for taking the high road regarding the conflict.
Ambassador Domecq went so far as to state his praise for PNoy by saying that retaliation was not an option to achieving lasting piece. He had admitted that in the case of our history, Spain had made its biggest blunder by having our national hero Jose Rizal executed. The humble ambassador had recounted how, in Spain's desire to maintain peace in an already volatile nation hungry for independence, revolution had erupted because of an act that captured a nation's sympathy and exacerbated the situation further.
I have high respect for Ambassador Domecq for this humble admission... However, had it not happened then we probably would still be under colonial rule much longer... Oh well, all's well that end's well!
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