On the Pull Out from Iraq
July 23rd, 2004 at 8:14 am (General)
The fact that the sacrifice of a life is not acceptable to President Arroyo and the rest of the Filipino nation is proof that the Philippines has a culture that is unprepared and unwilling to go to war. The values of the Filipino people do not and has never been reflected in President Arroyo’s policy to support the US-led war in Iraq.
That we pulled out of Iraq as soon as a head was about to roll, literally, confirms that Arroyo’s decision to support the war is nothing but an attempt by Pres. Arroyo to please Goerge W. Bush. If her conviction and belief that the war the occupation are justified, would she be as willing to pull out the troops? I would like to think that the pull out of the troops is not mere cowardice of the repercussions of the then possible execution of dela Cruz, but enlightenment that the “humanitarian” missions are nothing but an attempt to boost the Philippines’ image.
Our foreign policies should always be reflective of our identity as a nation, our culture, our values and our morals. Otherwise, we would be easily bullied into anything, short of protituting ourselves in exchange for foreign funding. Our values dictate that the life of each Filipino is more impaortant than anything else. I think it is this value, more than anything else, that made us pull out our troops.
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