Monday, August 27, 2012

A BAFFLING COINCIDENCE OF FATE: THEN AND NOW


A BAFFLING COINCIDENCE OF FATE (BUSH&ARROYO THEN AND NOW)



2001

If we can measure a nation’s greatness by being in the news, Philippine has no rival in Asia. On the 20th of January, a new president was sworn in to replace a maligned president that was driven out of office by popular revolt. The weirdest of all however is the shroud of mystery that surrounds the new Philippine and new US president.

Bush [USA] and Arroyo [Phil.] took their oath on the same day. Both are children of former presidents. They both came into office in a most extraordinary manner.
It was the Supreme Court of each country that intervened in their behalf after much legal wrangling. As soon as they were sworn into office, they each named an X-general as executive secretary. Although the Philippine president’s father died several years ago, she has former president Ramos acting as her guardian angel and ambassador at large, the same role the senior Bush is playing for his son. Ramos was the secretary of National Defense during the gulf war when millions of Filipinos and other aliens had to run for their lives. The 7th Fleet, USA’s biggest armada outside of continental USA was then home based in the Philippine that saw action in the gulf war. Most of the Aircrafts that bombed Iraq [Babylon] took off from bases in the Philippines and the 7th Fleet.

They each replaced presidents [Clinton/Estrada] who are confessed womanizers. The lower houses of congress impeached both outgoing presidents but their party mates in the Senate acquitted both. Citizens of both countries believe they were guilty. They were impeached, tried and acquitted by the same set of laws. On January 29, 2001 while driving my children to school, a vendor held a newspaper to my face that reads, “Dr. Loi [Estrada] to run for the senate,” 

“It is too much of a coincidence,” I said turning to my wife with Hilary Clinton in my mind.


The Philippines I believe with its father figure, the USA will play a big role in the coming ‘apocalypse.’ Philippine is the catholic bastion in Asia. Filipinos were once upon a time called the little brown Americans but before that, Filipinos were called the misplaced Latin Americans. President Bush and President Arroyo should watch over each other’s because of the possibility that what happens to one will happen to the other. They share a common destiny the meaning of which is yet to unravel. 

President George W. Bush will visit the Philippines in November 2001.
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A lot of things had happened ever since that is getting even weirder. Because of 9/11, there was no way president Bush could make the trip but President Gloria Arroyo instead went to USA


Like Hillary Clinton, Dr. Luisa Estrada ran for the senate and won. 

Citizens of both countries continue to die in Iraq although Philippines withdrew its Military contingent when the Iraqi insurgents held a Filipino hostage.

Filipinos in the US military and civilian workers are among the continuing casualties of the Iraq quagmire.

They each have to fight Moslem terrorists (ABU SAYYAF/SIPADAN HOSTAGES), Islamic militants, extremists and common criminals hiding in the shadow of Islam. 

Although the Philippine president holds office for 6 years terms, Arroyo had to run for the office after 4 years because she took over when the former president was in the office for 2 years. She and Bush run in the same year and both won the presidential re-elections. Few months into the office, both run into troubles and their rating equally plummeted into the 30-40%. Arroyo for lying about winning the election plus a ton load of corruption charges while Bush for lying about the Iraq war and a ton load of other charges including torture of prisoners that refuses to go away. An impeachment complain against Arroyo was killed by her party mates in the lower house, similarly an impeachment being contemplated by the Democrats against Bush didn’t progress beyond the lower house.


NOW:

Both Bush and Arroyo’s political parties lost the presidency to their political opponents but this is what is really weird: both ex-presidents cannot leave their own countries; Arroyo for corruption charges while Bush for fear of being nabbed by human rights groups that found him guilty of human rights violations. Will the court also find GMA guilty in one of the many charges against her? :-) 

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