The many investigations of the fallen 44 are not helping our
quest for truth. It only shows our cynical affinity for entertainment. It is
like a wound that we enjoy poking repeatedly with a flaming torch. Regardless of
how many times we hear the same story like a terminator movie; we like to see
and hear it again but this is not a movie. People are dead and the fallen are
not going to get up and shake hands with the director.
General Espina was emotional today but will he be equally
emotional if he has seen the countless Muslim men, women and children
slaughtered by the Armed Forces? Was he ever assigned in Mindanao? If he had;
he would be lying if he denies seeing the atrocities committed by men in
uniform of the Philippine government. If some of the fallen 44 were “finished off”
as the term they chose to use was correct; they the MILF or other groups
including armed bandits that joined the fight did it out of anger or vengeance
for a loved one whose life was likewise untimely terminated by the Armed
Forces.
There are no just wars – all wars are evil and what happened
in Mamasapano should make the passage of the BBL even more urgent. There is no
guarantee that it will bring peace but it is the best we have that is worth the
gamble. Let us honor the blood of the fallen 44 and 18 freedom fighters with
peace so that theirs will be the last – Insaallah!
Killing the “BBL” will only benefit the merchants of death
and the political vultures who will be feasting on the carcasses of peace.
Often times I wonder if cats and dogs will go to heaven
while humans go to hell because despite our technological advances; we humans
have spiritually regressed. We have become as savage as ever towards each other’s.
Cats and dogs don’t tear each other’s apart like humans do. Open your TV and
watch in HD how humans blow each other’s brains. The “Mamasapano” incident is
not unique - it is happening as we speak in every continent of the planet…
NK
