tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post5279594069393698196..comments2023-06-03T21:23:56.934+08:00Comments on Placeholder: Terrorism as Fire Insurancecvjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-82006343712758342252007-10-21T20:00:00.000+08:002007-10-21T20:00:00.000+08:00Hi Anna, i believe that if the bombings are indeed...Hi Anna, i believe that if the bombings are indeed the work of groups like the RSM, JI, MILF, ASG or the CPP/NPA, then it could not have come at the worst possible time when the credibility of the State, and therefore its capacity to lead, is so low. I therefore agree with blogger Dominique that this would be <A HREF="http://villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-gma-should-resign.html#links" REL="nofollow">the right time for Gloria Arroyo to resign</A>.cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-61866176302460242402007-10-21T09:39:00.000+08:002007-10-21T09:39:00.000+08:00Chuck,The prejudices against Arroyo and her govt a...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>The prejudices against Arroyo and her govt are founded on her excecrable governance, her lies, her cheatings, her moral corruption, her inability to unite, etc. <BR/><BR/>If people are not rallying in the aftermath of the Makati blast around her little person is not because they despise the JI and all the other terrorist cells less but it's because Gloria, as a leader has lost all moral high ground to ask them to despise terrorists along with her.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I don't believe she's even asking the citizens to rally around her and that to me is very telling -- she cannot because she knows she has lost the trust and confidence of her fellow citizens. <BR/><BR/>There is really nothing she can expect at this point from the people. The country is so divided -- there is an existing political and moral chasm so strong (or so bad) that renders the nation incapable of rallying around their leaders, a chasm primarily of Gloria's own making.<BR/><BR/>The gulf between the nation's leaders and the citizenry is widening and I believe it is beginning to thoroughly sap the nation's moral energy.MBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051130751172337198noreply@blogger.com