Insurgency

The present regime has been declaring that it will crush the maoist-sytle insurgency in 2010. This promise has been part of the goals of every elected government of our country. Our armed forces has been trained and equipped to fight an internal threat that saw its rise during the dictatorship of the late strong man Ferdinand Marcos. The communist rebellion has been lurking behind the shadows of the present government waiting to strike hard and inflict damage in a guerilla type of warfare. The current situation of our beloved Mindanao Island is now alarming army soldiers waste their lives to fight against fellow Filipinos. A military action is part of the solution but it is not a long term answer to the problem. A long term solution is poverty alleviation of people in the country side and the education of the masses to give them a chance towards a decent livelihood. A government of transparency and decency must be installed to lessen the drift of the people. Ideologies and principle may always vary in a society but what is common is that we are all Filipinos and we are in the same country. Our goal is to be united and march towards progress.