You've gotta be kidding me.
Oh great, countries are now giving in to the demands of terrorists....well if that doesn't invite more and bigger demands....
We are doomed. The one hundred or so Filipino soldiers are leaving Iraq. How can we fight the enemy without the help of this supreme Filipino military force? I am scared to death now.
The Philippenes will shortly be having a lot more problems with the Abu Sayyaf and other terrorist groups, now that they have shown their weakness.
Oh no. I had read that they were going to hold out. What a stupid, stupid move.
Wait a minute. Gloria Arroyo keeps saying the troops will stay. What gives?
another country folds to terrorism-how pussilanimous
In reply the US State Department issued a statement that the US is suspending all loans and monies to the Philippines and will be withdrawing all US advisors helping to fight domestic and international terrorists in the said country of the Philippines.
Of course this is what would occur if the State department had a set of Cajones, which they don't, so it will say nothing or ask forgiveness.
This Shiite is getting me more upset by the day.
and be replaced by anti-terrorist special forces that will hunt you down like a dog.
Oh no...
The UN, which cut and run after one attack on their ill-defended HQ in Baghdad.
Spain, which cut and run after one attack on their home soil.
The Philipines, which cut and run after one aid worker is threatened.
And, for dishonorable mention, France, Germany, and Russia, who disn't get involved at all because toppling Saddam would have eliminated their looting of Iraq'a oil wealth through the massively corrupt UN "Oil For Food" criminal enterprise (probably the greates heist of all time were somebody to report on it -- where are Woodward and Bernstein when you need them?).
Who is advising these (censored) to capitulate for one person? Jeez.....
I think I'm going to puke.
j/k
This is actually sort of bizarre to me: I work with a lot - and supervise a few - Philippinoes. None of them are wimps....and they come from a country that has more than it's fair share of home-grown islamoassholes.
Nice going, guys. Real macho of you.
Bush has 4 more years to cut foreign funding with the blessings of the American people.
The only thing that is keeping me from screaming right now is the slightest chance that once the truck driver is released they will say 'screw you' and send in a couple thousand troops to hunt down these animals.
Bunch of Pukimo Molakais.
This is an incredible story. That's an entire country brought to its knees by a guy with a knife and a grainy home video. I have to call B.S. on this one. When did the Phillipinos ever give in to Abu Sayyaf? They've lost people to beheadings in the past. This is not exactly new territory for them and would send a suicidal message to Abu Sayyaf...