Arroyo pulls out Philippine troops to save a life (will she don her burka next?)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | July 15, 2004 | Mark Baker in Manila and Cynthia Banham with agencies

[mykdsmom]

Sheesh, don't they know that "pulling out" is not effective? ; )

MKM

[Brilliant]

This would explain why the Phillipines has labored under the yoke of dictatorship for most of its existence, and has been subject to American control during the rest.

[ambrose]

Seems you've got some 'splainin to do ;)

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Why now, here is a great example of the Kerry-style "nuanced" foreign policy. /sarc

[darkwing104]

Someone should the tell the Filipinos that they just made themselves an easy mark for all future terrorist.

[boycottliberalhollywood.com]

I mentioned in a previous thread that I could understand the Phillipine government blocking workers from going overseas to Iraq for labor. Who wants to die for a $4/hr laundry job?

Removing troops, however, is full blow cowardice.

There is a trend here; nations with a histroy of failure and of being conquered are running for the exit door in Iraq; or they never participated in the first place. And this explains exactly why those nations have a history of being conquered and of being military failures.

[TomGuy]

All types of terrorists are loving this and taking notes. They are learning which nations they can intimidate and which they can't.

Coalition nations need to take a lesson from our own BillClinton and Somalia and learn from that experience from which a direct line can be drawn to the 9-11-01 attacks.

The nations that cower to terrorism and terrorists may be doing themselves a short-term favor, but it will come back to their detriment in a much, much more substantial way.

Those nations forget what Churchill said about appeasement--hoping the alligator would eat them last.

[Rutles4Ever]

Excellent point. Who's next?

[cripplecreek]

She didn't save a life, she killed a Bulgarian.

[Phantom Lord]

With the Islamoterrorist problem they have on their own soil, they very well may have just signed their own death warrant.

[No Blue States]

Pathetic. I was hoping they wouldnt.

[Free Trapper]

It's amazing to me that the Philippines of all places would do this.

What message do they possibly think this sends to their already active home grown Muslim terrorists?

[anonymoussierra]

No no no no, that is not good. America need help, America help Filipiny on WWII, Filipiny must help America. Evil persons terorist make Filipiny weak, like Spain comunist they do not want to help America. Weak not good, strong is good.

Poland will stay with America!

[Prysson]

Just imagine if America was as spineless.

"DDay cancelled over fears someone might get hurt."

[Prysson]

You got it..all this has done has encouraged the terrorists to to kidnap more people and threaten to execute them

[Free Trapper]

Don't we have troops teaching the Philippine Army how to fight their own terrorists?

This is crazy!

[Stallone]

The cowardly Filipinos, by their history, could only arrive at one conclusion.

It fully explains the ability of Abu Sayyaf to infiltrate and dominate their country.

And explains why Al Qaeda will never defeat Americans.

[1Old Pro]

The Philipines has long been a gathering spot for international terrorists. The Government is afraid of them and has surrendered.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Doomed to be the toilet cleaners, nannies, maids and strip dancers of the world.

The economic, political, social and military basket case of Asia.

What a reprehensible disgrace. I'm not surprised.