[zarf]

Michelle speaks,of course,from a place of relative safety. There are no Jemaah Islamiah or Abu Sayyef,or Moro Liberation Army bombers hanging around her house.

Your point?

[genefromjersey]

Gloria Arroyo-who is basically US-friendly-BARELY got re-elected,and faces very powerful minority factions-many of them violently anti-US.To do any good at all-for herself,her country,and for us,she has to stay in power.

Whether 59 Filipinos stay or go is of no real consequence to the US;but pulling them out in an effort to save one man tells her people even 1 man is important.

Malkin SHOULD know this,but-every once in a while-she shoots from the hip.