Hi Joseph, > Mindanao, the southernmost island in the Philippines, which is this close > to Indonesia is Muslim-dominated. Our President, who is a great supporter > of Bush cannot solve the problem in Mindanao and I don't think it needs > solving anyway.
I recently met an American man who travels to the Philippines constantly and was telling me how beautiful and SAFE the country was for the most part. He said your government has a good handle on the terrorist problems there. > Why do people (especially UN) always want to solve things their way? Some conflicts are best left un-intervened >by the international community, in my opinion. I couldn't agree with you more. I get a little freaked out when people start talking like my country no longer has any sovereignty and should obey all orders from the U.N.! Geez, this is the body who just made Mohammar Gaddafi the head of the human rights whatever. (No offense to the jmdlers here who work for the U.N.) > Why bomb a country not known to support the US? Is this a way of sowing fear to > people caught in the crossfire of the war they didn't have a hand in > creating, or is this a relentless fight against anyone who is white. Both > scenarios disgust me. If I may ask a question (and not to be argumentative or direct this at you, Joseph) why must it be assumed that the terrorists are only after the U.S. or those who support the U.S.? I know that is the propaganda fashionable among those who like to be anti-U.S., (not you Joseph) but these groups of terrorists have been killing and terrorizing many other groups of people mostly unrelated to the U.S. in the world for many years and continue to do so. Jews in Israel and Europe, Christians in East Timor and Lebanon and Somalia, Russians in Chechen, Serbs in Bosnia/Croatia, Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, Hindus in India, Anwar Sadat in Egypt, Kurds in Iraq, rival mid-east groups and the list goes on and on. I just flip that some in the world suddenly want to conveniently forget many years of incidents against people other than Americans or their "supporters." As long as people look away from the truth, whether deliberately or because they do not know other information, any hope for a solution will be that much further away. Not that I have a solution, but as with any problem, one must look at all the sides of it, honestly, before any real hope for change can happen. Kakki
