We all know that the International Red Cross is impartial to all warring factions. They however underestimate their neutrality when they went to Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Mindanao. Everyone knows that the Abu Sayyaf is a terror organization. Terrorist do not negotiate and governments around the world do not negotiate with them. No amount of inter faith rallies can persuade the terror group to relent the release of those volunteers.
The Red Cross volunteers only created a drama (tele-serye) that put the lives of our active men in uniform at risk. They should have consulted our Armed Forces before they went to that place in the first place. I don’t want to be politically correct so I’m going to say this. Are the lives of the three IRC Volunteers more important than the lives of our soldiers? I don’t think that the lives of these people are worth saving! They put themselves at risk and now they want the government to protect them? The Philippine media, the most irresponsible media in the world does not help the situation either. It even went to the extent of portraying our soldiers as the evil.
The attention that this event brought to the world only made the Abu Sayyaf larger than they are. The world fears them more and they are surely enjoying the free publicity.
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