Warlords By Ronald Roy COMMENT 01/07/2010

Warlords By Ronald Roy COMMENT 01/07/2010 As 2010 unfolds, we wonder if the Maguindanao carnage is but a symbol of a much larger setting of around 15 warlords gearing to defend or seize fiefdoms. While they now prepare for the general elections this coming May, the country has become a virtual tinderbox with much of the Armed Forces’ arsenal having illicitly found its way to their private armies. The cached phosphorous items — in a word, explosives — have only to be triggered to create anarchy of such a magnitude as may bring martial law upon us. The specter of Gloria Arroyo’s extended rule looms over the horizon, where it may hang until our truculence wears down. The only way to read this liar is to take her word as a deceptive veneer over her diabolic intentions. No, she’ll never go despite her words to the contrary. I no longer wonder if the bogus President and Commander-in-Chief is aware .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100107com6.html

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