Bulls-eye SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 09/15/2010

Bulls-eye

SHE SAYS

Dinah S. Ventura

09/15/2010
President Aquino is no stranger to violence. His father, Benigno Sr., was assassinated on the airport tarmac. His mother’s term as president was peppered with a number of armed coups d’etat by rebel soldiers who wanted to grab power, and he took a bullet in his body to show for it.

Those violent years urged him to take up the gun and learn to shoot. And his aim, we discovered recently, is excellent.

Unfortunately, decisions made on Aug. 23, 2010 did not have the same perfect aim. In fact, it appeared that no one was aiming for anything specific that day, such as making it possible for the hostages to be let go by the disgruntled police officer, who had decided to take the law into his own hands. Rolando Mendoza wanted his job back, claiming he had been unfairly dismissed, and he took a busload of Hong Kong tourists hostage to ensure that he got what he wanted.

Throughout the 10 hours of heat, hot heads, high drama and hijinks, the world watched as the situation dragged for hours and rapidly disintegrated into a tragedy that took the lives of tourists who were about to leave for home that very night..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100915com7.html