That ‘insulting letter’ C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 09/13/2010

That ‘insulting letter’

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S

Jonathan De la Cruz

09/13/2010
So, what were the contents of that “insulting letter” which P-Noy was supposed to have received from a “high official of the Hong Kong SAR?” Even as the Chief Executive himself noted that he may have erred in ever mentioning the same in his special press conference tackling the Luneta hostage crisis some days back and that it was not “very strongly worded” mentioning that “we were being told in very minute detail what we were supposed to do..” Although he has decided he “won’t fight back to prevent the conflict from getting worse.”

I think he owes it to the Filipino people to reveal the provenance of that letter and its contents. For if truth be told, that insult and that is how P-Noy felt about it, was not solely directed on his person but was actually a reproach on the nation. It was a derogation of the national honor. Whatever prompted that unnamed Hong Kong official to tell us in minutest detail what we should have done as P-Noy noted we do not deserve that kind of a missive.

True, that botched Luneta hostage rescue was a major, major blunder. It does not, however, represent by any means the best of who we really are. We have shown our capacity to stand up as a people and have actually been major contributors to the successes and strides of neo-states such as Hong Kong..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100913com5.html