Games of the generals
| SHE SAYS |
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
The board game of our childhood is now online, and for those who remember, the object of the game is to capture the flag. It’s like a chess game where you also try to outwit your opponent. There are two players and a sort of referee in the middle, who checks if the move made by one side benefited him or the other.
Today, the term “games of the generals” has taken on new meaning.
On one hand, there are high-ranking officers who allegedly used all their wits to gain the “flag” (wealth), and on the other, there are the Filipino people. In between, the Senate blue ribbon committee checks to see if the moves purportedly made by the generals benefited only themselves and not the other, which should have been the case.
Games of the generals now also mean, to ordinary folks, the nasty shenanigans that are all coming out in the open, like a big vat of rotten worms.
And what a great big vat it is turning out to be..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110207com7.html
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