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BAYAN REBUTTS ARROYO ON US TROOPS
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today rebuffed President Arroyo’s remarks that branded as “not Filipino” and “coddlers of terrorists” oppositors to the Balikatan war exercise and US intervention. The group called it “a case of a fly feeling taller than the carabao.”
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February 9, 2002
BAYAN REBUTTS ARROYO ON US TROOPS
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today rebuffed President Arroyo’s remarks that branded as “not Filipino” and “coddlers of terrorists” oppositors to the Balikatan war exercise and US intervention. The group called it “a case of a fly feeling taller than the carabao.”
Bayan Spokesperson Renato M. Reyes Jr. said that “Arroyo is only fooling herself if she believes that talking tough like Bush would make her get away with bloody murder. Mimicking Bush does not make her correct; it makes her stand out as a mindless US puppet.”
“Rather, her statements are examples of Arroyo’s high pro-Imperialist Quotient, her desperation to please Uncle Sam and her contempt to the intelligence of the people.”
Reyes said that “Arroyo seems to be under extreme pressure from the White House due to her failure in convincing the entire government and the public on US intervention and the Balikatan.”
“Acting like a true-blue pro-US rah-rah girl who will do and say anything that will please her boss, Arroyo resorts to such antics because she knows that her government is expendable. If she cannot let in the US troops, Uncle Sam may get another president who can do the job,” said Reyes.
Reyes said that “Arroyo is talking tough in line with her grand dream of ensuring lasting US support for her government as well as for her electoral campaign in 2004.”
Parodying Mrs. Arroyo, the Bayan leader said that: “You are not Filipino if you have no confidence in the Filipino's capability to defeat the Abu Sayyaf. You are not Filipino if you always depend on the US in crushing terrorism and every other local problem.
You are not Filipino if you do not consider as violations of Philippine sovereignty the US intervention and the Balikatan.”
Reyes bewailed that “it is a national shame to have such an arrogant president whose extra-closeness to the AFP has blinded her eyes to the unabated conspiracy between high military officials and the Abu Sayyaf. The people know that Arroyo has miserably failed to stop the collusion and for this we have to suffer the violation of sovereignty. Her government’s failure has become a pretext for US intervention and now she uses fallacious statements to cover it all up.” ###
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BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN
[BAYAN, New Patriotic Alliance]
Office: 23 Maamo Street, Sikatuna Village
Quezon City, Philippines 1101
Tel. Nos. [632] 4359151, 9225211
Telefax Nos. [632] 9225211
Email: bayan [at] pilnet.com
Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/bayanorg/
February 9, 2002
BAYAN REBUTTS ARROYO ON US TROOPS
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today rebuffed President Arroyo’s remarks that branded as “not Filipino” and “coddlers of terrorists” oppositors to the Balikatan war exercise and US intervention. The group called it “a case of a fly feeling taller than the carabao.”
Bayan Spokesperson Renato M. Reyes Jr. said that “Arroyo is only fooling herself if she believes that talking tough like Bush would make her get away with bloody murder. Mimicking Bush does not make her correct; it makes her stand out as a mindless US puppet.”
“Rather, her statements are examples of Arroyo’s high pro-Imperialist Quotient, her desperation to please Uncle Sam and her contempt to the intelligence of the people.”
Reyes said that “Arroyo seems to be under extreme pressure from the White House due to her failure in convincing the entire government and the public on US intervention and the Balikatan.”
“Acting like a true-blue pro-US rah-rah girl who will do and say anything that will please her boss, Arroyo resorts to such antics because she knows that her government is expendable. If she cannot let in the US troops, Uncle Sam may get another president who can do the job,” said Reyes.
Reyes said that “Arroyo is talking tough in line with her grand dream of ensuring lasting US support for her government as well as for her electoral campaign in 2004.”
Parodying Mrs. Arroyo, the Bayan leader said that: “You are not Filipino if you have no confidence in the Filipino's capability to defeat the Abu Sayyaf. You are not Filipino if you always depend on the US in crushing terrorism and every other local problem.
You are not Filipino if you do not consider as violations of Philippine sovereignty the US intervention and the Balikatan.”
Reyes bewailed that “it is a national shame to have such an arrogant president whose extra-closeness to the AFP has blinded her eyes to the unabated conspiracy between high military officials and the Abu Sayyaf. The people know that Arroyo has miserably failed to stop the collusion and for this we have to suffer the violation of sovereignty. Her government’s failure has become a pretext for US intervention and now she uses fallacious statements to cover it all up.” ###
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BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN
[BAYAN, New Patriotic Alliance]
Office: 23 Maamo Street, Sikatuna Village
Quezon City, Philippines 1101
Tel. Nos. [632] 4359151, 9225211
Telefax Nos. [632] 9225211
Email: bayan [at] pilnet.com
Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/bayanorg/
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