Let's make no bones about it... that the NPA are the true enemies of the Filipino people who even attack innocent, immobile cellsites for obvious reasons... because Globe Telecom's executives have been ordered not to pay "revolutionary taxes" to the NPAs... because the executives of the Ayala Corporation, Globe's parent company believe that paying revolutionary taxes to the NPA's would only strengthen their cause. This is why I staunchly believe that those who succumb to the terrorism of the NPA by paying their revolutionary taxes are doing more wrong for this country because it prolongs the existence of the NPA. Again, we appeal to the military establishment to concentrate on their work, rather than help those who destabilize our government. As the late Pres. Ramon Magsaysay, Sr. used to say about the Communists dubbed the Four "F's"...Find them, Fool them, Fight them and Finish them, then offer them the hand of peace!" If you want to know why the NPAs are still around, it is because we've only fought them, even if we already found them, we've not fooled them, rather they've fooled us with their NDF's and accepted those peace talks which lead to nothing and more importantly... we never finished them! I dare say to the military... to finish their work!
I was handed a document entitled, "Clear and Present Danger of the ROTC Program" which elucidates the dangers that Republic Act no. 9163 known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) has done to the country, which virtually removed the compulsory ROTC as a subject in our educational system. Let me point out once more that I was always against this law and I have vehemently insisted that the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is the only subject that teaches our school kids patriotism. Instead, this was removed and in its place... a community service program, which in other countries is a punishment for first-time criminal offenders!
If there is no discipline being taught in the schools today, it is due to the absence of a subject that deals with discipline. Gads, even the Scout Masters of the Boy Scouts today are restrained from barking out their orders to the troops... they almost replaced it with pleeezz! Let me point out that the ROTC was removed because of unabated corruption in its system... however like what Maj. Dick Sison said, "you don't cut off your head because you have a headache!" and I fully agree with his observation. Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) should have addressed the problem of corruption in the ROTC instead of making it voluntary. In other countries, military service is even compulsory and military training in schools is part and parcel of the growth of their youth. We lost this already, just like our ability to speak good English! I support the call to restore the ROTC for as long as they fix what was wrong with it... including training our youths using wooden rifles. The ROTC here is another Pinoy Tragedy!