How can we say with head held high that our country is worth a hundred dollar trip? It saddens the whole nation to watch the hostage drama take place, watch and do nothing, listen to the media and ask how could anyone understand any logic in the act? It saddens me to watch and listen to foreigners shaking their heads and looking down in disgust as if the whole nation and the entire Filipino race deserved to be held accountable.
Apart from the international blacklist that this country is gonna get, there abounds a cloud of doubt whether our leaders could handle a bigger crisis than this? Local police and government were actively seen and participating in the negotiations, but in my own personal opinion, the crisis would have merited an audience from the higher ups.
No, It wasn't just about giving in to the whims of a troubled man. He was a police officer, a disgruntled and irrational one too. He was dismissed from his post over a year ago. He had a gun and held his hostages by the neck. If he was not worthy of any attention, then at least the victims deserved no less than the attention of the president of this country.
Don't you get to think, if foreigners on a week-long vacation could not be properly secured, will our nation be safe from these kinda threats? If it were a busload of Filipino Children, would the president still send his Secretary of what-child affairs to communicate? If what happened was considered a national tragedy, why can't we feel the remorse from our government, from the PNP?
If it were anyone else, happened anywhere else in the world, would have it ended differently? Or if our country had Jack Bauer as President, would the crisis have been handled differently?
If we think about answering YES, then what a sorry state our nation has come to.
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