Abu Sayyaf

I don't know what principles Abu Sayyaf live by, but i don't think that i will side with people who justify beheading as part of a fight for their cause. Both Christians and Muslims are condemning them. IMHO, they are terrorists. I am sorry for the 3 ICRC members they kidnapped. They volunteered and have good intentions but then they were not well-protected. What is the governor doing there? It's like there is no government presence there.

Maybe some of the people in that group of terrorists are just misled. I have no idea yet of what they are REALLY fighting for and I'm not sure that some of the group members there understand (fully) what they are fighting for. (I will search more on this)

Mindanao is part of the Philippines. Any part of that island is part of the Philippines. We cannot give away a land there just because a group of people demands it. There are even conspiracy theories that those groups of people are funded by other nations(probably neighboring countries here in southeast asia). I understand why they would want to fund militant groups in Mindanao. That island is such a strategic place to have in terms of geographic, economic and global advantage. I will delve more on that on my next post.

For now, I'm just praying that those 3 people will be saved. No one has the right to take their lives. It should be an all out war if they kill those people. I don't know if the government has the balls or the manpower or the gun power to even have a war against the terrorists there, but I think it's time that those terrorists stop ruining that place, stop ruining our country.

Some things are not yet that clear to me. I'm not sure if some of the locals there support these terrorists. I mean how come the military couldn't get to their hideout and finish this already. I hope that no government official in mindanao are supporting these terrorists and I hope that no locals there are either. They must understand that they can never have progress there if they have terrorists and they will never have true freedom if their beliefs are based on lies. No international volunteers will be allowed there I suppose and no one will ever help them again if this is not resolved.