Okay so im assuming that MILF (what an unfortunate name) demands that the whole region of the Philippines to basically become a Muslim state and not just an island?
What a shame that this mentality has infested this country. I've just been reading some history on this place. It's the 12th most populace country in the world and boasts a vast mixture of different races and immigrants, has good ties with the rest of the world and has a decent GDP with ambitions to grow. And it seems because the population is 90% christians, there in lies the problem. This country has gone through hardships and im impressed to learn that in 1986 the People Power Revolution occured. The people protested outside of EDSA to oppose the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Corazon Aquino not only defeated Marcos in the next election and became the first female President of the Phillipines or anywhere else in Asia. Marcos and his cronies departed to Hawaii in exile and a new age of Democracy and government reform began. This was hampered by debt, corruption, communist insurgency and islamic seperatism. Since then they've clawed their way out of debt and boasts a respectable GDP of about 161 billion dollars a year. It has a Unitary state of government but who is to say that that is unfair compared to a Federal government? The UK is a unitary state, despite the fact we try and pass ourselves off as otherwise.
This group make me laugh. They mention Spain, uh that was 500 years ago guys, then they mention the Americans which was 100 years ago. Did they completely forget that the Philippines gained independence from America after WW II? Plus the PEOPLE ousted Ferdinand Marcos. Hopefully im not going to sound ignorant at this point as I don't know much about current affairs in the Phillipenes, but are Muslims being oppresed? Or is this just Hamas in another form, demanding this and that and using words like "Holy" to justify murder? You would think that it was only Muslims that have suffered hardships in the Phillipines over the last 100 years the way this group is carrying on. I've got a better solution for these people, why don't they make a point like everyone else did in 1986 instead of wanting to murder your way to power.
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