On a news about the Masasapano Report, a reaction.

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It is reports like this that is really disturbing. The media were able to take a peek, but have not read the report in its entirety, and for the benefit of putting up a news, there is a “should have” line that puts the President to blame. It is that elusive peace in Mindanao that grips the nation now, and we have to resolve the conflict with our brothers down south,. But if the media continues to malign a President, which takes our view from the conflict, how can we achieve the peace we all want? The Mamasapano story is a very, very sad story. But it happened, and we grieved for the valiant forty-four commandos who courageously fought and faced death, there is no question in their heroism, But do we honor them by playing blame game? No, we don’t. If I have to state my sixty peso point of view, the Mission Exodus is a brilliant plan, the gallant Special Action Force went there to serve warrant of arrest to two international terrorists,. But of course, the gravity of that serving the warrant entails hostile forces, thus the commandos knew that death awaits, Every soldier and every police knows that, and the families of the men in uniform know that when their loved one sets off on a mission each morning, the possibility of them not coming back alive is very true. Did the SAF succeed? Yes. They killed the terrorist Marwan. And wounded the other one. One would argue that forty-four dead is too high a price, Of course, we don’t see forty-four flag-draped caskets every day, That was why even the President was shocked and shaken, and was ill-advised not to receive the dead at Villamor airbase. He should have, because as President, he must be first in line in saluting his fallen men. Does that mean he must be held accountable for the deaths? No. Dying is a part and parcel of a uniformed man’s story. The tragedy is in the outcome, because everyone is too noisy, especially the commentators who do not know what they are saying, because for the most part, they were speculating, Pending the report, stop the negativism. If Ground Commander Napenas erred in his execution of the plan, may we find it in our hearts to forgive, Who are we not to? All of us commits mistakes, blatant ones, for that matter. But our being humans ensues actually in our kindness, and when we look back at our young heroes, we know that we are better human beings because of them. Let us not spoil this moment of their valor. We might be grieving still, and forever will, but this is their moment of glory. To the media, please put their stories in your front pages, so we can relive their lives and give thanks.