The Phillipines contemplates Murder

A dark day in history. I have usually been impressed with the actions of Filipinos. They ousted a dictator, fashioned a democracy, kicked some terrorist ass in the South of their country, produced some lovely women one of whom I married, and then...

"In response to the demand by the group Khaled ibn al-Walid (Islamic army in Iraq), the Philippine government... will pull its humanitarian forces out of Iraq swiftly, in the time it takes to carry out the necessary preparation for their return to the Philippines," he said on al-Jazeera television

If they do pull out, it will be open season on foreign nationals in Iraq. Essentially, the Phillipines is saving one person while condemning possibly dozens or hundreds of others to death. It is the ultimate selfish act, and one that should be punished by the world through economic means.

Even Spain was not this direct, and their cowardly submission to terror is possibly a strong factor in the current round of beheadings. The Phillipines is not saving anyone. This is murder.