the pol pot version.

"working without wages will eliminate corruption, improve productivity and in itself represent tremendous internal revenues..."

And the end result of the Pol Pot regime was....?

but vietnam was right next door. we're protected by seas. other asean countries have the air and naval capability to invade us. but our army's stronger, and a lot more seasoned.

We're talking about the Philippine Army right...?

that's a laugh. a seasoned army that hasn't been able to end years of combat with our own people.

Yeah, what she said *points up to previous post*

you doubt our soldiers' fighting abilities? tell me why. your insurgency problem has little to do with, to be honest.

I don't doubt it. I've seen it for real. The Army cannot even mobilize in a synchronized way at the Battalion level, much less a whole Division. If you ever get to NDCP there's actually a whole book on this problem. This is why the Mindanao campaign of 2000 took almost a year to finish off instead of the supposed 3-4 months the Army itself originally projected.

(Just a silly question: What the f--- does this talk of the Army's capabilities, or lack tehreof, have to do with the Martial Law thread again?)

for one, they enforced martial law for 9 years and the dictatorship for another 15 years. good enough, right? do you think the philippines could have fought off the commies had we been part of the asian continent? chew on that.

then we're not talking about the same thing. the army you seem to be referring to has long gone. almost 20 years ago na yun. if our army is so good how come this conflict between them and the rebels has lasted this long? ung sinasabi mong mga sundalo nang nakalipas ay malamang either retirado na o patay na. iilan pa nga kaya sa mga sundalo nung panahong iyon ang natitira pa sa serbisyo? wake up and smell the kalachuchi dear!

The only problem here is that the people in general lack the discipline and knowlege of the laws. The first thing to do is to implement and try to structurized the government. On what I could see each sector has its own beliefs and they need to cooperate in other to get things done.

So Mac, are you crediting the Army or our geography for fending off the Commies?

And if you're crediting the Army what particular strategy do you think was their most effective one in dealing with the Commie Menace?

Putik, ang layo na ha.

Mula nung sinabi ni mac bolan yung kagustuhan niyang "rule by communists", gumulo na ang usapan. Hindi naman mukhang seryoso siya sa sinasabi niya. Mukhang expression lang naman yun. Wag na tayong kumagat. (huli ko nang kagat ito, promise!)

Sa lahat ng usapan, hindi maiiwasan ang "off-topic". Wag na lang kasi nating pahabain. PM na lang kayo kung gusto niyong pang pag-usapan yang bagay na iyan... o kaya gumawa na lang ng "I Love Pol Pot" thread.