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Flirting with military ill-advised; "Men willingly believe what they wish." a[euro]" Julius Caesar.(Chaff from the Grain)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20060124
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FORCING the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Philippine National Police to be a party to partisan politics can only bring in short-term relief from distasteful and wasteful political feuding. If and when the military has savored the addictive lure and dizzying powers of politics, that will be the beginning of long-term tyranny and military autocracy.

To summarize Erik Durschmied, author of Revolutions, Mayhem, Betrayal, Glory, and Death, "The Whisper of the Blade," "Morality and history make for an incompatible marriage. There lies the real tragedy of ...

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