islander quoted:
i'm persistent and you are not?
Reply:
Yes you are persistent... The truth is; "Marcos was awarded medals during WW-II". The 2 generals of the US Army MacArthur and Wainwright awarded Marcos those medals and they were representing the US government. Marcos medals are in the custody of the AFP museum and his war records are in the US military archives.
The statements above is where I based my reasoning. If you are still persistent that my reasoning is without bases... then you must go to the US and the Philippine governments to verify since they are in the best position to know the truth about the medals of Marcos and not Bonifacio Gillego or the opinion of Jarius Bondoc.
According to the curator/custodian of the Marcos medals Gen. Restituto Aguilar; "Those who contest the authenticity of his [Marcos] medals should substantiate their allegations. It shall undergo investigations and should follow a processâ€.
islander quoted:
discussions such as what we have in this forum encourage us to learn more, through shared opinions and proper research and cross-references, with a certain detachment from one's emotional leanings and personal loyalties, so we can make informed conclusions. had you not mentioned that i or anyone who has an opposing view to yours should go to that afp museum consultant with the evidence that the medals are fake (what a non-sequitur!) or had you not insisted that there was no election cheating, i might have held on to some hope that there's some shred of intellect left in you.
Reply:
I agree but let us not go somewhere to the height of obstinacy just to insist a baseless and unfounded opinion. Why? Because Gillego's opinion is based on the opinion of other people like Lt. Manriquez. He [Gillego] tried to access the US achives but he was not permitted. How can we believe him? From Gillego's opinion it was copied by Jarius Bondoc and other opinion writers in the newspapers. All together your opinion is based on the newspapers. Marcos medals are in the court of public opinion so many times. This is trial by publicity against a dead man.
I have no emotional leanings and I have no brothers or sisters who were detained during Martial Law. My opposition to Marcos at the advent of Martial Law is simply political. I was there at the MIA when Ninoy Aquino arrived from the US.
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