13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
9:58 a.m.
Michael Motyka wrote:
As far as his assertion about the popularity of UBL in the Philippines : sounds like a stretcher to me - Muslims are only strong in the extreme south e.g. Mindanao. Most of the population is pretty strict Catholic. There may be some resentment of the US but I think overall there is a hunger for all things US : education, media, goods, travel and trade.
The older folks definitely still remember the Japanese.
You are correct. There is a small radical (mostly young) element that thinks he's pretty neat, but they're a minority-in-a-minority. They're likely to become even more of one soon, as many are allegedly volunteering for service in Afghanistan aganist the Great Satan... Marc de Piolenc Iligan City, Philippines