#title:A Web of Lies<br>
@@@@@<h1>A Web of Lies</h1><!-- Simon "Ka Filiw" Naogsan, CPDF Spokesperson, February 20, 2008 </em><br><br>
A lie to cover up a previous lie. This is how NOLCOM chief Lt. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang and his public relations boys react whenever their implausible claims are questioned.<br><br>
For instance, NOLCOM claimed it dismantled seven guerilla fronts in 2007. Two of these fronts were allegedly in the Ilocos-Cordillera Region (ICR). In a rebuttal statement, Martin Montana, spokesperson of the Chadli Molintas Command of the Ilocos-Cordillera NPA Operational Command, pointed out the incongruity that the two supposedly dismantled guerilla fronts covered only 15 barangays. He clarified that a guerilla front usually comprises five contiguous towns or the equivalent of a congressional district. This simple fact is clearly beyond the comprehension of Lt. Gen. Maclang and his public relations boys.<br><br>
To cover up the embarrassment caused by their obvious blunder, Lt. Gen. Maclang and his PR boys again resorted to cooking up spurious data using the "dagdag-bawas" formula that has become the trademark of the corrupt Arroyo regime and all its lackeys and cronies.<br><br>
In a recent Press Release--><p><em>--><p><em> Lt. Gen. Maclang and his parrots alleged that I made a statement published in national dailies claiming that guerilla fronts throughout the country increased from "100 to 230"! I never made such claim. But as Comrade Martin Montana had stated earlier, Lt. Gen. Maclang most definitely learned his arithmetic from the COMELEC. Obviously, simple math is a daunting task for Lt. Gen. Maclang and his sycophantic psywar propagandists.<br><br>
Instead of wasting their time spinning a convoluted web of lies that will only embarrass them further, Lt. Gen. Maclang and his lackeys should ponder the current political crisis, rethink their loyalties and position, and follow the noble example of Jun Lozada by exposing the endemic corruption in the AFP. They can start by looking into how their Commander-in-Chief diverted funds for the housing program of AFP and PNP personnel to fund the anomalous ZTE-NBN project. They can also look into the recent multi-billion peso helicopter procurement scam among many others. The officers, men and women of the AFP should do well to withdraw their support for Gloria Arroyo. Or else, they can join the evil Gloria Arroyo on her pending trip to hell.<br><br>
Oplan Bantay Laya II, touted by Arroyo and her doggy generals as their "end-game strategy" against the revolutionary movement, will surely fail. It will be defeated by the well-disciplined and committed New People's Army, together with the entire Filipino people. The AFP is demoralized, factionalized, wracked by never-ending corruption, and incompetently led by an isolated and fake Commander-in-Chief and her mercenary generals. If there is an end-game strategy here, it is this – the Arroyo gang will be battered by one crisis after another until it is brought down by the revolutionary forces and the people. #<br>
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