Filed under: Rant
Before anybody starts feeling sorry for Angelo Reyes, just think of all the soldiers who died in Mindanao with their flimsy boots, inadequate protection and faulty equipment. If they have any honor left in them, I hope the rest of the generals have the decency to follow suit.
To be honest, I think the appropriate punishment for these generals would be to send them to fight in the frontlines against the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao with flimsy boots, inadequate and faulty equipment. Either that or leave them in the middle of the camp quads in the hands of all the soldiers they robbed.
But this will do.
Edit:
Reyes could’ve redeemed himself in some way. He didn’t have to die. He could’ve pulled a Rabusa and come clean with the whole thing. It would also probably be easier to grieve with his family if his wife didn’t travel 48 times in 11 years, with $10,000 pocket money. I feel sorry for the kids, no question.
For the most part, I feel really sad to see a life taken all for the love of money. After reading his credentials, it was really depressing knowing how this man of great potential and intelligence was swayed by the system. Then again, it all still comes down to our choices. He might have been a great father or leader or boss or whatever, and I’m sure he was nice in person. But I quote, it’s not who we are underneath, but what we do that defines us. Reyes made his choices. And instead of making things right, he chose to escape. What a waste.
Again, I still think that this country needs to be more, for lack of a better term, unforgiving with its criminals.
Now I’m reading that he’s going to be buried with military honors. Honor? What honor? They’re going to drape his coffin with the same flag that he spat on. I’m not happy that he died, but I can’t say that I grieve over his death.
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