Declaring war without thinking---stupid idiots

Is there a plan to overthrow the Aquino administration by using Mindanao as a staging ground for more violence? It seems like it. 


Who are these forces maneuvering to oust this government? Are these forces linked with the former dispensation? Are these forces linked with Big Business names now dragged into alleged misfeasances committed during the past regime?


Several sources want the Aquino administration to engage the enemy by declaring war. War only benefits the rich, particularly those involved in selling arms and ammunition. It is the people who bear the brunt of human cruelty during wars.


When violence is met by violence, it sparks an endless cycle of hatred, despair, and human isolation. Humans forget their humanity during wars and commit endless violations of rights that last even after the war. 


Obviously, those who call for war are just sitting in their armchairs, thinking of the benefits of war to themselves and not really mindful of what would happen to freedom-loving citizens, Bangsamoros and non-Bangsamoros in those areas. Think about the children who will lose their fathers and their mothers in a war of attrition. Think about the destruction of properties and of nature if war is declared.


Obviously, those who want to replace this government, want this government to engage more closely in a war where no one really wins. If the Aquino administration harkens to these hawks, a war would divert its attention from the greater task at hand---hauling grafters and big-time thieves to jail and correcting the structural errors of the bureaucracy. 


Don't tell me that those who support a war there are probably supporters of Big Business and BIg-time grafters and smugglers whose lives are being constantly threatened by the successful anti-graft and corruption fight of this administration?


Don't tell me that those who want Noynoy to commit the error made by Erap before, want him replaced by Binay? 


What happens if, say, this administration decides to deploy more troops in Basilan, a place where most people are armed to the teeth? More misery, more deaths and more destruction will take place. 


These people who call for war are making these suggestions from the hip. They are not thinking straight. 


A further deployment of troops there will escalate the tension and transform the place into a regional battlefield of causes and ideologies---a very dangerous proposition. Basilan does not have an overlord such as Maguindanao and any other place in Mindanao. There is no strong hegemon there, only petty rulers and overlords who are very territorial and command small armies. When you deploy outsiders there, they will be killed. 


A war will affect the national economy, especially the stock and money markets. This will further weaken the state and will affect economic growth. 


In a time where the country has been wrecked by natural disasters in the North and interacine conflict in the South, a war is such a foolish thing to do.