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Martial Law and missed opportunities (opens the original)
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Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. Last September 21, was the 54th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law and it was commemorated in varying ways depending on one’s political affiliation. Being an operation carried out by the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., it is in the public’s consciousness identified
Robin Padilla’s cringe ramblings on history (opens the original)
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Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. As August has come to an end, so too did the Buwan ng Kasaysayan that is the month long series of activities by the national government together with academic institutions and private organizations to commemorate and showcase the history of the Philippines. One would expect that this
Ninoy and August 21 in my thoughts (opens the original)
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Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. During the Marcos Dictatorship, practically everyone knew who Benigno Aquino Jr was. Anyone who did not know him was probably living under a rock or in a cave. So on August 21, 1983, when he was assassinated at the then Manila International Airport, the news spread nationwide. Many a
A revitalized Philippine military: a threat to China’s ambitions (opens the original)
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Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. Jose Antonio Custodio is a military historian who also dabbles in national security and defense commentary. A few decades ago, a foreign speaker remarked in an international defense conference held in Manila that the Armed Forces of the Philippines was so bereft of capabilities that it would not even know if it was already being invaded by an external aggressor. This was despite the fact t
America’s 250th (opens the original)
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Exactly fifty years ago, in 1976, I remember as a young grade 3 Student all the fanfare and hoopla revolving around the Bicentennial of the United States. It was all over the news and in publications sold at what we called PX stores, and souvenirs brought home to the Philippines by Fil-Am relatives. Emerging from the ten year national trauma caused by the Vietnam War that resulted in America’s first defeat in a foreign conflict, the celebrations went hand in hand in trying to bury that humiliati
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