According to Apostol: "If they (Trillanes and Biazon) would insist to push through with an inquiry on it, it’s up to them, if that’s what they want to destabilize our government. It is very sad because while this government had been working very hard to unify and stabilize our country and our people, there are some in the opposition who are talking of destabilization and that’s not healthy."

"Its sad because when they (Trillanes and Biazon) took their oaths of office as elected senators of this country, they vowed to respect and honor the Constitution and preserve the stability of this government but it seemed they have their own agenda," Apostol also said.

Perhaps, Apostol is not aware of the gravity of the allegations about the "feeding Filipino troops to the enemies" nor does he feel the need to clear the name of his Palace co-workers who will be on the firing line of the planned Senate investigation. Or perhaps, not enough good men from the AFP have died to pique Apostol’s interest. That is certainly the problem when you are merely a bystander in a war and not involved in the actual fighting. Casualties are just cold statistics and you never get around to feeling the real physical and emotional burden that a shooting conflict brings.

The casualties in the Tipo-Tipo encounter, not to mention the severity of the beheadings and the mutilations done to 10 of the bodies, does not even raise a whimper of concern. On top of that, the Philippine Marines have lost another 15 men, five of whom junior officers, in the latest encounter in Basilan against the Abu Sayyaf. But, again, this incident has likewise failed to raise the appropriate concern from its civilian leadership. What this government seems to care about is inflicting a higher body count on the Abu Sayyaf.

And, to think, the Americans and their allies are fighting against a large segment of the re-tribalized Iraqi population while our leaders keep on insisting that the strength of the Abu Sayyaf has gone down from its peak of 1,200 to no more than a hundred armed fighters these days.

And, to add insult to injury, Apostol tried to turn the tables on Trillanes and muddle the issue by insisting he take the government offer of amnesty for his alleged crimes in connection with the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny.

I am sure that destabilizing Apostol’s government is the last thing on the minds of Trillanes and Biazon. By ignoring the legitimate concerns of the rank-and-file troops, Apostol’s government and its commander-in-chief have already done a good job at destabilizing themselves. They merely want to flush the truth out – the truth that the families of the fallen Marines, the rest of the men and women of the AFP and, certainly, the Filipino people deserve.