Did You Know? (Unanswered Questions and Unsettling Facts About the Marawi Siege)

Today is April 18th, 2019. It is now two years to the day that the AFP was notified about an impending attack in Marawi and in other cities in Mindanao. This fact is included in the documents the government submitted to the Supreme Court in defence of Duterte's declaration of martial law. That the AFP was aware Abdullah Maute had dispatched men to specific cities to create chaos and havoc yet did not stop them is just one of the many intelligence failures and anomalies in the lead up to the Marawi siege.

Last year I made a video which compiled statements from Duterte, Lorenzana, and Bato among others in which they discussed the failures which allowed the siege to occur. As of yet there has been no investigation into what happened, how it happened, or why it happened in Marawi. The video is rather long at 30 minutes and the transcript of the video is also rather long and not a lot of people have either watched the video or read the transcript.

Perhaps it is better to start smaller. To start by asking a few questions which bring to light facts that people may not know in order to get them thinking. It is in that spirt that I offer these infographics  five of which I have previously posted all over Twitter but have not published in this blog.

There are plenty more such infographics that could be made because there are quite a number of facts left undiscussed by both the media and politicians. This wilful lack of discussion shows across social media as when one attempts to discuss this issue they are quickly beaten down with a bevy of false information. The public at large is seemingly totally unaware of any of the anomalies regarding the lead up to the Marawi siege. Media outlets like Rappler and pundits such as Thinking Pinoy would have the public believe they are out fighting in the name of the truth for the average man. Many politicians would have their constituents also believe the same.

But the fact is no one, not a single media outlet, not a single columnist, not a single pundit, not a single politician in the Philippines has dared bring up these facts listed above. Nor have they dared to question the narrative given to us by the Duterte administration. How then can they dare claim to be fighting for the truth? They are not fighting for anything except their partisan worldview.

What is needed is an investigation of the Marawi siege but that is not likely ever going to happen which is a travesty of justice. Truth does matter even if everyone else is believing a lie. Even if knowing the truth awakens one to the fact that they are powerless to remedy the situation. Such is the jarring reality which comes with taking the redpill.