You got it all wrong, my peeps...

Like US ambassador Kristie Kenney, I too don't think there's any bolante tradeoff. Pero i'll explain why the Arroyo admin is behaving the way they're behaving.

Kaya maliit lang ang supporta na binibigay ng gobierno sa biktima, at nagpapatalo ang DOJ sa kaso ni "nicole" ay dahil sumisipsip ang Arroyo admin sa US.

This administration is so afraid to give any sign na kumokontra sila sa polisiya o kagustuhan ng US, especially after her GLORIAGATE legitmacy crisis. Alam kasi nilang kailangan nila ang suporta ng Bush admin para hindi sila matumba. The days of Arroyo playing the "china card" or boldly declaring more pullouts that threaten US interests are OVER.

Akala kasi ni GMA may "legitimacy" na raw siya pagkatapos ng 2004 elections, at hindi na raw nila kailangan ang suporta ng US, kaya malakas ang loob nilang sumuway sa kagustuhan ng US-led "coalition of the willing", and her admin irresponsibly gave in to the demands of the terrorists by pulling out the RP troops out of iraq, angering the Bush administration. Well, it was a good gamble for arroyo anyway because iraq was becoming a bigger mess everyday, tapos wala pang WMDs. and she was betting on a messy iraq to derail the bush candidacy in 2004, with a new kerry admin in 2005. So it seemed okay and risk-free to piss off bush at that time.