NDF: Mula sa isang Amerikano na nakipamuhay sa New People’s Army

Propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP or NDF) Website (Jan 22, 2019): Mula sa isang Amerikano na nakipamuhay sa New People’s Army (From an American living with the New People's Army)

Mabilis ang isang buwan sa Hukbo. Naubos na ang Tagalog ko.

Never did I expect to find so much peace, in he midst of war. A just war. A fluid war.  I came here looking for hope. And I found those who redefined things for me.

Like the itak, for example. A weapon to cut others and a tool for destruction, yet in the hands of the Hukbo it becomes a tool to transform the wilderness into something familiar. Like the M-16, which a Kasama showed me how to dismantle, when I first arrived. A tool designed to defeat the United States. Ka Ruben, reminded me that it was made in the U.S. Like this rifle, I am also from the U.S., but in the hands of the Hukbo I feel transformed. A weapon to change the world.

I don’t want to leave, but my children await my return. But I also feel that the Philippines, our Motherland, still cries out for all its lost children.

I came here looking for hope. What I discovered, was the new Filipino who is willing to fight for it. 

Hindi kayo malilimutan. Maraming salamat!

Ka F

https://www.ndfp.org/mula-sa-isang-amerikano-na-nakipamuhay-sa-new-peoples-army/