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TIME has rendered the cause of Philippine freedom a splendid service [Sept. 24]. It is now clear that Ferdinand Marcos' latest excuse-economic crisis-for continuing martial law is the product of his own government's corruption and mismanagement. Meanwhile, as with the Shah and Somoza, the U.S. will continue to support Marcos until the moderate opposition is incapable of administering a peaceful and orderly transition back to democracy. When will the U.S. learn...
...Tell me when the economic crisis will terminate and I will tell you when we can terminate martial law. Suppose something happens in Iran, suppose something happens in the Middle East. Suppose you adopt a worst possible scenario: there I am at the helm of government and I have decided on the termination of all these measures-and all of a sudden this economic crisis brings all these problems...
...Doesn't this stance allow your opponents to argue that you will always have a justification for martial...
...have said that these are the specific reasons for martial law. You have the fighting, with the N.P.A. and the M.N.L.F. joining hands. How do you expect us to bring down our defenses? No, I think this is one time when I must assume the risk of being called all kinds of names in order to protect the country...
...Ferdinand Marcos, although democracy in the Philippines has always been fragile and turbulent. Conversely, the U.S. has little choice but to tolerate military rule where it is the norm. For example, South Korea's Park Chung Hee suppresses dissent by an "emergency decree" superficially similar to Marcos' martial law; but different versions of such measures have been the rule in South Korea, while they are a relatively recent exception in the Philippines. Similarly, Thailand for decades has run on a mixture of monarchy, military oligarchy and a mostly rubber-stamp parliamentary system, with the last...