"Tension" in North Cotabato

For those who don't know it yet, North Cotabato is having this tension caused by the war between the military and the MILF. I think it all started with the postponed signing of MOA, after that, we received news about the bombings in the North Cotabato area, including Midsayap and M'lang, which are pretty near Kidapawan City. Anyway, I didn't feel so much pressure before, since these two places are still at least 1-2 hours away from us. Well, not until this weekend.

I learned that my sister's class was sent home (the classes of the entire school, I mean) last Friday, because the war was already in Amas, Kidapawan City, that's 30 minutes away from the City proper. The school administrators were alarmed by the news so they sent all students home, for their safety.

Then I thought, when will they ever stop? The kids are already affected because of this war, aren't they concerned about their sons and daughters? I don't want my kids to live in a place like this. Another thing, why would the MILF fight for something that doesn't even belong to them? "Ancestral domain"???? Come on! We all know both Christians and Muslims are not the rightful owners of these lands. The natives are. So thinking about it, the war is really pointless. They'll just worsen things up, and a lot of people (civilians, too) already died because of this war.

Sometimes, I'd wish that all of them will be wiped out from this existence. But I'm not God, and not powerful, either. So all I can do is to pray that my family will be safe, and ask God that someday, this nonsense war will stop, and that my kids, nieces, and nephews (nephew for now) will have a peaceful future.