"Alam mo ba kung bat ako magdala ng baril? Totoo lang, dahil sa yung sine na Black Hawk Down, para kang sardinas na kinakatay. (Do you know why I bring a gun? The truth is because of the movie Black Hawk Down. You are like a sardines being butchered.)." President Duterte said, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the soldiers in the country.
In the said movie scene, a wounded helicopter pilot can seen being surrounded by Somali soldiers shooting at him from everywhere. He fought back, and successfully killed some of them. Shortly, his fellow soldiers arrived and tried to rescue him. But because the enemies were too many, they were killed one by one. In the end, the soldier decided to kill himself.
In an earlier speech in soldiers in Palawan, President Duterte told the soldiers to die with dignity. He emphasized that it is better to shoot themselves rather than to surrender to the enemies, especially by the NPA (New People's Army) and the barbaric Maute group that attacked Marawi City last March. He told them to save their last bullet for their head.
"Huwag kayong mag-surrender nang buhay. Masama man sabihin pero ‘yan ang totoo. Mag-surrender ka, bababuyin ka lang, gawain kang tarantado or gawin kang... You’ll be treated like a pig only to be executed just like the Marine before. Kaya ‘yang last magazine, para [sa] iyo ‘yan," he said, and gave 30,000 Glock firearms to the soldiers that time.
Meanwhile, President Duterte arrived in Marawi along with National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Eduardo Año. Despite the danger due to possible presence of snipers, the group spent 4 hours in the military camp, which is only about 3 kilometers away from the battlefield.
Contributed by Abner Esteno
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