In the face of the Manila bus hijacking incident, a foreigner who is also a concerned civilian from another country expressed his insights that the disastrous experience for the victims as well as their families ought to be sympathized. It is in his opinion that the aggrieved government of the victimized hostages, who suffered as others met their demise, condemns the Filipino people for having failed to protect its foreign visitors. The distresed government is making this actuality recognizable by all in order to gain some advantage over the country that had forsaken its people in times of peril. In all fairness to the police officers, they did the best they could under the unfavorable circumstances surrounding the incident. He would like to reiterate that even the police department he works for in his home country, they recognize the reality that there is no perfect rescue in hostage dramas. There will always be loopholes, particularly observed by self-assertive figures and even by common spectators who believe they know better. He further asserts his view by saying that any picture or statement can be twisted around. The Internet has a number of footages showing a few Filipinos taking pictures in the course of the aftermath. Filipinos are known for their resilience. Furthermore, he relates that the country or family with whom a perpetrator belonged to must not be held responsible for the individual’s acts of retaliation and hostilities. The government of the nationalities who suffered during the incident apparently holds its own record in terms of human rights violations and ineffective operations during national disasters within their homeland. He furthers, “In my life and travels, I have never met any group of people as friendly, kind, and caring as the Filipinos. I hope that the Philippine government would be able to stand as strong.”
In addition to this particular horrifying episode that proves to be a matter of significance, a body of knowledge is existent pertaining to the personality types of different hostage takers including the psychological reactions of their hostages or victims. Having the thorough knowledge and appropriate application of principles resultant to the clinical management of combat psychiatric casualties it may be advantageous to allow for the participation of a mental health professional, contingent to his expertise in human behavior, into the different phases of a certain hostage negotiation. It would also be helpful if intense, effective, and rigorous trainings are conducted regularly to increase and enhance the skills as well as mental capabilities of law enforcers. This video demonstrates such operative training exercises.
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