Shall America return?

For a country championing justice and democracy, it ruins its image to self-destruction with its adamant unjust position to keep what its defeated soldiers looted from the people of Balangiga. There is nothing that can assuage that longing of a people long deprived by an unjust and oppressive superpower that portrays itself as a leader in the pursuit of justice. The wait for the return of the world renowned Balangiga bells continues over generations even as the prospect is blurred by various issues confronting our country and the gargantuan issues that America is facing.

Over the long years, the bells had reached our country only in pictures and tales. It had reportedly been placed in a military base camp in America and displayed as a symbol of what to us are looted treasures that ought to be returned to their rightful and lawful owners. This is one historic issue that refuses to die until the coming of the day when the bells will find its home that is Balangiga in the province of Eastern Samar. We can hardly fathom the reason why it would take this long for America to recognize the undeniable and undisputed fact that the bells found on American soil are loots from the Philippines.