I am reserving further expression of my opinions on today’s standoff between Sen. Trillanes and around 30 renegade soldiers and gov’t. soldiers at Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati. In the meantime, here are links to the Inquirer.net online coverage of the mutiny.

Sonus refers everyone to pictures from SunnySideUp! A website supportive of the coup attempt is online while Stuart-Santiago, Uniffors, and the Philippine Experience liveblogged the military adventure.

Gibbs Cadiz gives an account of his close brush to having lunch with the Magdalo rebels while Philippines Without Borders finds humor Trillanes and co’s stunt:

It was so stupid of them to initiate a “coup” in the first place. You want a coup and you launch in a hotel?! My goodness! Such incompetent fools!

…You want a real revolution? Learn from the lessons of Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Joseph Broz Tito, Garibaldi, and Michael Collins. These guys launched it in the real battlefield; not in five star hotels. Mao said a revolution is no picnic and he succeeded.

But Trillanes and Lim would rather have their revolution in the comfort of a hotel. And when they started to feel the discomfort of a tear gas, they chickened out. Funny guys!

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