Duterte Harry: The Philippines General Discussion (read the last post)

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Duterte isn't really a right-wing leader, so I don't think it was that Obama was a Democrat, I think it was that he paid lip service to the idea of human rights.

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Duterte isn't really a right-wing leader, so I don't think it was that Obama was a Democrat, I think it was that he paid lip service to the idea of human rights.

All while taking Malaysia off the list of the worst human trafficking offenders because he wanted to pass TPP. Obama was a fraud on human rights.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/asia/resorts-world-manila-philippines/index.html

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[Mike Thick]

The Philippines just can't catch a break, can they?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Further reports indicate that this was probably a robbery attempt and not a terrorist attack. Fortunately it seems that nobody was killed.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

     Further reports indicate that this was probably a robbery attempt and not a terrorist attack. Fortunately it seems that nobody was killed.

Pretty daring robbery judging by the images I saw.

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     Further reports indicate that this was probably a robbery attempt and not a terrorist attack. Fortunately it seems that nobody was killed.

They found 34 bodies.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

It occurred to me yesterday that this is exactly the kind of situation in which it would be morally justified for the US to do to him what they did to Allende. But of course, it won't.

No. If the US did this, the backlash would be incredible and a civil war might emerge. The geopolitical situation would be a disaster.

Even if that didn't occur in the immediate term, it would occur in the long term unless an enlightened leader(TM) is installed.

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How is reintroduction the death penalty proceeding? IIRC it was passed by the House and seems a sealed deal in the Senate.

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It occurred to me yesterday that this is exactly the kind of situation in which it would be morally justified for the US to do to him what they did to Allende. But of course, it won't.

No. If the US did this, the backlash would be incredible and a civil war might emerge. The geopolitical situation would be a disaster.

Even if that didn't occur in the immediate term, it would occur in the long term unless an enlightened leader(TM) is installed.

Yes, a foreign power doing it, especially the U.S. with its baggage, would be much worse.

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Guys, please stop making new threads every time Duterte says/does something. You have this f**king megathread for a reason.

I kept merging these threads, but from now on I'll consider such as spam.

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Philippine police kill 32 in bloodiest night of Duterte’s war on drugs

[NewYorkExpress]

http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/08/vm-duterte-denies-drug-links/

President Duterte's son Paolo (who happens to be the Vice-Mayor of Davao City), has been accused of being involved in receiving a shipment of crystal meth from a Chinese drug Triad worth 6.4 billion Shabu (which is how much USD?).

Will this bring down the Duterte Presidency?

[Kingpoleon]

It's a shame, really. If not for the death squad thing (and related stuff) I'd likely have a positive view on Duterte due to his stances on birth control and LGBT rights. Unfortunately, given his actions, it'd be like a proverbial "Hitler did bad things BUT he build highways!"

Basically that, yeah. He'd probably be one of my favorite world leaders if it wasn't for all the stuff people hate him for. Funnily if you remove his misogynistic comments, support for death squads and attacks on Obama Duterte actually looks pretty progressive.

Death squads, misogynistic comments, and attacking Obama doesn't exempt one from being progressive...

[mileslunn]

Is his approval rating still north of 80% and what is the reason.  Wondering if anywhere here is from the Philippines or knows someone from there as while I am no fan of him, I feel there is a very different take on him in the Philippines than in the West than many of us maybe aren't understanding.

[Famous Mortimer]

Constitutional democracy is not the norm outside of the West, so being an autocrat is not seen as a deal breaker for people.

[Santander]

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201709211057567070-duterte-drug-trafficking-son/

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Statesmanlike consistency.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

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[Zioneer]

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But... why?