[SeaGypsy]

The total drugs seized so far in Duterte's war on drugs is less than 1500 kg of amphetamines & a few thousand cannabis plants. On an international scale this is tiny, Australia busts more than 10 times as much with 1/5th the population & no EJK.

Goldberg wanted to ouster Duterte- according to some dude called Ang. Read the comments at the bottom of the article to see the real reason the Philippines is in trouble- stupidity.

[ralfy]

Related:

"Duterte's drug war a 'campaign of mass atrocities': US senators"

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/24/16/d ... s-senators

Pot, meet kettle:

From 2014:

"US Support for Mexico's Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money"

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/2772 ... ar-exposed

[onlooker]

haha thanks Ralfy. So they're goes the US again, in do as I say not as I do.

[vox_mundi]

Rodrigo Duterte Claims to Have Thrown a Suspect Out of a Helicopter, Report Says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to round up corrupt officials and toss them from his helicopter midflight — and it wouldn’t be the first time he’s done it, he says.

In a speech at Camarines Sur in the northern Philippines on Tuesday, Duterte reportedly recounted throwing an alleged kidnapper to his death — furnishing details about how high the pilot had to fly — while he was mayor of Davao City, according to local newspaper the Philippine Star.

“If you are corrupt, I will fetch you with a helicopter and I will throw you out on the way to Manila,” the newspaper quoted him as saying in Tagalog during the speech. “I have done that before, why should I not do it again?”

He learned from the best ...

DEADLY RIDES – America’s Dark History of Interrogation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flights

Duterte: Trump says Philippines tackling drug problem 'the right way'

(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump told Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte that he is going about his controversial fight against drugs "the right way," Duterte said.

Duterte says he was greatly pleased with the "rapport" he had with the newly elected U.S. president.

[SeaGypsy]

Hearsay. From a pathological liar & psychopath.

[onlooker]

US has no problem working with psychopaths. We will see what carrot they dangle in front of Duterte. Oh and Sea yes I see now the man is utterly a Sociopath.

[ralfy]

"The Startling Accuracy of Referring to Politicians as 'Psychopaths'"

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... hs/260517/

Meanwhile,

"Russia, Philippines to hold talks on defense cooperation agreement – Russian cabinet decree"

https://www.rt.com/news/368154-russia-p ... operation/

"Philippines' Duterte gets Trump White House invite during 'animated' call"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-invite ... 38126.html

"Singapore and Philippines moving to boost economic ties"

http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/si ... nomic-ties

Related:

"Murderous Philippine President: I Was Joking About Throwing People off Helicopters"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/ ... pters.html

"Japan explores aid for Philippines to deal with drug addiction"

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/1 ... addiction/

"Duterte, Singapore's Lee agree to fight terrorism, drugs"

http://www.rappler.com/nation/155669-ph ... rism-drugs

"Philippines Seizes $120 Million Worth of Meth"

The Philippines has recorded its largest drug seizure in history, sequestering 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine worth nearly $120 million

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articl ... th-of-meth

[ralfy]

"President Duterte of the Philippines for Dummies"

I visited some of the toughest slums of the nation; I worked in the middle of deadly cemeteries, just recently battered by crime and drugs, where people had been literally rotting alive, crying for help and mercy in absolute desperation. I also spoke to the top academics and historians of the country, to former colleagues of Duterte and to overseas workers in the U.A.E. and elsewhere.

The louder was the hate speech from abroad and from local mass media outlets, the stronger Duterte’s nation stood by its leader.

http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/12/presi ... r-dummies/

[SeaGypsy]

Because they are incredibly stupid, poorly educated, desperate & naive.

[onlooker]

At least one person in the PHIL, has openly called him what he is

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is ‘a psychopath’, says Filipino actress

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 55581.html

[SeaGypsy]

Critique is growing daily, each time this fentanyl addicted evil maggot open his mouth. The average IQ is 85 in the Philippines, it takes a long time for 100 million people that dumb to wake up. His best critics are a couple of senators & the VP. Much of the PI press is openly critical. Then you get statistics like '90% fear they will be a victim of Duterte's insane war on drugs, while 80%+ still support him. It takes a special kind of desperation.

[ralfy]

"Philippines President Duterte Says U.S. Special Forces Should GTFO"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... -gtfo.html

From 2000:

"Pimentel: CIA may be behind creation of Sayyaf"

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/87930 ... ion-sayyaf

Meanwhile,

"China backs Duterte amid ‘ouster plot’"

http://www.manilatimes.net/china-backs- ... ot/304484/

Thus, the county is caught between one military power and another.

Finally, to recap, it turns out that the U.S. has been criticizing the Philippines concerning EJKs as early as 2010 (during the previous administration) even if it had been funding the same in Mexico. Also, it turns out that the U.S. State Department, together with the UN, had been warning of narcopolitics in the country, i.e., using drug money for campaign funds and even coddling criminal gangs. Finally, the U.S. did practically nothing as another military power started muscling in the area.

The response should not have surprised anyone: the country started moving away from the U.S. and engaging in trade deals not only with China but also with Russia, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, etc. The reaction was anger from the U.S. and calls for further trade deals from Mexico and various European countries as well as the formation of a Pan-Asia trade agreement:

"PH to work for first Pan-Asia trade deal"

http://thestandard.com.ph/news/-main-st ... -deal.html

which includes NZ and AU.

[SeaGypsy]

It is bleeding obvious Duterte is totally outside his mandate with regards his primary foreign affairs positions. Nowhere in his electoral platform was there any suggestion he would act/ not act whilst China demanded he ignore UN ruling in the Philippines favour over SCS/ WPS islands, rapidly militarised in 6 months since his election. The 1000 murders a month are smoke & mirrors, keeping the locals traumatized & conflicted, while Duterte gets cozy with China, with no consent of the public.

[vox_mundi]

Coming to the U.S. soon ...

Philippines' Duterte threatens martial law

Martial law could be imposed in the Philippines if the drugs problem worsens, President Rodrigo Duterte has said.

Speaking to businesspeople in the southern city of Davao on Saturday, Mr Duterte said:

"If I wanted to, and it will deteriorate into something really very virulent, I will declare martial law if I wanted to. No one will be able to stop me"

"My country transcends everything else, even the limitations," he added.

Martial rule would allow Mr Duterte to use the military to enforce civilian law and detain people at length without charge.

The Philippines constitution says a president can only declare martial law for 60 days and then only to stop an invasion or a rebellion. Parliament can revoke the measure within 48 hours while the Supreme Court can review its legality.

But Mr Duterte said the 60-day limit "would be gone".

"If I have to declare martial law, I will declare it. Not about invasion, insurrection, not about danger. I will declare martial law to preserve my nation, period," he said.

However, his comments contradict remarks made last month when he appeared to rule out the use of martial law, saying it was "nonsense" and had not improved people's lives in the past.

[SeaGypsy]

The whole time since he entered the race he's been hot/cold on martial law. A full blown fentanyl addict wanting to use drug problems as justification for becoming dictator, while the statistics are that in fact the Philippines has about half the illegal drug users per capita of Europe or Australia. The pace of murder in the country has not let up, averaging 1000 a month. The idiotic schizophrenia of fearing yet supporting this evil maggot man has ruined an already deeply disturbed country.

[onlooker]

He is beginning to resemble some of our past works of art like Stalin, Hitler, Mao etc.

[onlooker]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wor ... al-damage/
Yep, all indications is he is a full fledged psychopath or sociopath.

[SeaGypsy]

Every update on the inquirer kill list, I look up the more unique names, most are what I would call kids, teens & 20 somethings. A kid with a bum bag of drugs & cash is a drug lord. Babies held in the arms of drug users are collateral damage.

[ralfy]

Can also be seen as verbal scare tactics, which explains the contradictions, and likely no different from those employed by various leaders in the past:

"Rodrigo Duterte Plays U.S. and China Off Each Other, in Echo of Cold War"

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/worl ... d-war.html

and part of the psychological make-up of political leaders in general:

"The Startling Accuracy of Referring to Politicians as 'Psychopaths'"

The characteristics that define clinical psychopathy are many of the same that make effective leaders.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... hs/260517/

Interestingly enough, martial law was declared only a few years ago, with nary a peep from the international media:

"Arroyo declares martial law in Maguindanao province"

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/17 ... o-province

The same goes for EJKs, which most thought became prominent only recently:

"The return of EJKs" (from 2010)

http://news.abs-cbn.com/insights/07/15/10/return-ejks

"Cases of EJKs, Other Rights Violations Under Aquino Piling Up" (2010)

http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/12/02/cas ... piling-up/

"Malacañang’s declaration of ‘significant decrease in EJKs’ will be put to test in the UNHRC-UPR—Karapatan" (from 2012)

http://www.humanrightsphilippines.net/2 ... karapatan/

"Extrajudicial killings remain biggest concern in PHL - US human rights report" (2014)

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/35 ... hts-report

"Extrajudicial killings remain biggest rights problem under Aquino - US report" (2014)

http://interaksyon.com/article/81778/ex ... -us-report

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudi ... hilippines

with several activities possibly funded by military powers and for which international agencies were helpless, which might be explained by

"Realpolitik"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik

and which probably explains

"Ignoring Mexico, ICC picks on Philippines"

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2016/10 ... hilippines

and

"US Support for Mexico's Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money"

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/2772 ... ar-exposed

[SeaGypsy]

If you paid real attention to Duterte, you would notice he isn't a tactician's bum crack. His ranting is basically chaotic, devoid of logic. He personally released the wave of murderers running rampant right now. He personally decided not to argue with China as it militarised islands under recognized Filipino sovereignty. He personally swears his head off at heads of state & the UN with no regard for how this reflects on his nation. He personally is addicted to a drug every bit as dangerous as the ones he has authorized murder towards the users of. He is an evil maggot.

This has almost nothing to do with Mexico, where the drug gangs really do have weapons & paramilitary & who's brutality is up there with IS. Duterte is responding Mexico style to a New Zealand style drug problem. Totally insane & over the top.

(Regarding EJK, during Gloria's time, somewhere between 1 & 2 months worth of EJK under Duterte during her 9 years & 5 months in office. Close to 100 times difference in rate of killing. )