Philippines leader likens himself to Hitler

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would "be happy" to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country.

In a rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, Duterte told reporters that he had been "portrayed to be some cousin of Hitler" by critics.

Noting that Hitler had murdered millions of Jews, Duterte said: "There are three million drug addicts (in the Philippines). I'd be happy to slaughter them.

"If Germany had Hitler, the Philippineswould have...," he said, pausing and pointing to himself.

"You know my victims. I would like (them) to be all criminals to finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition."

Duterte was voted to power in a May election on the back of a vow to end drugs and corruption in the country of 100 million people. He took office on June 30 and over 3,100 people have been killed since then, mostly drug users and peddlers, in police operations and in vigilante killings.
 
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Now here's the damage control:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/w...ogizes-to-jews-for-holocaust-remark.html?_r=0

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines apologized to Jews worldwide on Sunday after his remarks drawing comparisons between his war on drugs and the Holocaust set off outrage.

Mr. Duterte said his apology was intended only for Jews. He lashed out again at Western critics and human rights advocates who have raised concerns over his brutal crackdown, which in three months is estimated to have killed more than 3,000 people suspected of being drug dealers or users.

Mr. Duterte said in a speech in the central city of Bacolod that he had never intended “to derogate the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Germans.”

“I apologize profoundly and deeply to the Jewish community,” he said.

On Friday, Mr. Duterte escalated his antidrug campaign by comparing it to Hitler and the Holocaust. “Hitler massacred three million Jews,” he said, understating the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust by three million. Then he added that there were three million drug addicts in the Philippines and said, “I’d be happy to slaughter them.”

In that speech, he said he had been “portrayed or pictured to be a cousin of Hitler” by his critics, although he did not elaborate.

Germany’s government called Mr. Duterte’s comments on Friday unacceptable and summoned the Philippine ambassador to its Foreign Ministry.

“It is impossible to make any comparison to the unique atrocities of the Shoah and Holocaust,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Martin Schaefer, said in Berlin, using a Hebrew term for the Holocaust.

The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, said Mr. Duterte’s remarks were “revolting” and demanded that he retract them and apologize.

“Drug abuse is a serious issue,” Mr. Lauder said in a statement issued from Jerusalem, where he was attending the funeral of the former Israeli leader Shimon Peres. “But what President Duterte said is not only profoundly inhumane, but it demonstrates an appalling disrespect for human life that is truly heartbreaking for the democratically elected leader of a great country.”

Mark Toner, a spokesman for the State Department, which is looking to sustain its longstanding alliance with the Philippines, called the comments “troubling."
 
Drug dealers? Maybe. But drug addicts? Eh....That's a little too far. Most of them will die off anyway when they can't get drugs anymore.
 
He is now threatening to kick out the US

http://qz.com/798729/philippines-pr...ons-military-bases/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo

In 2014 the Philippines, alarmed by China’s growing maritime aggression in the South China Sea, decided to let the US military once again make use of military bases in the island nation. It was a notable development because in the early 1990s, the nation had kicked out US forces entirely, partly as a way to assert its independence and also because of abuse of local women by American soldiers.

But Manila worked in important limitations to the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), partly to appease those fighting against a renewed US military presence. It didn’t allow for permanent US bases, for example, as there had been for decades, and US troops could be present only on a “rotational basis.” (Some saw these restrictions as basically a way for Manila to save face as it asked the US for protection against a rising China.)

Yesterday Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte noted another important limitation to the EDCA: It wasn’t signed, apparently, by his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III. Instead it was signed, in 2014, by the nation’s then defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and wasn’t even implemented until January, after the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality.

Duterte pointed out that fact as part of a threat he made yesterday to junk the agreement, saying about the US government, “Better think twice now because I would be asking you to leave the Philippines altogether.” China and Russia, he noted, had been supportive when he complained to them about the US. “Tomorrow I will be friends with Putin and Xi Jinping,” he added.

In March (before Duterte won the presidential election), the Philippines agreed to letting the US make use of five specific military bases under the EDCA. But it’s still early stages and so far deployments have relatively small. In April, US defense secretary Ash Carter said a few hundred airmen would stay behindto continue the joint training conducted during the annual Balikatan exercise.

Duterte’s verbal abuse of the US began in earnest last month when Duterte called Barack Obama the rough Tagalog equivalent of “son of a bitch” or “son of a whore.” That came after a reporter asked Duterte how he would react if Obama brought up the topic of human rights in relation to Duterte’s war against drug criminals, which has involved thousands of extrajudicial killings, including many by vigilante groups. (The EU, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, and human rights groups have also criticized the campaign, and received Duterte’s insults, too.)

Duterte has recently indicated he wants to “open alliances” with Russia and China, and has ordered the defense ministry to look into buying weapons from suppliers in those nations (traditionally the US has been its main provider). Duterte plans to visit China with a business delegation later this month.

One purpose the EDCA threat and heated rhetoric might serve: They help to make Duterte appear strong in what could otherwise be seen as weakness at home for his cozying up to China.

Under the Philippines’ previous administration, Manila opened a case against China’s expansive maritime claims in an international tribunal. That case came to an end in July, with the tribunal invalidating most of China’s claims, including to Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines in embarrassingly easy fashion in 2012.

Filipinos celebrated the tribunal’s ruling, but it amounted to little change. Beijing still insists its claims are valid, and that other nations in the region reject the ruling in order for deals and development aid to go forward.
 
Until Trump wins, Duterte is my favorite world leader. In fact he might even edge out Trump.
 
PS1gamenwatch dijo:
He is now threatening to kick out the US

http://qz.com/798729/philippines-pr...ons-military-bases/?utm_source=YPL&yptr=yahoo

In 2014 the Philippines, alarmed by China’s growing maritime aggression in the South China Sea, decided to let the US military once again make use of military bases in the island nation. It was a notable development because in the early 1990s, the nation had kicked out US forces entirely, partly as a way to assert its independence and also because of abuse of local women by American soldiers.

But Manila worked in important limitations to the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), partly to appease those fighting against a renewed US military presence. It didn’t allow for permanent US bases, for example, as there had been for decades, and US troops could be present only on a “rotational basis.” (Some saw these restrictions as basically a way for Manila to save face as it asked the US for protection against a rising China.)

Yesterday Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte noted another important limitation to the EDCA: It wasn’t signed, apparently, by his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III. Instead it was signed, in 2014, by the nation’s then defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and wasn’t even implemented until January, after the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality.

Duterte pointed out that fact as part of a threat he made yesterday to junk the agreement, saying about the US government, “Better think twice now because I would be asking you to leave the Philippines altogether.” China and Russia, he noted, had been supportive when he complained to them about the US. “Tomorrow I will be friends with Putin and Xi Jinping,” he added.

In March (before Duterte won the presidential election), the Philippines agreed to letting the US make use of five specific military bases under the EDCA. But it’s still early stages and so far deployments have relatively small. In April, US defense secretary Ash Carter said a few hundred airmen would stay behindto continue the joint training conducted during the annual Balikatan exercise.

Duterte’s verbal abuse of the US began in earnest last month when Duterte called Barack Obama the rough Tagalog equivalent of “son of a bitch” or “son of a whore.” That came after a reporter asked Duterte how he would react if Obama brought up the topic of human rights in relation to Duterte’s war against drug criminals, which has involved thousands of extrajudicial killings, including many by vigilante groups. (The EU, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, and human rights groups have also criticized the campaign, and received Duterte’s insults, too.)

Duterte has recently indicated he wants to “open alliances” with Russia and China, and has ordered the defense ministry to look into buying weapons from suppliers in those nations (traditionally the US has been its main provider). Duterte plans to visit China with a business delegation later this month.

One purpose the EDCA threat and heated rhetoric might serve: They help to make Duterte appear strong in what could otherwise be seen as weakness at home for his cozying up to China.

Under the Philippines’ previous administration, Manila opened a case against China’s expansive maritime claims in an international tribunal. That case came to an end in July, with the tribunal invalidating most of China’s claims, including to Scarborough Shoal, which China seized from the Philippines in embarrassingly easy fashion in 2012.

Filipinos celebrated the tribunal’s ruling, but it amounted to little change. Beijing still insists its claims are valid, and that other nations in the region reject the ruling in order for deals and development aid to go forward.
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Good luck with that, Flip.
 
Not every Filipino agrees with him

https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippines-deadly-drug-war-190806425.html

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PS1gamenwatch dijo:
Not every Filipino agrees with him

https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippines-deadly-drug-war-190806425.html

https://sneed.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/XdXMDy1L1IpMIxc7ckvoRw--/Zmk9c3RyaW07aD02ODY7cT04MDt3PTEwMDA7c209MTthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/c2d5a16d9f15cb253cba26b2b9b21ff9

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I'm confused. Shouldn't they be setting cars on fire and looting liquor stores if they want the violence to stop?

Oh wait, right, this is genuine social activism. Kinda forgot what that looks like. Brave people, I hope they're not already on some kill list.
 
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