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Showing Original Post only (View all)This fecker. Duterte. Remember Noriega? [View all]
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying "bye-bye America" as he reacted with rage to what he thought was a U.S. decision to scrap a major aid package over human rights concerns.
A U.S. government aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said earlier in the week that its board deferred a vote on a renewal of the development assistance package for the Philippines "subject to a further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties." ...
"I understand that we have been stricken out of the Millennium Challenge. Well, good, I welcome it," Duterte said with apparent sarcasm.
"We can survive without American money," he said....
In November, Duterte said he wanted U.S. troops out of his country in the next two years.
"I want in the next two years, to be freed from the presence of foreign military troops. I want them out," Duterte told reporters Nov. 1. "And if I have to revise or abrogate agreements, executive agreements, I will." ...
While calling Americans "sons of b------" and "hypocrites," Duterte praised China as having "the kindest soul of all" for offering what he said was significant financial assistance. "So, what do I need America for?" he asked.
A U.S. government aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said earlier in the week that its board deferred a vote on a renewal of the development assistance package for the Philippines "subject to a further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties." ...
"I understand that we have been stricken out of the Millennium Challenge. Well, good, I welcome it," Duterte said with apparent sarcasm.
"We can survive without American money," he said....
In November, Duterte said he wanted U.S. troops out of his country in the next two years.
"I want in the next two years, to be freed from the presence of foreign military troops. I want them out," Duterte told reporters Nov. 1. "And if I have to revise or abrogate agreements, executive agreements, I will." ...
While calling Americans "sons of b------" and "hypocrites," Duterte praised China as having "the kindest soul of all" for offering what he said was significant financial assistance. "So, what do I need America for?" he asked.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/17/philippines-duterte-us-over-aid-bye-bye-america/95557384/
Remember what happened to Manuel Noriega, Big Man of Panama?
And what happened to Sadaam Hussein, Big Man of Iraq?
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This guy is a whackjob & the majority of the people in the Philippines support him
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#1
I understand that while it may be enticing since he has not succumbed to
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#31
I'd rather live under corrupt pols than fascists who kill & imprison at will
TheDormouse
Dec 2016
#33
after trump gets in i will be calling the potus much worse...please don't invade me
dembotoz
Dec 2016
#14
Ignoring the evil that goes on within a countries borders just because it...
EX500rider
Dec 2016
#11
A lot of U.S. companies have call centers setup in the Philippines. If Duterte
still_one
Dec 2016
#27
Access to Southeast and East Asian countries is a crucial part of US's containment of
TheDormouse
Dec 2016
#29