12-10-2016, 09:23 AM
[quote=David Guyatt]Quite a change.
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Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte orders US forces out of country, cutting 65 years of military ties
Do not treat us like a doormat because you'll be sorry for it. I will not speak with you. I can always go to China'
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Ah, how the USA longs for the days of the their puppet Marcos. While I have no love for Duterte [he is a thug murderer and anti-liberty and law kind of political leader], he certainly is within his rights to change the relationship, including military, between the USA and Philippines. I do think, however, that he will soon slip on a 'banana peel' planted under his feet by the US National Security apparatus. The USA doesn't give up bases and military exercises without some fightback - be it overt or covert. I think in this case it will be mostly covert. So far, I've heard very little publicly from Obama or anyone else on Duterte's radical moves - which further leads me to think something covert is (being) planned.
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Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte orders US forces out of country, cutting 65 years of military ties
Do not treat us like a doormat because you'll be sorry for it. I will not speak with you. I can always go to China'
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Ah, how the USA longs for the days of the their puppet Marcos. While I have no love for Duterte [he is a thug murderer and anti-liberty and law kind of political leader], he certainly is within his rights to change the relationship, including military, between the USA and Philippines. I do think, however, that he will soon slip on a 'banana peel' planted under his feet by the US National Security apparatus. The USA doesn't give up bases and military exercises without some fightback - be it overt or covert. I think in this case it will be mostly covert. So far, I've heard very little publicly from Obama or anyone else on Duterte's radical moves - which further leads me to think something covert is (being) planned.
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"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass