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Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings
(www.theguardian.com)
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Any chance they can make a stop in Tel Aviv?
And Moscow.
Shit throw Washington D.C. in the mix too
I think you mean Florida
Not much difference according to the chimp in chief
This is not as simple matter as it seems.
Duterte, being already of age when he took the presidency, openly said that ''he is an old guy who has only this one shot to set things right'' before he is out of the picture (and thrown under the train).
And so the war on drugs begun. Philippines are the country of almost 100 million people and the drug world there is ruled by chinese. So one could imagine how Duterte pissed of many ''influential'' chinese. Furthermore, he did allow for controversial law to shoot any drug abusers on site, because this went on to allow every corrupt police officer/official to shoot his snitch (generally either drug user or member of the drug world) in order to protect their own corrupt asses (by shutting the mouth of possible witness).
Things very quickly spiraled out of control and pretty soon it was difficult to hold the reins (although he managed... somehow), however, this also DID efficiently decimate the drug world and chinese influence in Philippines.
I'm not getting into other affairs of his here, but this one is really complex and not to be judged hastily.
On a further note, ICC should not be blowing it's own pipes on Duterte case. Mongolia, for example, did not touch Putin, who really IS a deranged war criminal and mafia kingpin, so there are obviously... people that are ''above the system''. 80 year old Philippine president is, what Klingons would call: not honorable prey.
Crime does not get old and this is, for sure, a good thing. But one should not rush in judgement and know that here is a lot more than meets the eye.
Damn you and your thoughtfully written nuance!
Also worth noting that the current president, the child of a dictator, is using his support to impeach Duterte's daughter. He also said he wouldn't support any action of the ICC and now is.
If this action was in isolation, it could be taken at face value, but with other manoeuvrings, it's looking like Marco's consolidating his grip on power.
The other point and kind of backing up what you've said, is that Fillipino's I've talked to have commented that drug problems in their area disappeared but used to be pretty horrible.
I'm not one to defend crimes against human's, but one cannot discount the level of criminality and the impact it was already having on people's lives. Whether the tactics were fair or decent is one thing, but another is, did it work? Did it solve a serious problem the country was grappling with. You only have to look at Mexico to realise that if you don't deal with these things, the level of murder and suffering often skyrockets.
There should be accountability, but I'm not sure this is about accountability.
No, it didn't work and the perpetrators admitted so themselves.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi-idUSKBN2010IL/
https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20190404/281483572747957
I'm really not familiar with the political and social climate of the Phillipines, and I know it's easier said than done, but surely there's a better way to deal with drug use than murdering every drug addict (and probably a lot of other innocent people too). From an outside perspective that just seems horrifying.
As a foreigner, I’m shocked at how drug free even the poor parts of the city are. Coming from America, you see drug users everywhere.
Here? I think I saw 1 maybe over the course of a few years.
Fuck yeah!
Oh wow
Death penalty