It seems pretty evident that Duterte is (at best) acting mentally ill. Are his outbursts politically popular? Is he in danger of being removed from office?
A guy I work with who’s wife is from the Phillipines says her family thinks Duterte is great. There are places there that are in danger of becoming narco states and spiraling down like Mexico.
China funded his campaign to drive a wedge between the US and the Philippines as part of their effort to annex parts of the south china sea into their territorial waters.
Sometimes you need a crazy SOB, willing to break the law, to bring law and order to a place of chaos.
That’s like the plot to 99% of our action movies, and for good reason.
someone just leaked a US embassy memo on their plans, which pre dated the drug war.
As for fentanyl, low grade patches relieve pain without making you high. Rush was on a long acting narcotic after his back surgery, and could function ok until the libs went after him and he stopped them
there is a difference between use, which lets you function normally, and abuse, which makes you high.