I’m starting to think Duterte is a kick-ass president. Make the Philippines great again! The vigilante stuff is harsh, but not sure it can be done with kid gloves.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/16/trump-to-meet-duterte-philippines-243812
TRUMP TO MEET DUTERTE IN ASIA NEXT MONTH.
“I’m starting to think Duterte is a kick-ass president.”
No doubt about that.
That pile of ISIS bodies is definite proof.
Early in his Presidency, he discussed the armed muslim groups in the Philippines (some of whom, like the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, represent a large tribal/ethnic group). He said that some could be negotiated with - but those who swore allegiance to ISIS could not. He famously said: “Abu Sayaf, just kill”. As of today, most are dead, including their leader.
“The vigilante stuff is harsh”
In the 1950s I became aware of the constant drumbeat of a “vigilantes are bad” narrative on TV, particularly westerns.
I don’t know if it started before that in movies and print media, but go back and binge-watch some old TV westerns and it will jump out at you.
It is clear now that this was the left working to make themselves safe from the common man as they strove to destroy America.
Even now, conservatives who should know better regard vigilantism as worse than losing their country.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1.
You speak the truth.