Posted on 10/13/2016 1:46:34 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines — Military roadblocks are not common in the Philippines. But there are two of them now on the road from the airport to this scruffy agricultural and industrial hub on the island of Mindanao.
They are the first signs a visitor sees of President Rodrigo Duterte’s new campaign to stamp out an Islamist rebellion that has smoldered here for decades, deterring investors and dampening economic growth.
Mr. Duterte is bringing to the fight the same brutal determination he has shown in his battle against illegal drug use – a campaign that has killed around 3,500 people in the past four months.
“My orders to the police and armed forces against enemies of the state – seek them out in their lairs and destroy them,” Duterte told reporters in August. “The Abu Sayyaf, destroy them. Period.”
Abu Sayyaf, a US-listed terror group, has proved resilient in the past, and the Philippines president may be about to lose a major ally in his fight against them if his recent threats to expel US military advisers are to be believed. . .
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Works for me. :-)
This guy doesn’t mess around
Good for Duterte! At least someone is doing something to stomp out the scourge of Islam!
Salamat,Duterte! Glad to see a leader doing something to save his country instead of importing the Muslim hordes.
Salamat,Duterte! Glad to see a leader doing something to save his country instead of importing the Muslim hordes.
Outlaw the deathist cult, kill the Imams, dynamite every mosque, and imprison or deport the rank and file. The want war with civilization, give it to them. Seek and destroy.
“...an Islamist rebellion that has smoldered here for decades, deterring investors and dampening economic growth.”
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Muzzies screwing up the economy? Something to consider by every nation that desires economic growth.
Are you listening America? These are Hillary’s buddies.
This is what an actual war on drugs looks like.
And, this is why I always have and always will mock the Amercan idiots who talk about America “losing the war on drugs.”
There hasn’t been a war on drugs here.
It is good to see Duterte widening the focus to the wholesale suppliers. The drug trade generally leads to middle eastern suppliers and the global drug trade finances Islam.
When they capture these terrorists he should order them to buried with pigs blood.
When Islamists object, simply tell them the terrorist are not Islamic because islam is a “religion of peace” unless they want to change their mind and admit that it is not a religion of peace.
Let them sit’n spin for a while.
Taking out the trash is the civilized thing to do.
Let's see. He's gotten the people to kill thousands of drug dealers. He called Obama "the son of a whore". He told Obama to F*** OFF on military affairs, and now he is trying to wipe out Muslims?
I'm really starting to like this guy.
he needs the USA a lot less than the USA needs the Philipines...
TURN HIM LOOSE....
he aint f-in around..
that is how you get rid of problems,,,,,,
VIOLENCE SOLVES PROBLEMS
Under Obama, the US military advisors will be ordered to help the Muslims.
“The Abu Sayyaf, destroy them. Period.”
This may be the strategy of kill one monkey to scare ten.
Abu Sayyaf is the smallest of the muslim rebel groups, and the most closely affiliated with al Queda. The more tribal Moro islamic groups are bigger and more integrated with local families and communities.
Stacking Abu Sayyaf bodies first will put the fear of God into the Moro tribe, and bring them to the negotiating table.
They know that he doesn’t fool around - he was well known for running death squads on Mindanao, while he mayor of the biggest city there. Now he has the whole Army and Air Force at his disposal.
I guess one can never tell from where the next Charles “The Hammer” Martel is going to pop up.
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