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Duterte: "I Will Burn Down The United Nations"
Zero Hedge ^ | 12-24-2016 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 12/24/2016 2:49:45 PM PST by blam

Tyler Durden
December 24, 2016

The United Nations is making a lot of enemies.

Yesterday, when the Obama administration refused to veto a UN vote over Isreal settlements, one which provoked Israel to lash out at the Obama administration saying "friends don't act that way", but more importantly defied Trump who in a previous tweet urged Obama to veto the resolution, the President-elect had one message, or rather tweet, to the UN:

However, Trump is not the only one to hold a prominent grudge against the international organization, which many have accused of being nothing but an ineffective, if material, waste of taxpayer funds: taking Obama's threat several steps further, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to “burn down” the United Nations headquarters in New York, in response to mounting international criticism over his bloody crackdown on suspected drug dealers.

“You go and file a complaint in the United Nations, I will burn down the United Nations if you want,” Duterte said, quoted by the New York Times. “I will burn it down if I go to America,” he added during a speech at an army base in the country's southern city of Zamboanga.

Earlier in the week, Duterte called Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, a top UN official, an “idiot” and “son of a bitch” after the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights suggested launching an investigation into Duterte's own accounts of killings when he was mayor of Davao City, and the “shocking” number of deaths during the ongoing anti-drug war.

“This guy [Zeid] is ever the joker or crazy,” Duterte said during a televised speech, repeatedly calling him stupid. “You UN officials, sitting there on your asses, we pay you your salaries. You idiot, do not tell me what to do... Who gave you the right?”

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(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


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KEYWORDS: commies; duterte; phillipines; un
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To: WashingtonFire

He is a valuable ally in the pacific


21 posted on 12/24/2016 3:22:06 PM PST by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: jiggyboy
jiggyboy :" This guy Duerte has the right attitude and no ties to Russia.

Yes, that is true !
But he is aligning with Red China ..
and after several issues with China's marine expansion in the area,
he seems to be embracing even more closer ties with China,
which represents a significant geo-political shift in the region.

22 posted on 12/24/2016 3:23:10 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Immigration is a priveledge ,.... not a right ! Tell that to O'Bungler and the U.N.)
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To: blam

Well, I’m not gonna stop him. Good luck with that.


23 posted on 12/24/2016 3:25:05 PM PST by Cyclops08
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To: blam

The only reason for an executive in the US is to deal with foreign nations. Thus there is absolutely no need for a world body presiding on internal matters. Only if there were martians and foreign worlds would such a body be needed. Ofherwise it is a leech organization inventing world issues and warmongering


24 posted on 12/24/2016 3:25:53 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: blam

I can send matches.


25 posted on 12/24/2016 3:27:27 PM PST by GingisK
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To: MasterGunner01

I vote for Narobi


26 posted on 12/24/2016 3:27:48 PM PST by Thibodeaux (the end of Obama plague is near........ rejoice)
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To: blam

If he wants to burn down the UN, where can I send money to contribute to buying gasoline?


27 posted on 12/24/2016 3:31:02 PM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: wally_bert

I’d give him a match.


28 posted on 12/24/2016 3:46:08 PM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: blam

Great idea, Duarte!


29 posted on 12/24/2016 3:49:53 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: MasterGunner01
The UN headquarters is then bulldozed and given to the City of New York.

Unfortunately for those of us who would like to drive the UN out of our country, the land it occupies was donated to the UN by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The land the UN occupies technically does not belong to the United States, but to the United Nations. The complex is technically extraterritorial by treaty. However, we pay somewhere near a third of the UN's budget, so if there is a way we can legally discontinue our "assessment," then maybe the parasites will leave of their own accord.

30 posted on 12/24/2016 3:56:13 PM PST by Avalon Memories (If Russia did influence our election, they did us a huge favor!)
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To: MasterGunner01

Turn it into Trump Tower - Turtle Bay.


31 posted on 12/24/2016 3:58:00 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: blam

Get this guy some matches and a plane ticket.


32 posted on 12/24/2016 3:59:09 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: blam

In practical terms, President Trump should ask the Chinese and Russians to each build their own version of the UN headquarters building, with the idea that the UN would shift to Beijing for 25 years, then to Moscow for another 25 years.

Those illiterate, nepotism appointed primitive delegates would be a hoot for the rather prudish and intolerant Chinese, after very easy going New Yorkers. You can bet the delegates would be up to their usual antics, and it would not be long before the Chinese realized the neck millstone we had foisted on them.

Then, after 25 years of being horribly frustrated, the Chinese would be all smiles as the barrel of monkeys was handed off to Moscow.


33 posted on 12/24/2016 3:59:19 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: Thibodeaux

Mogadishu


34 posted on 12/24/2016 3:59:44 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Rome2000

1) New York, USA; 2) Geneva, Switzerland; 3) Nairobi, Kenya; and 4) Brussels, Belgium.

These are existing UN facilities. Presumably the move would be to one of the others than new York.


35 posted on 12/24/2016 4:07:01 PM PST by Thibodeaux (the end of Obama plague is near........ rejoice)
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To: blam

..., I will burn down the United Nations if you want...
That will be done,then he will go to Washington to watch Obama set fire to the White House as he walks out the door.


36 posted on 12/24/2016 4:18:33 PM PST by Sasparilla (I 'm Not Tired Of Winning)
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To: blam
Has Trump filled the position for Homeland Security yet?


37 posted on 12/24/2016 4:21:22 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: blam

Filipino chicks are A #1.


38 posted on 12/24/2016 4:22:10 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Lent
Gee a Muslim suggests an investigation over human rights violations in a predominantly Catholic country. Better start amongst your own Hussein. You could spend the next 100 years exposing your beloved Islamic countries for the hell holes and human rights violators they are well known for.

My guess is the drug runners are predominantly Muslims. Ra'ad is just protecting his gang.

39 posted on 12/24/2016 4:23:59 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Behind enemy lines)
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To: blam
I'll bring the gasolie, and matches. This guy may be Crazy, but crazy can be a Good thing while directed correctly. Get Some! 🔥💃
40 posted on 12/24/2016 4:24:09 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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