What could be worse is the leaning on Communist elements. Are they going to quit being Communists, or are they going to look for ways to insinuate their Communism into the Philippines, eventually leaving the estimable Mr. Duterte with cement shoes?
Dealing with Communists has been a constant task for successive Philippine governments since the second world war.
My battalion was low crawling across flooded swampy islands looking for factions who were causing problems in 1982.