Duterte - I may have family in ISIS

[FIVR]

I was feeling somewhat depressed after listing to the endless stream of BS spouted by Ryan and Co. today, so I decided to check on that funny old chap who runs the Philippines to cheer myself up. He never disappoints.


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...e-claims-some-his-cousins-may-be-in-isis.html

Gangster-killing Philippines president Duterte claims some of his cousins may be in ISIS


Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has revealed that his cousins may have joined terrorist groups linked to ISIS and has vowed to take action if he ever met them face-to-face.

The president, famous for his blunt remarks and tough stance on drugs, made the comments in an interview on Wednesday with Philippine based citizen journalism website Rappler.

Duterte said: “To be frank, I have cousins on the other side, with MI and MN. Some, I heard, are with ISIS.”

He was making reference to local groups affiliated to the extremist organisation, such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front.

The president vowed to take action should he cross paths with those cousins, but fell short of specifying what their fate would be

While Duterte has not specified what action he would take, he has previously confessed to shooting suspected drug dealers, as well as throwing a murder and rape suspect out of a helicopter while he was mayor of Davao.

“If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out,” he said in a televised speech in December.




In a separate incident, more than 150 prisoners escaped Tuesday late night from a southern prison there, after gunmen suspected of having Islamist ties launched a gun attack.

The prison break occurred at the North Cotabato District Jail near Kidapawan, off the island of Mindanao.

The country has seen a spate of terrorist attacks in recent months.

In December, at least 33 people were injured in two separate bomb attacks in Mindanao and Leyte, within less than an hour of each other.

In September, a bomb attack in a night market in Davao claimed the lives of fourteen shoppers, injuring many more.

Furthermore, several were injured recently in a bomb attack on Christmas Eve.

 

[Jaskalas]

Observing a real life person more unstable than Trump... with a literal license to wantonly kill...
Does not cheer me up for some reason.

 

[Triloby]

Let me guess, "The grass is greener on the other side?"

I don't see how this is supposed to cheer anyone up....

 

[KMFJD]

I was in Davao last Xmas, seemed safe enough, then again i stayed at a hotel right across from that bombed night market. They do like Duterte at the moment there, everyone i meet down there stated that they where sick of the corrupt ruling families and wanted someone tough on crime, well that's what they got. They people i meet there say that he says a lot of stuff in the heat of the moment that he later on regrets/explains better.

 

[FIVR]

It's nice to know: It could be worse. Trump hasn't thrown anybody out of a helicopter yet. Or admitted to abusing drugs. Or claimed to have family in ISIS.



If you want a logical reason to feel better...


Duterte is currently running at 80%+ approval ratings while he openly runs a death squad dictatorship. Trump can barely manage 40% while cyberbullying CEOs. This tells me that it will be hard for Trump to engage in Duterte-style actions without being deposed somehow.

 

[alcoholbob]

He's abusing the same drug that killed prince, so clock is probably ticking as he mentally erodes.