Philippines' Duterte rails at U.S. 'monkeys' for halting gun sale title

[uawchild]

Source: Reuters

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chided the United States on Wednesday for halting the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to his country, calling those behind the decision "fools" and "monkeys" and indicating he might turn to Russia and China instead.

Duterte's tirades against the former colonial power are routine during his speeches and he said on Wednesday he once believed in Washington, but had since lost respect for what is the Philippines' biggest ally.

The U.S. State Department halted the sale of the assault rifles to the Philippine police after U.S. Senator Ben Cardin said he would oppose it, Senate aides told Reuters on Monday. Aides said Cardin, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was reluctant for the United States to provide the weapons given concern about human rights violations in the Philippines during Duterte's bloody, four-month-old war on drugs.

"Look at these monkeys, the 26,000 firearms we wanted to buy, they don't want to sell," Duterte said during a televised speech.
"Son of a bitch, we have many home-made guns here. These American fools."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-usa-rifles-idUSKBN12X18O

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Ok... time to start destabilizing the Phillipines' elected government, I suppose. Send in the NGO's. Cut some checks to the political opposition. We need to nip this in the bud.



Seriously, this guy reminds me of the movie Idiocracy. What's happening to world "leaders" these days?

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Looks like his promise to God to stop cursing

lasted all of 5 days.

[Cha]

4. JHC.. he has a trump mouth

[InkAddict]

5. See what happens when you dis the hand that provides you guns,

No sympathy for the poor widdle Rod.

[Eugene]

6. Duterte Says He'll Consider Sticking With US Weapons

Source: Associated Press

Duterte Says He'll Consider Sticking With US Weapons

By BULLIT MARQUEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS SUAL, Philippines — Nov 2, 2016, 9:49 AM ET

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he'll consider continuing to acquire weapons and defense equipment from treaty ally the United States if his military recommends so, despite offers from China and Russia.

Duterte made the remark in a speech in which he again railed at the U.S. with expletives for criticizing his deadly anti-drug crackdown, calling American officials "monkeys" and breaking a promise that he would no longer resort to trash talk.

Duterte, who took office in June, has been antagonistic to U.S., EU and U.N. officials who have raised human rights concerns over his brutal crackdown on illegal drug sellers and users and called for an end to extrajudicial killings.

He has used expletives in responding to their criticisms, telling President Barack Obama to "go to hell" in an outburst last month. He has declared his intention to scale back his country's military engagements with Washington, including ending largescale joint combat exercises and the presence of visiting U.S. forces, while reaching out to expand once-frosty relations with China and Russia.

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"China is open. Anything you want. They even sent me a brochure, telling me to choose and they will provide," Duterte said.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/duterte-hell-sticking-us-weapons-43240301