Philippines' Duterte threatens to end military deal with the United States

well mr osodelnorte, may i be the first to wish you a happy trip!! if i was braver i would say more but i'm not so i won't

 

I hesitate to get into this disjointed "discussion," but I'd like to point out that the Muslims arrived in Mindanao around the 1400's and successfully administered the entire southern Philippines for 500 years until the US gave the land and the governments to "Christians" imported from Luzon in the 1910's and 1920's. The Spanish pretty much ignored Mindanao, and never got a good foothold... The current problems in Mindanao are mostly a result of that upheaval. Wikipedia has several good "short histories" on the subject.

 

This is a personal view (of course) and you may dislike it or not, at your whim: In a country which has respect for its elected leader, I do not feel it is the right of foreigners to show such disrespect. Let the people decide on policy, as far as is possible, at the ballot box.

Also, negative, rude and disrespectful comments about any senior politician (and leaders of other organisations) may serve only to make life more difficult for your fellow expats - and every expat here should be on the lookout for the welfare of every one of us.

 

you may not be aware that the tall bell towers associated with catholic churches along the coast of negros were to provide an early warning system against muslim raiders from sulu for the purpose of taking slaves back during the early 19th century (per wikipedia on the subject). the philippines has been officially targeted for a jihad. muslims are invading in one form or another nearly every country on the planet and by 2050 are expected to be the dominant world religeon. the christian post reports nearly 200 beheadings and other executions of other "christians" in southern mindanao by muslim terriorists since 2000. a few years back a friend of a friend and his wife were killed by a muslim terriorist bomb in davo airport, three days after i passed through. this is the most dangerous movement for humanity on the planet.

 

It has been my experience that idiotic decision, more often than not, come from idiots. I suggest that we all put 2 & 2 to gather. If it walks like an idiot, talks like an idiot, looks like an idiot.... We all know the saying.
Now I have to ask what ever happened to the posting rule about political posting of this nature? Is there such a rule on this chat board? By the looks of this thread there is not.

My 2 centavos