Obama cancels meeting with fillipino president

[John Galt]

[Spider]

Its a proper response. Duterte is a waste of O2.

That said...he makes a legit point about American presidents presuming to critique others on these sorts of issues when our own backyard has gone to weeds and condom wrappers.

[John Galt]

it's around 2000 deaths in the war on drugs since he's taken office 2 months ago, a majority of them done by vigilantes, which he has encouraged. but yeah, america is horrible spider

[Spider]

[Saz]

Duarte is frat as f**k

[John Galt]

the phillipines are our former colony, and a country which we saved from brutal oppression. the president can and should pontificate from across the ocean on these things with them. duerte is also signaling wanting to leave the UN and maybe make his own place, with blackjack and hookers and china -- likely so he can get concessions from washington that would want to keep the phillipines around. concessions about killing all drug addicts

[IndependentProfessor]

Frankly, I have no problem with us telling other people what to do. We have the money. We have the power. We have the influence. Yeah, it makes us hypocritical. So what? Every single one of us is hypocritical every day. I am a friggin' boy scout when it comes to business ethics - I won't break a law or even bend one, and can't abide by people who do. Yet, I get into my car on the way home and drive 90mph on the freeway.

[Gnostic]

[spacemonkey]

If they threw the addicts into the bay, all they would have is fkd up backward swimming fish.

[John Galt]