Duterte is a total POS. The Filipino people, however, should not be held accountable or punished in any way for his actions. While he smiles for the cameras and gives Americans the finger, the majority are strongly Pro-American.
We have pumped billions of $$$ into this country over the years to maintain peace in the region. Now, Chinese expansion into the South China Sea is a major threat to the Philippines and Duterte's recent ass kissing mission to China has made the situation much, much more volatile. If you want to get a better handle on what the Chinese are doing in the South China Sea, then read this BBC News article: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35031313 . If you know anything about 20th Century history, then you will certainly draw comparisons to the Japanese expansionism within the same region that drove us to war in WW2.
Recently, Duterte told the world that he stands with the Chinese and that America can f..K off, although the coward backed off from his initial stance just enough to let us know that he would still like to receive the billions of dollars we pour into his country so that we can remain "friends". The Filipino people and the world are going to have to live with this mobster for the next six years, God help us...
I won't be doing any business with any vendor that operates from Ph. Thousands of people have been murdered by vigilante groups and rival gangs under Duterte's sanctions. I want no part of this and I'll wait as long as it takes for one of our favorites here to relocate his stocks to a more civilized country before I order again. I wish him the best of luck, but he really needs to get away from this mess before anyone on IOPList should purchase from his stocks knowing that they are no longer sourced from the Ph. Are you willing to get someone killed for your delivery? I’m not!
P.S. Thank you Groot for your comments, you made some additional important points regarding potential vendor entanglement in your excellent post above, although, more than anything else said here, hqinmaine's comments really hit home on a level that everyone here should understand.
Raven
We have pumped billions of $$$ into this country over the years to maintain peace in the region. Now, Chinese expansion into the South China Sea is a major threat to the Philippines and Duterte's recent ass kissing mission to China has made the situation much, much more volatile. If you want to get a better handle on what the Chinese are doing in the South China Sea, then read this BBC News article: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35031313 . If you know anything about 20th Century history, then you will certainly draw comparisons to the Japanese expansionism within the same region that drove us to war in WW2.
Recently, Duterte told the world that he stands with the Chinese and that America can f..K off, although the coward backed off from his initial stance just enough to let us know that he would still like to receive the billions of dollars we pour into his country so that we can remain "friends". The Filipino people and the world are going to have to live with this mobster for the next six years, God help us...
I won't be doing any business with any vendor that operates from Ph. Thousands of people have been murdered by vigilante groups and rival gangs under Duterte's sanctions. I want no part of this and I'll wait as long as it takes for one of our favorites here to relocate his stocks to a more civilized country before I order again. I wish him the best of luck, but he really needs to get away from this mess before anyone on IOPList should purchase from his stocks knowing that they are no longer sourced from the Ph. Are you willing to get someone killed for your delivery? I’m not!
P.S. Thank you Groot for your comments, you made some additional important points regarding potential vendor entanglement in your excellent post above, although, more than anything else said here, hqinmaine's comments really hit home on a level that everyone here should understand.
Raven