The Philippines: Forget everything you thought you knew about human rights

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Ersatz: Sep 17, 2005

Fojar38 posted:

There's no loving way that the Chinese and Russians are offering to sell weapons to a US treaty ally currently embroiled in a territorial dispute with one of them.

I don't believe it either, but I'm sure that China would be more than happy to sell weapons, and a lot more, in exchange for Filipino recognition of the "nine dash line." It's hard to overstate the importance of that particular territorial dispute to China.

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Ersatz: Sep 17, 2005

KingEup posted:

Do the news media not realise that Duterte has already admitted to murdering people?

Yeah - I'm a bit baffled as well. I mean, is it really surprising that the guy responsible for a nation-wide policy of murdering non-violent offenders is being accused of having personally killed people in the past? And how is that any different, morally or legally, from giving the orders to kill now?

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 23:05

Ersatz: Sep 17, 2005

So, I imagined that Duterte, being a moron, would follow through on his threats to pivot away from the US and towards China. But I didn't realize that he'd demand basically nothing in exchange. This is insane.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2016 19:20

Ersatz: Sep 17, 2005

BarbarianElephant posted:

So, uh, no bad feelings then?

Traditionally, Vietnam hates China more than the US. And the average American doesn't care anymore.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2016 19:42

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