Will Duterte last his entire term?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm pretty sure the State Department already has the needed plans to get rid of him ready. To answer the question: No, I'd be surprised if he even survives President Hillary Clinton's first term.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Given the recent American track record on regime changes, I wouldn't be too optimistic.

[Antonio the Sixth]

He should be removed, but hopefully through mass mobilization and/or impeachment rather than in some sort of coup.

[Green Line]

The good people of the Phillipines are might not yet be ready for independence.

[2952-0-0]

I'm pretty sure the State Department already has the needed plans to get rid of him ready. To answer the question: No, I'd be surprised if he even survives President Hillary Clinton's first term.

And go down in Filipino history as an Allende-style national hero?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I'm pretty sure the State Department already has the needed plans to get rid of him ready. To answer the question: No, I'd be surprised if he even survives President Hillary Clinton's first term.

And go down in Filipino history as an Allende-style national hero?

BRTD is rapidly becoming a Scoop Jackson Democrat. Sad.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Ugh, Scoop Jackson was awful.

[Intell]

Anyone who thinks thinks he should be removed, is really not understanding how the f*k this would play out. He'd probably get f*king hero status, civil war even.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Duterte, like Morsi, are flawed heroes who will tragically be consumed in our quest for global hegemony human rights and democracy.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Duterte, like Morsi, are flawed heroes who will tragically be consumed in our quest for global hegemony human rights and democracy.

you forgot to mention Kim Jong Un

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Obama pls drone

[PresidentSamTilden]

I don't think the US should intervene here, at all, and I doubt we will. Hillary, seriously, no.  Will the Philippine people rise against him though? I hope so, although it will probably be very tough to oust him.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I don't think the US should intervene here, at all, and I doubt we will. Hillary, seriously, no.  Will the Philippine people rise against him though? I hope so, although it will probably be very tough to oust him.

One thing is certain: an intervention would make him a popular hero. Not to mention Filipinos wouldn't be too happy about the U.S. getting in again.

[PresidentSamTilden]

One thing is certain: an intervention would make him a popular hero. Not to mention Filipinos wouldn't be too happy about the U.S. getting in again.

Agreed. All the more so since it seems like he's trying to push the US away by ending the joint military trials. Intervening would make it seem like we were strong arming them to protect our interests.

[ag]

I don't think the US should intervene here, at all, and I doubt we will. Hillary, seriously, no.  Will the Philippine people rise against him though? I hope so, although it will probably be very tough to oust him.

One thing is certain: an intervention would make him a popular hero. Not to mention Filipinos wouldn't be too happy about the U.S. getting in again.

This is exactly why I want the Chinese to do it

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I don't think the US should intervene here, at all, and I doubt we will. Hillary, seriously, no.  Will the Philippine people rise against him though? I hope so, although it will probably be very tough to oust him.

One thing is certain: an intervention would make him a popular hero. Not to mention Filipinos wouldn't be too happy about the U.S. getting in again.

This is exactly why I want the Chinese to do it

You're a badly broken record, man.

[ag]

I don't think the US should intervene here, at all, and I doubt we will. Hillary, seriously, no.  Will the Philippine people rise against him though? I hope so, although it will probably be very tough to oust him.

One thing is certain: an intervention would make him a popular hero. Not to mention Filipinos wouldn't be too happy about the U.S. getting in again.

This is exactly why I want the Chinese to do it

You're a badly broken record, man.

Nah, more like a jazz variation

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

As a Filipino, I can see that he sometimes commit mistakes especially when it comes to his statements as well as his hardline policies but I do really appreciate on what he have done to this country especially on his projects, which in only three to four months in his term, he had already started some of them.

[ag]

As a Filipino, I can see that he sometimes commit mistakes especially when it comes to his statements as well as his hardline policies but I do really appreciate on what he have done to this country especially on his projects, which in only three to four months in his term, he had already started some of them.

Good roads?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

As a Filipino, I can see that he sometimes commit mistakes especially when it comes to his statements as well as his hardline policies but I do really appreciate on what he have done to this country especially on his projects, which in only three to four months in his term, he had already started some of them.

There were a lot of projects under Marcos, weren't they?

I'm not a Filipino, so I naturally know much less about this than you. If not for the whole death squads/let's kill drug addicts stuff I'd probably really like Duterte, given other points of his platform, but it's freaking hard to overlook him supporting to kill 3,000,000 people, bombastic statement or not. I sure hope he'd eventually settle down and focus on more constructive stuff.

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

As a Filipino, I can see that he sometimes commit mistakes especially when it comes to his statements as well as his hardline policies but I do really appreciate on what he have done to this country especially on his projects, which in only three to four months in his term, he had already started some of them.

There were a lot of projects under Marcos, weren't they?

I'm not a Filipino, so I naturally know much less about this than you. If not for the whole death squads/let's kill drug addicts stuff I'd probably really like Duterte, given other points of his platform, but it's freaking hard to overlook him supporting to kill 3,000,000 people, bombastic statement or not. I sure hope he'd eventually settle down and focus on more constructive stuff.

Check out news about Sen. Leila de Lima. Although most of the online Filipino world support the war on drugs.

[Former Lincoln Assemblyman & Lt. Gov. RGN]

As a Filipino, I can see that he sometimes commit mistakes especially when it comes to his statements as well as his hardline policies but I do really appreciate on what he have done to this country especially on his projects, which in only three to four months in his term, he had already started some of them.

Good roads?

911 emergency, 8888 for those who want to complain about the government, yes, good roads, etc

[PresidentSamTilden]

This is exactly why I want the Chinese to do it

That's really not their style, though. Plus, he's pivoting away from the US, essentially making him a Chinese ally.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

This is exactly why I want the Chinese to do it

That's really not their style, though.

Yes. Why would they do an open annexation?

[PresidentSamTilden]

Yes. Why would they do an open annexation?

I can't see that benefiting them in any way, lol. No doubt they watched my country make a fool of itself in Iraq and want to avoid a similar fate. China isn't gonna intervene in Philippine internal politics unless they are seriously threatened. The only threat the Philippines can pose to China is mass migration if they collapse.