What the heck is going on in the Philippines?
Philippine press groups denounced President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday for saying journalists were being killed because they were corrupt and "you are not exempted from assassination if you are a son of a bitch".
Duterte's comments about extrajudicial killings, calling bishops "sons of whores" and a joke about a murdered rape victim do not appear to have dented his popularity in the largely Roman Catholic country.
But his comments about killing journalists have struck a nerve. About 175 journalists have been killed in the Philippines since 1986, ranking it among the most dangerous places to work in the news business.
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/philippines-duterte-denounced-defending-killing-journalists-090325669.html
I am not aware of any condemnation of these killings from the US administration. Are you?
In fact, considering what has happened in Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Central and South America, etc., Mr. Duterte seems to be exactly the kind of ally the US likes to have.
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