Phillipenean president Rodrigo Duterte is a violent tyrannical fascist. He’s slaughtered thousands of his own people in an attempt to crackdown on drugs and is now condoning rape by his own soldiers.
Three days after declaring martial law in the rebellious southern Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his troops to crush the militants and gave a speech to inspire them. “You can arrest any person, search any house,” Duterte told the soldiers Friday. “I alone would be responsible” for anything they did under martial law, he said. “I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it.”
Before he won the presidency last year, Duterte said that he “should have been first” in the gang rape of a woman who was held hostage, raped and then killed in the 1980s. His disgusting comments certainly put our own president’s comments about women to shame. (This is not in defense of Donald Trump’s comments about groping women’s private parts, but simply a comparison.) Of course, Trump’s comments were made in 2005 during a seemingly private conversation when he was not the president, and could definitely be considered a joke, while Duterte publically stated while he was president, that the raping of women by his soldiers is perfectly acceptable.
Duterte’s recent rape comments come after the tyrant declared martial law on the island of Mindanao. Islamic militants are fighting the tyranny of Duterte with their own brand of fascism – Sharia law. Thousands have been killed in Duterte’s drug war, some by vigilantes and some gunned down by police on government orders. Lately, he has expanded his attention from drugs to a years-long spate of battles between Philippine forces and Muslim insurgent groups on the southern island of Mindanao, where one of Asia’s most wanted militants is believed to be hiding.
The country suffered 14 years of martial law under former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was ousted in a peaceful revolution in 1986. During those 14 years, perceived opponents of Marcos were subjected to numerous human rights violations, including imprisonment, forced disappearances and torture. Extrajudicial killings carried out by Marcos’ secret police were also common. Now Duterte is following in the former fascists’ footsteps.
Duterte often revels in his bloody reputation. He has called himself more brutal than the Islamic State, and in December claimed to have thrown a criminal out of a helicopter. Yet, we are expected to believe that he was joking about allowing his soldiers to rape women – as if rape is somehow a joke. Considering Duterte’s reputation, taking his comments as a joke is naive at best.
Violent Tyrant Rodrigo Duterte Says His Soldiers May Rape Women
Does his use of the word 'may' indicate occasional unauthorized occurance or free practice on impulse. Oh forget it, its Dechard carrying on his usual crusade against anybody who is against drugs.
