Flipler is at it again. He's about to go visit Moscow for a five-day visit to sign an agreement and improve the relation with Russia. Helicopters are definitely on list..
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Duterte: West is just double talk
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Kevin Murphy
Philippines $300 billion GDP
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100 million people population.
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South korea has $1.4 trillion GDP
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It's a small, poor country, he has to get the best deal he can and its only relevance is its location in the pacific, more or less.
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Josiah Butler
Can't muerte the Duterte
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Adam Davis
Good on him, because he at least has a legitimate argument unlike some turdworld countries that just go "herp derp muh white oppressors".
But honestly, while it certainly should be his job to protect the Philippines' interest why the fuck should we prioritize them either? They have little to offer us that Japan can't do better and as he said they would be useless against China, so in my opinion no harm done if he wants to turn to Russia, and they happen to be closer to us then they were under Obongo. It would be pretty naive to think that the chinks would be any better, they've been notorious as the jews of the Orient.
Jonathan Lopez
He's making an ideal set of balanced decisions that don't put him at odds with any world powers yet still benefits his own smaller nation: He is continuing to crack down on the drug-runners within his borders whilst still being fair to the people, he is maintaining healthy trade relations (in terms of consumer goods, not weapons) with the west but still making the smarter decision to side with regional powers in the pacific (China, Russia).
I'm curious to see what his policy on Japan is- being as to how it is geographically a secondary power in the pacific and far east region but is a de-facto puppet state of America.
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David Cook
because we are your unsinkable aircraft carrier
Isaiah Martinez
I like this guy. Let the jungle niggers do their jungle nigger business.