Donald Trump, “Duerte Harry” and the Drug War Death Squads

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But that’s another story for another day. “Fuck You!” Says Duterte It’s good to know the history of the US/Philippines drug war. And now Trump – days ahead of his inauguration – praises Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, as dozens die in his war every day. Every day since Duterte’s election, state-supported police-run death-squads created by the Philippine president have killed an average of 40 suspected drug users and traffickers. The American occupiers treated the Philippines as their drug war proving grounds. It’s a history that most people – including most of the people reporting on the “Philippine Drug War” – are unfamiliar with, which is why they leave the US part out of the name of it all.

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Philippine Government commits genocide on drug users, Trump promises continued support.

The Philippine drug-war genocide is set to be the largest mass murder of scapegoats thus far in the 21st century. As I type and you read it continues to gather steam. Now there’s evidence this culture of massacre was set in motion by…surprise, surprise — the United States Government.

The US supports Philippine death squads with millions of dollars in unsupervised transfer payments. And now Trump – days ahead of his inauguration – praises Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, as dozens die in his war every day. Trump has...

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