>Duterte has repeatedly said conflict was pointless and that he wants to get along and do business with Beijing.
>Analysts believe Duterte's uncharacteristic verbal restraint toward China, in contrast to his stinging rebukes of the United States, United Nations and European Union, shows he is hedging in pursuit of his goal of an independent foreign policy more aligned with China, and reducing reliance on former colonial ruler Washington.
This is the same guy who said he wished he had a chance to rape a white Australian girl who had been raped and murdered by Filipino prisoners.
Anyone saying he'll be an important ally in containing China is in for a rude awakening.
The Phillipines are gonna end up being a fucking map pack for china
Ayden Brooks
obama really is a fuck up
Xavier Diaz
He only seems to care about the middle east. He thinks the TPP will save his Asian legacy but it probably won't.
Oliver Edwards
Alright. Conflict In South China Sea when?
Jose Turner
To be fair, name one globalist asian country or one that took in a 4 digit number of refugees And you can see why the East and West will have some trouble meeting
Elijah Gonzalez
This isn't on Obama. The Philippines has hovered on the verge of state failure for decades as a result of its own political and economic dysfunction. Duterte is just the last rung down on the ladder.
Joseph Mitchell
Smart move. Why ally with a country like the US. What do we provide but problems? There won't be an recourse by the US if he does this anyways. Our leaders are cucks.
Jayden Martinez
>Anyone saying he'll be an important ally in containing China is in for a rude awakening. your thread is just that
Caleb Taylor
last time he said he would ally with China he said he would declare war on China if the move on disputed islands literally the next day
the dude is unstable and prone to emotional outbursts
Carter Perry
you're going to elect one for your own get used to it
Cameron Carter
Will Duterte get Gaddafi'd?
Hunter Wood
Well America didnt back us up with the Scarborough Shoal invasion by China.
FUCK HUSSEIN OBAMA
Is this how our alliance dies?
Ian Roberts
Trump's emotional outbursts are fun though
James Green
were not going to pick your fights for you make the first move and we would have your back pussy
Jacob Peterson
I wish they had let me have a go at her too, I mean they where going to kill her anyway so its not that bad.
Jonathan Powell
Perhaps by narco-revolutionaries once the mass-culling of street-level dealers is complete and the remaining big players consolidate power.
Leo Morris
That and you'd be foolish being in Asia and not trying to be an economic partner with China.
Julian Lewis
Pics of the Aussie chick
Asher James
As much as I don't like Obama, I agree. This is more indicative of Duterte's bizzare approach to foreign policy than with Obama.
Robert Sanders
>Anyone saying he'll be an important ally in containing China is in for a rude awakening.
duterte is a meme, what else
Lucas Robinson
Duterte is a commie shill, but pol is projecting all over him, just like with trump
Brody Turner
>Make the first move, and we'll have your back
>T.Bay of Pigs Supporters
Julian Watson
Japan is a fool and North Korea is the smartest country around
Alexander Lopez
"Economic partnership with China" is different from "dismantle alliance with decades-long primary economic benefactor and security guarantor".
For the US, Duterte may represent a strategic inversion and defeat. For the Philippines, utter national disaster.
Carson Perry
LEL sure. We'd rather China invade the Phillipines, so we could fight the big war over there and the surrounding oceans. If we lose them as an ally, it cuts into our ability to assert our hegemony in the pacific rim, which requires allies lke worst Corea, Nihon, etc.
