The difference is that Trump will end up following through. ---Kind of like how George Bush got Bin Laden vaporized.
Why is the media acting like it is a big deal a reporter got murdered?
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When our allies cut the fingers off a permanent resident of the United states who in entitled to the rights and legal protections of a citizen, other than the right to vote, and do it while they are still somewhat alive, it is a BIG DEAL . It is time to rethink our "friendship" with the Saudis.
When Dick and Bubba were water boarding and "accidentally" drowning a few folks we
didn't mind it half as much as the Taliban and their allies did.
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The Philippines is one of our allies too.
"Since 1986, 177 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Philippines"
Not one peep.
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Philippine Journalist Killings Demand State Action
Duterte Task Force Should Promptly Investigate
Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division condeHRW
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Filipino journalists escort the coffin of slain news reporter Alex Balcoba during his funeral in metro Manila, Philippines June 1, 2016.
© 2016 Reuters
It’s not just suspected drug users and dealers at risk of targeted killing in the Philippines. The murders last week of two radio journalists, and the attack on a newspaper columnist Thursday, highlight the need for the Duterte administration to deliver on promises to apprehend those responsible for the killings of journalists.
On August 6, two assailants on a motorcycle shot dead Rudy Alicaway while he was on his way home in Molave town, Zamboanga del Sur province, on the southern island of Mindanao. Alicaway, 46, a radio host on local DXPD, survived the first volley of gunfire, but the gunmen reportedly got off their motorcycle, followed him as he tried to crawl to safety, and fatally shot him. Police say they don’t yet know the motive for the killing of Alicaway, who was also a local councilman.
The next day, two gunmen killed Leodoro Diaz in President Quirino town in Sultan Kudarat, also in Mindanao. Diaz, 60, was a long-time columnist for a local weekly and a reporter for Radio Mindanao Network. He had told his colleagues earlier in the day that he was going to file a report on illegal drugs, but it is unclear whether his reporting was the motive for his killing.
On August 10, a gunman in Batangas City shot in the back Crisenciano Ibon, 65, a columnist for the tabloid Police Files Tonight, and seriously wounded his driver. Ibon survived the attack, which police speculate may have been in retaliation for his columns criticizing illegal gambling.
The deaths of Alicaway and Diaz brought to four the number of journalists killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016. Journalist Larry Que was killed on December 19 and Joaquin Briones on March 13.
On October 11, Duterte signed an administrative order creating a task force on media killings. Since then there is little evidence that the task force has actively pursued attacks on journalists. In Que’s case, his widow filed a criminal complaint against the provincial governor, a policeman and three others for her husband’s death.
Since 1986, 177 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Philippines, making the country one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism, according to the Committee to Project Journalists. Previous administrations launched similar task forces on media killings, but all failed to end impunity for those deaths. Despite its assurances that journalists are “safer” now, Duterte’s task force will suffer the same fate so long as the administration actively endorses extrajudicial killings. Without accountability for killings of journalists, media freedom in the Philippines will remain under threat.
I agree, we should smack Duterte silly too. He is another asshole dictator.
I'm not sure here, are you being sarcastic?? Cause Bush attacked the wrong country.
I'd give ya 2 likes on that one.
Ohhh really, first of all assclown a resident and a citizen are different things and each bestows different rights. They are not the same.
Since you are so worried about rights and legal protections, can you tell me why you sat and did nothing while Obama executed a US citizen who had no trial and no due process. Please explain your hypocrisy to me.
Not to forget that this was the "rising tard" ass-clown who Hillary had as one of the top two on her VP nominee list for a long time until they had a little oopsie moment.
He was supposed to bring hispanic pzzazzzz to the ticket, get the youth vote, all the hispanics and so on because it was all about identity politics. Son of a single mother immigrant from San Antonio and so on. Then it turned out that he cannot speak spanish AT ALL so was worthless as tits on a nun. Meanwhile the republicans had two or three guys buzzing around speaking spanish, jeb, cruz, rubio.
In the end, Hillary went with white-bread Tim Kaine who was not hispanic but could speak a little spanish from having been in the Peace Corps in Guatamala. Yeh, that worked. OR NOT.
Tim Kaine really knows how to fire up a room. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Unless they are pursuant to a legal war declared by the Congress, I strongly opposed any drone strikes carried out by the U.S. government where in the selection of targets, the federal courts do not have jurisdiction, and specific written criteria have not been met, specific procedures have not been followed, and specific, legally binding safeguards against abuse of power are not in place, and also where Congress has not specifically voted on and approved these criteria, procedures and safeguards and the Public has not had an opportunity to express their opinion regarding same.