When he was a little boy, Rodrigo Duterte was raped by a Jesuit priest.
That abuse molded Duterte into a violent, self — righteous control freak. Today, he is president of the Philippines.
As the world watches, Duterte is busy keeping his campaign promise to destroy his country’s drug — crime problem by killing addicts and dealers alike. His actions are defying the influential Catholic Church, which calls his antidrug policy “a reign of terror.”
Duterte’s dirty drug war has also been condemned by the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations. When challenged for his brutality, Duterte claims to be taking the action that is necessary to save the next generation of Filipino children from the horrors of addiction. It’s as though he’s trying to do for... Read More