BY GOING AFTER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, THE ICC IS DELIVERING A BLOW AGAINST THE WAR ON DRUGS

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is going after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his draconian measures in fighting the War on Drugs

 

By Howie Katz 

                                         Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

 

I've always admired  President Duterte for having the balls to fight drugs by draconian measures in order to keep the Philippines from becoming a drug besotted USA.

When he ran for President in 2016, he promised to rid the Philippines of drugs.  Once he took office, he ordered the police to kill drug users and dealers.  An estimated 6,000 were thus killed.  I'm sure that, unfortunately, some of those killed were innocent, but as in any war there will be collateral casualties.

 

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) officials inspecting 1,100lbs of seized drugs on September 7, 2021

 

The ICC is investigating Duterte for Crimes Against Humanity.  I maintain the use and sales of illegal drugs like heroin, cocaine, meth and fentanyl among others is a greater crime against humanity.

Although marijuana advocates insist it is not a gateway drug, there is plenty of evidence that those seeking a better high, turn to more potent substances once the use of cannabis becomes prosaic.

Just look at the illegal drug mess our country is in now. And wait till our youth discover bombe, the smoking of catalytic converters as practiced now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Going after the manufacturers and distributors of illegal drugs will not solve our drug problems. Legalization of marijuana will just worsen the problem.  We should have punished marijuana users back in the 1950s  when the counter culture took hold. A little jail time would have been more effective than primarily going after the manufacturers and distributors.

President Duterte has prevented the Philippines from becoming a drug besotten USA

 

Have Duterte' draconian measures been effective? Well, he has prevented the Philippines from becoming a drug besotten USA.

Instead of going after Duterte, the ICC should go after the Mexican leaders that have allowed the drug cartels to flourish.

 

                         Rodrigo's daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio      

 

Retired boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is one of the candidates for President

 

 

Rodrigo's time in office is ending because the Philippine President is is limited to a single six-year term.

 

Duterte's daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio is favored to succeed her father.  I'm pulling for Manny Pacquiao.

 

By the way, another reason I admire President Duterte is because he called President Barack Obama a son of a bitch for condemning his way of fighting the war on drugs.  As a result, Obama cancelled a scheduled visit to the Philippines.  Rodrigo probably lost all of 10 seconds of sleep because he would not be meeting with  Obama.