Duterte insults Obama: Calls him ‘son of a whore’ White house calls off meeting

09/21/2016 | 5:59 0 Posted in Uncategorized

Duterte is an amazing person but he has been grossly outrageous in his language towards all, bar none; imagine a Christian, the President of a vast nation who lets his tongue go astray whether he is talking to or about a male, female or some dignitary like Obama.
What do you say to the President of a predominantly Catholic country who calls the Pope the son of a whore only because his arrival caused a traffic jam when he was not even President? The UN Secretary General can be considered small fry in comparison to the Pope in a catholic country.
Yes, Duterte has directed the misplaced vocabulary against the most powerful man on the planet, President Obama himself, whom he publicly called son of a bitch only yesterday.
This was also one of the rare occasions that Duterte actually apologized to President Obama but still, in his own way; the apology was very cleverly worded in diplomatic lingo which would never be treated as one.
His spokesman today read out a statement in which Duterte had admitted making some strong comments which might have appeared as a personal attack on the US President.
The offensive tirade had been launched by Duterte before he was leaving for Laos to attend a conference; as a result, a meeting that had been scheduled in Laos, where Duterte was to meet Obama, was summarily cancelled by the US authorities at the White House.
Obama is believed to have said that he preferred productive and constructive conversations and Duterte suggested that the meeting had been called off mutually.
Duterte’s statement of regret is seen as a feeble attempt at conveying an apology bit I am sure that we may not have seen the last of this remark or its repercussions in the traditional alliance between the two countries.
As far as Duterte is concerned, it has been his habit to put his mouth his brain in every conversation with liberal use of all the wrong abusive words. But, only time will tell whether he went too far this time around; Americans are not known to be having such short memories.
But, Duterte is a genius as proved by his record; I will not be surprised if he has the gumption to bring back Obama by some way of system recovery.
The minimum price that Philippines will have to pay would be that Duterte swallow his pride and issue an unconditional apology because there is too much at stake for both the countries who are dependent on each other in a strategic partnership and as trading partners.
The United States is not only the largest trading ally of the Philippines; it is also assisting Philippines on the many terrorist disputes that the Pinoys are facing.
The ongoing dispute with China is also a thorn in the Filipino flesh where the US plays a very pivotal role as a security partner and ensuring regular financial support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on an annual basis.
Duterte was more condescending than amicable when he arrived at Laos saying he could not quarrel with the most powerful nation in the world but refused to back down about the issue of human rights violations which is slowly getting louder by the day.
At Vientiane, the capital of Laos, he countered the journalists saying that he had his own questions to ask and resented that the White house did not send a diplomatic note asking him for his comments.
However, his blunder is probably becoming apparent and better sense id prevailing; he stated that the two countries will be working towards their common goals after ironing the differences.
A pointed question over what his response would be when Obama questioned him about the human rights violations; this set him off on a virtual tirade against the US President and his country who had themselves committed human rights violations against his countrymen when the Philippines was their own colony.
And, son of a whore and son of a bitch are parts of speech for Duterte whether he is in a jovial mood or in a rage. He questioned the authority of the US President to question him on human rights when the US had committed crimes against his countrymen during its colonization.
He cited the killings of the Moros in the last century which was the reason why the Moros were still continuing their insurgency.
He had expressed his willingness last week to offer his defense on the bloody war on illegal drugs in his country provided Obama allowed him to explain the context before seeking his explanation on the issue.
Surprisingly, Duterte has had a troubled relationship with the United States because of certain issues on which he does not see eye to eye with the US; in fact, his leaning has been more magnanimous with China even though his country is having a running dispute with China with regards to territorial rights and China’s misplaced claims.
His declarations, that his foreign policies will be independent of the United States, reflect his thinking.