Despicable Dturd has already demonstrated that his idea of leadership is to act like a pathetic old whore at a broken-down bar, who stage-whispers “demands” to whoever is forced to listen, rather than just state her desire directly to her presumed customer.
So after making an international fool of himself once again with reckless statements about “demanding” more aid from the US, it’s time for presidential mouthpiece Toupee Roque to join the fun and really make things stupid.
Roque was asked during a video call with reporters whether Dturd had actually specified what amount he was “demanding” that the US fork over lest the mercurial “strongman” abrogate the Philippines’ Visiting Forces Agreement with the US.
Dorque mumbled that there has been no specific demand, and that the US had not inquired.
“If they (US) ask for what our demand is, we will give it. But right now, I think it’s premature because there’s no offer, there’s no inquiry so far,” Dorque babbled, according to ABS CBN News.
In other words, the US is not playing this stupid game. And it shouldn’t. The US has indicated that the Philippines has already received the most US military assistance of any nation in the Indo-Pacific region.
But wait, said Dorque. Pakistan got more than us, about $16 billion, according to a think tank report! Therefore, we should get the same, or at least more than we’ve been getting! Kawawa naman. These clowns obviously fail to understand that relations between countries are not so simple, and that being a whining old whore is not likely to improve a defense posture. There are so many factors that must be taken into account, such as threat levels, treaty obligations, ability to manage assistance, and reliability of defense partners. Crying that “she got more than me” isn’t a basis for anything.
(And it should be noted that, despite Dorque’s admission that the Philippines had presented the US with no specific demand, the infamously dishonest Philippine Daily Inquirer soon posted an article, based on the same video call, with a headline falsely claiming “Duterte demands $16 billion for hosting US troops.” PDI seems determined to claim the title of Fake News Kings of the Philippines.)
Dturd later seemed to counter his own spokesman, and mumbled in a televised address that “It is not money I am asking for…we should be provided with arms and armaments that could place us at equal footing with countries at war with us.”
Well, the Philippines has a long, long way to go before it will ever be at “equal footing” with potential adversaries in the region, such as China. And pissing away its relationship with the world’s strongest military superpower isn’t going to put this prostitute regime anywhere but out of the bar and into the grimy back alley.
It’s the same old tired story: “Uncle Kano, stay out of our business! Uncle Kano, save us from ourselves!”
Manila Pagpag 