Duterte Vows to Kill 3 Million
President of Philippines compares himself to Adolf Hitler
By Curt Mills | Staff Writer Sept. 30, 2016, at 10:34 a.m.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses Philippine Marines in suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said killing drug users would "save the next generation from perdition." (Bullit Marquez/AP)
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, made perhaps his most controversial remark on record Friday -- openly musing about killing 3 million drug users, and likening himself to Adolf Hitler.
"If Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have...," Duterte said in a press conference, then pausing and pointing to himself.
"Hitler massacred 3 million Jews ... there's 3 million drug addicts. There are. I'd be happy to slaughter them," Duterte said, speaking in Davao City, where he was previously mayor and gained a reputation for being tough-on-crime, but also allegedly employing extrajudicial death squads. Explosive testimony rocked the country earlier this month, when a self-confessed former death squad member said he witnessed Duterte personally execute a government official with a machine gun in the early 1990's.
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