This, it seems, is President Duterte's version of the shadowy and secretive right-wing paramilitary forces operating in, or which used to operate in countries such as Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Guatemala, and Ethiopia, under the former leader, Mengistu. Yes, President Duterte has began a reign of terror, in his forlorn attempt to wipe out the illegal drug problem in the Philippines. And, just as how he could not give a damn about the diplomatic fallout or collateral damage his blood-thirsty program is inflicting on his country, neither does he care about the damage it is inflicting on Philippians caught up in it. Thus we see President Rodrigo Duterte, in the media, telling us how, if his police officers kill thousands of innocent Philippians in confronting one armed drug offender, he would not hold the officer responsible. What kind of man, nevertheless, President of country, would so glibly be willing to sacrifice the lives of so man