The United States has allies and partners all over the world.  Yet very few people question the necessity of such partnerships, even when they are with states led by unhinged maniacs or tyrants. Exhibit number one in the unhinged category falls to President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.  Recently, Duterte seemed to call President Obama a "son of a b----."  As a result, bilateral talks were canceled between them.  Duterte has a propensity for such language, having slurred the pope and the American ambassador with similar language in the past. However, one might be able to get over President Duterte's colorful turns of phrase if such language weren't accompanied by outright disturbing rhetoric and even more disturbing actions.  Duterte was elected on a tough-on-crime platform.  According to The Guardian, Duterte promised during the election that "100,000 people would die in his crackdown on drugs, with so many dead bodies...(Read Full Post)