POTUS cancels meeting with Phillippine President

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(09-07-2016, 10:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You have no clue what is going on.  Neither the crime rate nor the drug use in thre Philippines is that high.  IN fact they have much lower crime rates than the UNited States

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Philippines/United-States/Crime

Duerte is just using fear mongering to justify his murderous "cleansing".

Crime rates are a tricky thing; but you probably knew this. Look at this:
http://www.insideprison.com/crime-statistics-by-country.asp

The 3 countries in the world where violent crime is most prevelant are:
Sweden
New Zealand
Finland

The 3 where violent crime is the least prevalent are:
Nepal
The Philippines
Bangladesh 

Take a look at the entire list and tell me what you see as a trend for the less-violent countries versus the most violent and then suggest who does not have a clue.