"Det er ikke er at Mellemøsten eksporterer terrorisme til Amerika. Amerika importerede terrorisme," fortalte Duterte tilhørerer af muslimske Filippinere fredag, i forbindelse med Mindanao Hariraya Eid'l Fit'r 2016 i byen Davao.
Han sagde at USA introducerede krig til Irak ved at vælte regeringen under den tidligere præsident Saddam Hussein i 2003, og at terrorismen er et resultat af at det irakiske folk er blevet " skubbet op mod væggen."
"De tvang deres vej ind i Irak og dræbte Saddam. Kig på Irak idag. Se hvad der skete med Libyen. Se hvad der skete med Syrien," sagde Duterte.
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"Because they were pushed to the wall for the failed promises," he added.
He said that despite Hussein's dictatorship, he was in firm control of Iraq.
Results of a thorough investigation showed that there was no reason to go to war, he added, citing a report he heard over BBC.
"After a thorough, almost 10 years investigation, it turns out there was no legal basis to declare war against Iraq... it's such a useless war," Duterte said.
Duterte likened the Middle East crisis to the violence in Mindanao.
He said that the Philippines was at peace until voyagers led by Ferdinand Magellan introduced Christianity to the nation in 1521.
"Over decades, the Christians took what was not theirs by force, and terrorized our people," Duterte said.
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