“Dalawa, kahapon, dalawa. Dalawa 'yan. Dalawang dalawa. Kung hindi sundalo, pulis. Nawawalan ako ng sundalo pati pulis. If that is not a war against drugs then what is it?” he said during the ceremonial send-off of 18 Vietnamese fishermen in Pangasinan. (Two, yesterday, two. That’s two. That's really two. If not soldiers, I’m losing policemen. I’m losing soldiers and policemen. If that is not a war against drugs, then what is it?)