Marcos on Aquino: She’s ‘a Poor Girl, a Dangerous Girl’

Ferdinand E. Marcos thinks Philippine President Corazon Aquino is “a poor girl,” too weak to make her own decisions and therefore “a dangerous girl.”

In an interview with the Associated Press on Sunday, the deposed Philippines leader called Aquino “the most powerful dictator that the world has ever known” but said she is too weak to prevent communists from taking over her government.

“I think the poor girl just isn’t strong enough to make her own decisions, and this makes her a dangerous girl,” said Marcos, who was interviewed for three hours in the living room of his rented beachfront house.

He also uttered his first words of mild admiration for the woman who replaced him in a popularly backed military revolt, saying she is “in a quiet personal way, courageous” and adding that any other woman would have collapsed under the burden.