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[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

China doesn't typically intervene in clearly foreign affairs unless Chinese citizens are harmed. This is as true in Sri Lanka as it will be in Pakistan. Balochistan's days are numbered.

Edit: isn't it just a little odd that Russia, Iran, and Pakistan (but really China) just conveniently got hit by terrorist attacks in the first 3 months of 2024?

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Okay I never had any respect for ISIS for obvious reasons, but what the actual fuck? Like I thought they were at least trying to do the Caliphate thing, in their woefully misguided understanding of the concept.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

But the bolded quote part specifically talks about trying to fight Qatar and Saudi support of ISIS. It's not saying the US supports it.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt China will intervene militarily in a direct way. Pakistan is a close Chinese ally and it makes more sense to pull on diplomatic and economic levers to get Pakistan to act. Maybe training and joint counter terror ops are on the table, but certainly not a full Iraq scale invasion.

[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The line between joint counterterrorism and an invasion is drawn with chalk in a rainstorm.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't those all three have existing issues with terrorism? I know it's the hot new conspiracy theory in some circles and I don't want to ruin that but they should make some chart with attacks or something.

[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny how ETIM is only a problem when it helps your argument. Otherwise, it's "I can't imagine why the Sea Sea Pea would do such a thing to poor innocent Uyghurs."

The lack of terrorist attacks and mass shootings in China recently shows that whatever they're doing, it's working. China won the War on Terror.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't how this relates to what I said. Could you clarify?

[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US claims ETIM and Uyghur terrorists don't exist.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay and what does that have to do with terrorism in the mentioned countries?

[–] filoria@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

ETIM is the Uyghur nationalist terrorist group