I think the notion that China is flexing muscles is almost certain to come to reality in the this century, my concern is wether or not the 'international community' could accomodate it and what form it might take (how will Japan react?). China was the first target of what became the 'axis' forces in the post WW1 period, for China WW1 was simply the catastrophy that did not end until 1989.
China (like Russia) is a precarious mix of traditional enemies and nations forced to live under an overarching (some might say overbearing) central government which values stability (its version) over the forces of different opinons and views (Chinese muslims, Hong Cong democrats etc). I believe that these comments are likely to be aimed more at disheartening opinion at home and heartening Iranian forces who look to China as a friend. IS sees the world in its own good versus evil battle. We do the same ourselves, it is a natural human quality (dare I call IS human....? Is that thoughtcrime?) The religious values they follow are working with genuine political power (Maliki lost all the political trust the US bought for Iraqi shia's from the sunni/ex-baathist bloc), IS has only appeared to become powerful because they now front a cutural viewpoint which is much older than anyone seems to be able to grasp, I mean these families used to run this country for the Ottomans!!! Whatever might happen to 'IS' or the 'Caliph' does not matter, IS is clever because they are shaping opinion of the region to be eternally sympathetic to their political/cultural views; thus Chinas Uighurs problem. When these downtrodden people make the long trek home, they might be able to tell tales of their exploits and breed instability, which for Beijing is too much for their false atheism to handle. So like every other country, they bluster, stumble, bomb and torture (because of fear), rather than force themselves to simply understand, these people want liberty, just like us, its why they are fighting us and why they are fleeing to us. Fighting proxy-war, peripheral-war, asymetrical-war etc just will not work!!!! Torture does not work! Violence as a way to change opinion does NOT work!!!! As Ghandi put it 'You may kill me, and you will have my body, but YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY COMPLIENCE'. This goes for IS and China and US and any other so called political force, one day all of this will be gone, turned to dust and forgotten, why wont you learn THIS does not matter!! Jihadi John take heed, you are driving devout people away, is this jihad? You ensure people are discusted by your actions and so will never convert, is this Jihad? Did God tell mohammad (pbuh) to get defencless people and cut off their heads in the desert? Did God tell Obama that the best way to heal Iraq was to ensure its future division by bombing Sunnis and helping its so called Shia enemy Iran. Its all madness and it will drag us all down!!! It has to stop
ISIS/IS etc. Thrown out by al qaeda, why? CIA paw. Marauders who got western training in Syria. Western muslim youth fooled by propaganda designed to split perception from reality. Big Oil keeping control. Followers of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the west. Your best weapon in your jihad is in the ballot box, in a truly moral and just society, tolerance, mercy and truth become the torch to shine a light against satan. They want you to think its religious war, the truth is its always class war. Maliki, Saudis, Obama's, Camerons, Putins of this world share one truth. Golden taps, plates etc and worship money.
I think the notion that China is flexing muscles is almost certain to come to reality in the this century, my concern is wether or not the 'international community' could accomodate it and what form it might take (how will Japan react?). China was the first target of what became the 'axis' forces in the post WW1 period, for China WW1 was simply the catastrophy that did not end until 1989.
China (like Russia) is a precarious mix of traditional enemies and nations forced to live under an overarching (some might say overbearing) central government which values stability (its version) over the forces of different opinons and views (Chinese muslims, Hong Cong democrats etc). I believe that these comments are likely to be aimed more at disheartening opinion at home and heartening Iranian forces who look to China as a friend. IS sees the world in its own good versus evil battle. We do the same ourselves, it is a natural human quality (dare I call IS human....? Is that thoughtcrime?) The religious values they follow are working with genuine political power (Maliki lost all the political trust the US bought for Iraqi shia's from the sunni/ex-baathist bloc), IS has only appeared to become powerful because they now front a cutural viewpoint which is much older than anyone seems to be able to grasp, I mean these families used to run this country for the Ottomans!!! Whatever might happen to 'IS' or the 'Caliph' does not matter, IS is clever because they are shaping opinion of the region to be eternally sympathetic to their political/cultural views; thus Chinas Uighurs problem. When these downtrodden people make the long trek home, they might be able to tell tales of their exploits and breed instability, which for Beijing is too much for their false atheism to handle. So like every other country, they bluster, stumble, bomb and torture (because of fear), rather than force themselves to simply understand, these people want liberty, just like us, its why they are fighting us and why they are fleeing to us. Fighting proxy-war, peripheral-war, asymetrical-war etc just will not work!!!! Torture does not work! Violence as a way to change opinion does NOT work!!!! As Ghandi put it 'You may kill me, and you will have my body, but YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY COMPLIENCE'. This goes for IS and China and US and any other so called political force, one day all of this will be gone, turned to dust and forgotten, why wont you learn THIS does not matter!! Jihadi John take heed, you are driving devout people away, is this jihad? You ensure people are discusted by your actions and so will never convert, is this Jihad? Did God tell mohammad (pbuh) to get defencless people and cut off their heads in the desert? Did God tell Obama that the best way to heal Iraq was to ensure its future division by bombing Sunnis and helping its so called Shia enemy Iran. Its all madness and it will drag us all down!!! It has to stop
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ISIS/IS etc. Thrown out by al qaeda, why? CIA paw. Marauders who got western training in Syria. Western muslim youth fooled by propaganda designed to split perception from reality. Big Oil keeping control. Followers of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the west. Your best weapon in your jihad is in the ballot box, in a truly moral and just society, tolerance, mercy and truth become the torch to shine a light against satan. They want you to think its religious war, the truth is its always class war. Maliki, Saudis, Obama's, Camerons, Putins of this world share one truth. Golden taps, plates etc and worship money.