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The Arab Spring - Another Chinese Plot?

  • 16-02-2012 12:30pm
    #1
    thiarfearr
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    We all saw in 2003 how the Chinese planted fake evidence to get the west involved in Iraq. Is the Arab Spring another step in their quest to damage the west? Pro-western governments have been toppled and will be replaced by anti-western fanatics, more ameanable to Chinese interests. The unintentional spread to Syria was mitigated by the UN veto, and as with Iraqi distraction, helps take the spotlight off the main prize, Iran. We will now see Chinese firms moving into Libya to snap up the oil as they did in Iraq, after the west has done the heavy lifting for them.


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  • #2
    Di0genes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭Di0genes


    thiarfearr wrote: »
    We all saw in 2003 how the Chinese planted fake evidence to get the west involved in Iraq.

    We did? Where?


  • #3
    Jonny7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭Jonny7


    I love how these new posters appear.. create a post or two .. then disappear.

    On topic, never heard this one before, there was no 'evidence' in Iraq so the Chinese couldn't have planted anything. The Arab spring has been an uprising pretty much run on its own steam across a whole range of countries.


  • #4
    Jaafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭Jaafa


    Jonny7 wrote: »
    I love how these new posters appear.. create a post or two .. then disappear.

    On topic, never heard this one before, there was no 'evidence' in Iraq so the Chinese couldn't have planted anything. The Arab spring has been an uprising pretty much run on its own steam across a whole range of countries.

    I would agree, with the exceptions of Libya and Syria, where I believe they were steered in certain directions soon after beginning and had/have a large degree of outside influence from several sides.


  • #5
    AngryBollix
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    This is the frst time I've ever heard anyone blame the chinese for the war in Iraq.


  • #6
    Jonny7
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    Have external countries since affected the uprisings in both countries? obviously yes.

    Did they spark them? no

    Uprisings and protests took places in some 17 countries across ME and N Africa - no evidence that the causes were other than domestic.


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  • #7
    hooradiation
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    AngryBollix wrote: »
    This is the frst time I've ever heard anyone blame the chinese for the war in Iraq.

    Hey, they're an up and coming global power - they'd better get used to this sort of thing.


  • #8
    Jaafa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭Jaafa


    Jonny7 wrote: »
    Have external countries since affected the uprisings in both countries? obviously yes.

    Did they spark them? no

    Uprisings and protests took places in some 17 countries across ME and N Africa - no evidence that the causes were other than domestic.

    That's basically what I said.


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