This is a must-read article from Reuters, featuring a news story in People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party.
via China’s top paper says West stoking extremism in Middle East | Reuters.
Interestingly, I was not able to access the People’s Daily Online nor China’s Global Times, this morning.
Personally, I think that the Chinese article raises a valid concern. Because Western leaders, like Obama, are afraid of the political backlash they do not use their own infantry but rely on proxy soldiers. Clearly arming the different splinter groups is a high risk strategy.
Let me turn this to an open question:
Surely, it would be more effective to use military forces from the G20 with UN support, rather than sponsoring splinter groups?
Thoughts?