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China, pushing conspiracy theory, accuses US Army of bringing coronavirus to Wuhan
2020-03-13
[TheHill] Excerpt: "A spokesman for the Chinese government on Thursday promoted a conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was brought to the city of Wuhan by the U.S. military.

"It might be US Army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan," said Zhao Lijian, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Business Insider reported.

The comment, an alternate explanation Beijing is pushing amid global criticism of the country's failure to mitigate the virus, comes as the Chinese government has increasingly disputed widespread international reporting that the virus was first detected in Wuhan.



The conspiracy theory, which has recently gained steam in China, instead suggests the virus was brought to the country in 2019 by U.S. athletes participating in the Military World Games that were held in Wuhan."

Looks to me like somebody is attempting to influence the U.S. election. Please let me know when Mr. Schiff etal. opens hearings...

A tweet this morning:



Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#10  Amidst the panic and frothing by Democrats about racist xenophobic everything Trump does is bad noise, consider the good news the pandemic is bringing to our eyes. The past 20 years of naive and/or corrupt foreign and economic policy about China is being revealed as a massive, massive, existential mistake for America. We now can see that they lie, cheat. steal and corrupt every connection and are our main enemy in the world. Disengage, reindustrialize and accept that we don’t need them as much as they need us. And my answer to the claims that I’m being racist and xenophobic about
China is, you’re goddam right I am!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-03-13 11:20  

#9  Silly China. Everyone knows it was the Juices.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-03-13 09:10  

#8  Ref #4: ....as with everything, China probably stole it from another country first, so now they are just reparsing the language

Likely the US or Canada. Perhaps that explains the lack of interest in the actual Wuhan origins.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-13 08:26  

#7  National

personal / party FIFY


benefits accrue to the individuals and uni-party.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-03-13 08:11  

#6  For what national benefit?


Wrong question
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-03-13 07:38  

#5  Why on earth did our elites decide to join us at the hip to such a shitty and corrupt nation?

Why did they deliberately raise up this global menace?

For what national benefit?
Posted by: Lex   2020-03-13 07:30  

#4  as with everything, China probably stole it from another country first, so now they are just reparsing the language
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-03-13 07:04  

#3  The Asymmetrical response would be to raise tariffs on all Chinese imports by 20%.
Posted by: Shineper Grumble1521   2020-03-13 06:53  

#2  Taking the Himmler Doctrine to new heights.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-03-13 06:29  

#1  It was an army alright, but not our army. Asymmetric threats fall into three general categories: IT, WMD, and what we are seeing today:

Countering Asymmetric Threats
Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry
with David Aidekman

Third is the disturbing prospect that opponents will attempt to threaten the U.S. homeland with terrorism on a war-like scale. Catastrophic terrorism might result from the use of weapons of mass destruction, especially biological weapons; from attack upon the critical infrastructures upon which fragile modern society depends, including power, transport, communications, and finance; or from attack upon asymmetric threats the persons and institutions of the federal government. The specter of attack on our homeland is a relatively new one; in this century, America’s wars have been far away. The country is favored by geography, with oceans to the east and west, and friendly neighbors to the south and north. But globalization and technological change undercut the protection historically afforded by favorable geography.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-13 04:52  

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