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Have the Chinese been secretly supporting Israel?

Headline:

74 killed in attack on Chinese oil venture in Ethiopia

snip...

"...Scores of gunmen have attacked a Chinese-run oil field in a remote area of Ethiopia killing 74 people including nine Chinese after a gun battle that lasted for almost one hour.

Seven Chinese workers were also kidnapped in the attack which the government blamed on a separatist group, said Ethiopian prime minister's spokesman, Berekat Simon..."

"...The attack echoed a spate of killings and kidnappings in recent months that have plagued Chinese workers in Nigeria, where Beijing is also aggressively seeking to develop the nation's oil reserves..."

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I'm trying to figure out how this could have possibly happened? Lt' run through the list "the usual leftist excuses for mayhem"

- China isn't in Iraq or Afghanistan
- China doesnt support Israel
- China has no known neo-conservative connections
- China can't really be called "allied to the United States"
- China doesnt have a history of imperialism in the middle east
- China doesnt try to impose its cultural values on the world

How could this have happened? Terrorists don't just take violent action for no reason except for "commerce raiding", do they? No one of the oppressed peoples just kills and destroys for,ahem, money do they? Maybe they saw one of thoose "Free Tibet" bumperstickers when Richard Gere drove through town and decided to do something about it?

It must be a misunderstanding. I'm sure once the Chinese sit down with these oppressed "freedom fighters" and talk out their issues that everything will be straightened out to everyones satisfaction.

Oh I know what it is! the Ethiopians are eco-warriors fighting against big oil and the corporate bloodsuckers! It all makes sense now, yeah! You know its true, you just have to think really hard with your "inside voice", play hours of barefoot hacky-sack while listening to "rage against the machine", read lots of Chomsky and eventually you can find a good eco-friendly, anti-capitalist reason to rationalize the murder of innocent people. I hope they bought "carbon offsets" before the attack...

Posted @ April 24, 2007 11:27 AM | Current Affairs