Stupid fools

If you want to have a good laugh at the incredible stupid incompetence of certain journalists, or their criminal intent for that matter, you only have to turn to the pages or the website of the Washington Times. The paper's Bill Gertz is claiming that China is arming both sides in Iraq by concluding a deal with the government of Nuri al-Maliki to deliver small arms and by supplying shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, which end up in the hands of Iraqi insurgents. (The Washington Times: "China arms both sides")

Now let's see... Iran is actually supporting the current Iraqi government, because it is led by Shiites. al-Maliki has visited Tehran and met with Iranian president Ahmadinejad. So if China is indeed arming the al-Maliki government and Iran, it is supporting one side only, unless the Washington Post can prove that China is also arming the Sunni insurgents. Ah yes, but it does, says Gertz... because the insurgents are capturing arms from the Iraqi government. That's a pretty piece of mind boggling logic. The insurgents are no doubt also capturing weapons from the American occupiers, which by the same logic proves that Bush is arming the insurgents fighting “America's glorious men and women in uniform put in harm's way”.

An anonymous American official ads that “the Iraqi government needs to better understand that the U.S. military is fighting and dying to give their nation the opportunity for a free and open society and government,” and therefore shouldn't buy arms from China. Yeah right, the 650,000 Iraqis murdered as a result of the American occupation will not have the privilege to enjoy this “free and open society” which 2 million other Iraqis have fled and where you are more likely to encounter a suicide bomber at the next street corner than return safely home.

Richard Fisher, a China specialist with the International Assessment and Strategy Center added that “from oil deals now to arms deals, we are allowing China to benefit from the stability earned with American blood.” Which idiot could be brain-damaged enough to mention Iraq and stability in the same sentence, let alone stability earned with American blood? The American military is doing nothing but creating instability, chaos and carnage all over the world.

For good measure, Bill Gertz adds that the United States will need its nuclear weapons for the foreseeable future. He quotes Steve Henry, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear matters as saying that “China is building new strategic nuclear forces and the buildup cannot be ignored.” Of course, a statement without any proof to back it up. China has a small nuclear deterrent force sufficient to retaliate, but is certainly not expanding it. Moreover, China is the only nuclear power which has solemnly declared that it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons and will never use them against non-nuclear states.

The propaganda machine of the Washington Times is continuously churning out lies, nonsense and incitement to war crimes. Press freedom should be as extensive as possible, but the Washington Times is crossing a red line.