libs be like, 100% wholesome <3 <3 <3

OK but, seriously, :amerikkka:

Its always fun seeing your country referenced as a political football between superpowers

Heat map Belt and Road and you’d see our activity happening. It’s where the targets are

On that note: the day before the Beirut blast, there was a change in Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs - from Nassif Hitti to Charbel Wehbe.

Hitti was pro-IMF and wanted the government to take on their debts. The government repeatedly voted against it. Hitti resigned August 3rd and called Lebanon a “failed state.”

The new guy, Wehbe, is very anti-imperialist.

He received some “Internal Hero of Venezuela” medal from Chavez, one of the country’s highest honors.

He wants to re-establish diplomatic relations with Syria.

He supports Belt and Road, which was going to invest in Lebanese ports.

His first day in office, the Beirut Blast happened. I have been wondering for months if the CIA paid someone off to do that.

Yep. The US government sees China as it’s biggest threat to the imperial vicegrip it has on the world, and the B&R as the main thrust of that threat.

yeah, was about to post that.

completely ignoring the actual subject of the article, the first half of the first paragraph OP quoted just reads as massive projection.

It’s a little hard not to do, tbh

Literally threw so much money at advancing the careers of corrupt officials that not even their notoriously tightly-monitored media could cover it up or hide it. They threw so much money at it that they blew their own cover.

To uncover China’s nefarious plot to…???

Wowee sure looks like the CIA can only operate when the chosen country lets them operate – isn’t this meant to the service of the best and brightest?

My (25M) subordinate clauses (23F, 26F, 22M, 28M, 28M) have unionized