In any case, you still shouldn't drink the water in Cancer Alley or East Palestine
Wow, it’s almost like you made a claim without evidence that started this whole chain.
No, when pressed for evidence I provided. See: https://lemmy.ml/comment/8132725. And this claim I made that the media backed Iraq WMD claims is common knowledge, so I suspect most people wouldn't contest it. However, even after pressing you for any evidence, you have provided nothing. So if this conversation is going around in circles, that's clearly on you.
sweaty basement dwellers
It's easy to deduce from your profile that you comment on Lemmy 3x more often than I do. While I was enjoying my Friday evening offline as I do, what were you doing? Demanding that I debunk all 6 of your gish-galloped points. I don't know much about you, but everything I do know suggests calling me a basement dweller is a heavy example of projection. Stones in glass houses.
Thought you had better things to do than argue with a liberal?
I did, and now I'm back :)
Did you?
Ok, what's your main point? That I believe Chinese media over the West's media? Strawman. I believe in investigating the facts of a situation firsthand and not taking anyone's word for anything. That makes debunking your bullshit significantly more time consuming, which is why I said I had better things to do, especially when you don't provide first or even secondhand evidence for any of your claims. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Now I have addressed all of your points inasmuch as they demand addressing.
Nah, they hyped up the weapons of mass destruction claim same as everyone.
Meanwhile suspicion is growing that Iraq might actually be actively producing mass weapons of destruction.
The German daily, "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung" reported recently about a new nuclear programme. Relying on trustworthy reports of the Federal German News Service (BND) from January, the newspaper said that Iraq was buying "nuclear relevant basic chemicals".
Intelligence sources had also found indications that Iraq is continuing with its "Bio-Toxin-Programme" and is "building a mobile B-weapons capacity", the newspaper said.
This could mean that Iraq could achieve the high nuclear status of 1990.
constantly threatening an island off their coast
Educate yourself. Find Kinmen island on a map and see for yourself how close it is to a major Chinese city. Now ask yourself why the US has planted special forces there. Who is threatening who exactly? Remember, most countries have gone to war over far less flagrant violations of sovereignty in the interest of security. China is straight up pacifist here. Bad example.
At worst, they’re killing their own people in broad daylight.
Show me even one instance of evidence for this and I'll take you seriously.
We see what instance you’re here from.
I've been on Lemmy since before federation when the only two instances were Lemmy.ml or Lemmygrad. So what is your point exactly?
If it was that simple, the US would have stopped producing missiles and warheads a long time ago