Sounds like the Cold War line of thinking. It was Russia then, now China takes over the place. What if Country_X does Y? Oh we must keep up the pace! What history tells me is when a government starts to draw people's attention to some public enemy abroad, usually it has some ax to grind and some shit to hide.
I kind of think the China idea is far fetched too. Sounds a little too boogey-man. Why not a private interest like a cartel / mafia? Or maybe anonymous, etc.?
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Sounds like the Cold War line of thinking. It was Russia then, now China takes over the place. What if Country_X does Y? Oh we must keep up the pace! What history tells me is when a government starts to draw people's attention to some public enemy abroad, usually it has some ax to grind and some shit to hide.
I kind of think the China idea is far fetched too. Sounds a little too boogey-man. Why not a private interest like a cartel / mafia? Or maybe anonymous, etc.?