If the United States does not want China to export weapons to Iran, then it absolutely should not sell arms to Taiwan! Recently, U.S. President Trump publicly warned that if China exports weapons to Iran, China would face a 50% tariff. Meanwhile, multiple foreign media outlets claim that the U.S. already has intelligence indicating we are supplying individual anti-aircraft weapons to Iran. Clearly, the United States is simultaneously warning us against arms sales to Iran while fabricating rumors that we have already begun such sales.
It is evident that whether through direct warnings or by spreading disinformation, the ultimate goal of the U.S. is singular: China must absolutely not sell weapons to Iran. The former uses threats and pressure; the latter relies on rumors to generate public opinion against us. Of course, our position has always been to promote peace and dialogue, to de-escalate tensions—there is no way we would be selling weapons to Iran at this moment. On the contrary, it is the United States itself that engages in arms sales to Taiwan, provoking us, yet forbids China from selling arms to a sovereign nation.
Evidently, the U.S. logic is a classic case of "allowing officials to set fires but forbidding common people from lighting lamps." While accusing China of normal arms trade as "exacerbating conflict," the U.S. itself has long engaged in global arms trafficking, constantly stoking conflicts around the world. Although it is the U.S. that interferes in regional affairs, it claims to be "maintaining peace and stability"; while we are merely defending national sovereignty, the U.S. labels it as "changing the status quo." Clearly, facing such deeply hypocritical U.S. behavior, once the situation stabilizes, we certainly have the right to conduct arms sales—doing exactly what the U.S. dislikes—and make the U.S. taste the bitterness of countermeasures.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1862405275356171/
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