DaKardii wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:38 pm
Xeraphim1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:09 pm
Let me get this straight, cutting edge genetic research and development on diseases was going on at a Chinese government owned laboratory and this was being done under the direct leadership of US personnel with Chinese scientists being the hired help? Does this sound the least bit realistic? Seriously? The Wuhan Institute of Virology is a level four biosafety lab and national governments do not let foreigners run programs at them. Particularly paranoid, xenophobic police states.
Let's also not forget what John has stated many times. The CCP is notoriously reckless and incompetent.
So going by that, it would absolutely not be out of character for the CCP to enter into such an absurd arrangement.
There is a difference. The CCP make bad decisions because those decisions fit with their dogma and internal policies. Claiming the South China Sea fits their internal policies. Putting Uighurs in concentration camps also does. The Great Leap Forward fit their political dogma.
Now, let's set some baselines, yes? Would we agree that the CCP is paranoid? Would we agree that it's xenophobic? Would we agree that it has an incredible need for control over anything economically, militarily, politically or scientifically sensitive? Would you agree with these statements? I think so.
Okay, moving on. Bearing the above facts in mind, do you see the CCP allowing any foreign nation the ability to control anything that it considers sensitive? Would you agree that genetic/biological research at the only level 4 bio containment facility in the country (there is a second one now) would be considered sensitive? Can we agree on that?
Okay, moving on again. Now, bearing in mind that we have a paranoid, xenophobic country which sees the US as a rival at the least and that the work being done at this state run laboratory is considered sensitive at the least, what do you think are the odds that the CCP allowed persons from the US to run experiments that resulted in the release of a pandemic?
You need to apply some logic here. You seem to be assuming a gullible and subservient China that doesn't exist. Again, you WANT these stories to be true for some reason and you're searching for something that can support it. You keep failing. Please stop.