Chinese-Dragon
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Incorrect, the Jihadis fighting in Pakistan are fighting as a result of our policy to support the US in the war, as well as for the drone strikes. For Xinjiang, you don't have classic Jehadis there, even though CIA is trying to build some. Right now Chinese issue with Xingjiang is related to the legit demands of your own citizens. I am convinced that if you carry out the same sort of development you have carried out in other parts of China, these elements will lose whatever ground they have right now. No one has time to go to become an insurgent when they have a job and a family to look after.
Here is the thing, if terrorism is a result of minorities not being "included" in development, then why is it that the countries worst affected by terrorism are Muslim countries, where they are in the majority? There is no possible way to give them further "inclusiveness" since they are the majority right?
And what about rich guys like Bin Laden? They are not poor minorities being persecuted by their state, but rather adherents to a very twisted form of ideology.
Anyway, my point is that spreading violence into Burma is not going to help anybody at all, least of all the Muslims in Burma. It will just give the Burmese state the gloating satisfaction of saying "We were right" (like the Americans like to do) in order to justify further crackdowns.
My worry is that for every person saying "Burma treats Muslims badly so they deserve Jihadist violence", there will be a person saying the same thing for China, and for Pakistan, to justify more extremist violence in both of our countries. Even the most prominent Muslim politicians in the world like Erdogan have accused China of genocide in Xinjiang, how many of those guys think we deserve extremist violence in return.