Beijing vows justice after Islamic State executes Chinese captive

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: Reuters

China vowed on Thursday to "bring to justice" those responsible for executing one of its citizens after Islamic State said it had killed a Chinese captive, the first and so far only known Chinese hostage held by the group.

Islamic State said it had killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading "Executed" in the latest edition of its English language magazine.

It did not give any details in the online Dabiq magazine, published on Wednesday, about how, when or where the men were killed.

In a brief statement, China's Foreign Ministry confirmed the man's identify for the first time, naming him as Fan Jinghui, saying he had been "cruelly murdered". It said in September one of its citizens appeared to be in Islamic State captivity.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/19/us-egypt-crash-captives-china-idUSKCN0T805Y20151119#d0LObyTjYALiMsvq.97

[Maynar]

1. Boots on the ground, not bombing campaigns

will be what wins this.

And China has an awful lot of boots.

Might behoove TPTB to get with that.

[uppityperson]

3. People, not "boots", please. Don't dehumanize them.

[totodeinhere]

6. Even President Obama uses the term "boots on the ground."

It's just a phrase. It has nothing to do with dehumanizing anybody.

"Again, I repeat: We’re not considering any open-ended commitment. We’re not considering any boots-on-the-ground approach."

-Obama at a press conference at the White House with Baltic leaders on Aug. 30, 2013.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/30/president-obama-meets-baltic-leaders

[uppityperson]

8. I see a huge difference between referring to someone as a person or a boot.

Boots are articles of clothing. Military men and women are people.

I don't care if Obama called them boots. They are men and women.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

23. Are they going to throw thousand of boots out of a C-5?

They'd have a lot of boots on the ground then. No, I think the "boots on the ground" phrase assumes human beings would have their feet in those boots. With that understanding, and since the Military says it ALL the time, I wouldn't take it as dehumanizing. JMO.

[Old Union Guy]

15. President Obama uses the term "boots on the ground" and yes it is dehumanizing.

... even if the president says it.

[treestar]

19. True

I find it annoying in that people are trying to use military speak to sound cool.

[Ducksworthy]

25. And After We Ask Nicely

I'm sure the nice Chinese will leave the middle east they just conquered.

[Agnosticsherbet]

28. I doubt China will invade Syria and Iraq.

Russians who would allow them to use their airfields in a bombing campaign. They have no military agreements with China. They do have a long range bomber with a 5,500 mile range, but they would still need to have agreements in the event of emergency landings and other disasters.

I saw a report that a Chinese Aircraft Carrier docked at Tartus in Syria, but one aircraft carrier is not gong to do more than support Russian aircraft, and certainly would not have a force large enough to deliver "justice."

[christx30]

29. Are you going to volunteer to be one pair of those boots?

Would you want your children to volunteer?
Each boot you talk about is a human life that can be ended or hopelessly crippled by fighting over there.
I wouldn't go. I wouldn't want my children to go. Let them over there handle it. Someone needs to light a fire under the UN's ass.

[MrBig]

2. At this rate

Temporary world peace will be achieved simply by the unification against the Islamic State. Seriously...who doesn't hate this group at this point?

[jberryhill]

4. Winter spring summer or fall...

...all you've got to do is call,
And I'll be there,
Yes I will.

You've got a friend...

[Hulk]

5. A well fed dictator. How special.

So sad for all the North Koreans that suffer under this bat-shit crazy lunatic.

[Scootaloo]

14. I doubt Whopper Junior there is even aware of anything outside his own borders

[Art_from_Ark]

21. "Whopper Junior"

[jberryhill]

22. Oh I know

But anyone desperate for an ally always has somewhere they can turn.

[StrayKat]

7. So, Ben Carson is prescient?

Maybe Carson's comments about China being in Syria weren't wrong, just premature.

^sarcasm

[treestar]

20. First thing I thought too!

Now loony Ben will get credit that Jesus told him about this ahead of time!

[Bradical79]

27. Great...

Does this mean Ben Carson gets to reach prophet status with his followers? :-P

[Joe Shlabotnik]

9. .

Like Beijing cares.

[DonCoquixote]

10. boots on the ground

actually that is what IS wants because if there are boots on the ground, then there can be more casualties, which make more martyrs. However, if they want to walk in, by all means, be our guest.

[Maynar]

11. From what I read

bombing the populace allows ISIS to say, "look the infidels are killing innocent Muslims." Thus ginning up anti-Western sentiment.

But in a ground war they would have little chance of success against regular soldiers since they are well versed in terrorism but not so experienced against conventionally trained troops.

I don't know how true this is, but it sounds plausible.

There was an opinion piece on the radio today that referenced this very phenom, and mentioned the source as a Guardian column.

If it weren't so late, I might be able to remember the author's name, thus allowing the Google.

Sorry I haven't got that.

[davidpdx]

12. Well China hasn't had much skin in the game

(no pun intended), so now they may need to be willing to put in resources to help stop the bloody conflict and restore order in the region.

[PoliticalMalcontent]

13. Is it worrisome to anybody else

how ISIS, or whatever we're calling them today, seems to be courting war.

It's very difficult to fight a war when the enemy is so poorly defined. Religious zealots aren't defined by border. To be willing to die for your cause... that's dedication. I'd call it World War III, but they're so unorganized and they can't fight on a large scale. They are certainly doing their best to antagonize anybody they can though.

What makes me sad is how unavoidable it all is. It's the bully pushing you and pushing you until you fight back, but on a MUCH worse scale obviously.

[DetlefK]

16. Nope. China won't add any military contribution to the war against Daesh.

1. It's not their style.

2. Military action against Daesh would mean coordination with other nations. It would mean exchanges of information, meeting other people. Ideas seeping into chinese society. Uncensorable news infiltrating chinese society. And in the worst-case scenario it would mean that the chinese population gets ideas about freedom.

[Quantess]

17. This could get interesting.

[restorefreedom]

18. well, we know that china has some very talented hackers.

if they are willing to conduct cyber attacks and get involved in that way, their participation could be invaluable, esp since the u.s. seems more interested in military engagement than cyberwar.

[Marrah_G]

24. Isis must be trying to all become Martyrs

America, Russia, China...

[Renew Deal]

26. Ben Carson was right!