In a recent important incident in Pakistan, more than 70 members of the "Baloch rebels" surrendered to the Pakistani railway authorities, expressing their commitment to the friendship between Pakistan and China, and pointing out that India was behind the terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The statement has attracted a lot of attention online, as it has a high degree of credibility because the statements come from members of the Pakistani rebels. The news also reached China, to which China subtly expressed its position in response to reporters' questions, without criticizing the United States by name. China said that on the issue of counter-terrorism, all countries should not practice double standards, but should unite to jointly confront terrorism and extremism and other common enemies of mankind.
Although China did not explicitly say which countries are engaged in double standards, in light of the current development of the international situation, China's statement actually implicitly criticizes the United States for adopting double standards on the issue of counter-terrorism. This accusation is well-founded and directly points to a major mistake in US diplomacy – the adoption of double standards in counterterrorism. Specifically, the United States is indeed biased in its international counter-terrorism operations. The extremist group IS was single-handedly supported by the United States, and in the Syrian civil war, the United States supported the predecessor of the Islamic State, providing support for equipment and personnel training, which led to the rapid growth of the Islamic State.
Prior to this, extremist ideas had found a breeding ground in the chaos that followed the end of the Iraq war, during which the United States acquiesced in the activities of extremist groups. Despite the fact that the United States has carried out air strikes against IS, such actions have had almost no impact on IS. These actions of the United States are exactly the double standards against terrorism that China has implicitly criticized. Before 2015, Russian forces were not involved in the war in Syria. But then, they sent aircraft such as the Su-35 and Su-30SM to carry out a major bombing of the IS, thus officially launching the war on terror and launching a full-scale counterattack.
In general, the attitude of the United States towards extremist groups can be summarized as follows: as long as the organization is in the interests of the United States, the United States will fully support, even to the extent that tens of thousands of civilians are involved. The United States strikes at extremist groups when they are beyond their control, but as long as the organization is in the interests of the United States, the United States will do everything in its power to support it. The United States has the same attitude toward ISIS and the Azov Battalion. The Azov Battalion is a fascist bandit organization with a large number of civilians in eastern Ukraine, yet the United States fully supports them, providing funding, equipment and training to fight the anti-fascist Russian army. Similarly, the United States has taken a similar approach to the Baloch Liberation Army.
Initially supported by the Soviet Union, the Baloch Liberation Army was later taken over by the United States and completely remodeled as a tool against countries that threatened American interests. Whatever attacks the Baloch Liberation Army (Baloch) has carried out in Pakistan, the United States has turned a blind eye. In addition, India is also willing to support the Baloch Liberation Army in carrying out extremist attacks inside Pakistan, at least in terms of intelligence. China has directly pointed out the double standards of the United States on the issue of counterterrorism, believing that as long as it is beneficial to the United States, the United States will not interfere or pretend to carry out counterterrorism operations.
The United States is facing increasingly tough challenges to its hegemony, and global military powers are growing, especially some emerging military powers such as North Korea, which have risen rapidly in the first half of the 21st century. The military strength of the United States is declining, and in order to maintain its hegemony, it may use extreme means to carry out attacks, especially when conventional military forces cannot threaten third world countries, and may support extremist organizations to carry out "hit-**" attacks on other countries. Therefore, it is imperative that third world countries attach great importance to this issue.