Easy to explain, they want Muslims (or Palestinians in general of any faith) to die in Gaza and they want Muslims to fight China for them in xinjiang, like a lot of Muslims did in Afghanistan against the USSR.
There is no cognitive dissonance here. They are looking out for themselves and their empire. The narratives aren't for them, it's for others.
Easy to explain, they want Muslims (or Palestinians in general of any faith) to die in Gaza and they want Muslims to fight China for them in xinjiang, like a lot of Muslims did in Afghanistan against the USSR.
There is no cognitive dissonance here. They are looking out for themselves and their empire. The narratives aren't for them, it's for others.