http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-...

But in the months before, the Obama administration clearly
was worried about the consequences of its hidden hand in
helping arm Libyan militants, concerns that have not
previously been reported. The weapons and money from Qatar
strengthened militant groups in Libya, allowing them to
become a destabilizing force since the fall of the Qaddafi
government.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/16/us-iran-election-t...

U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted
the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a
planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to
Iranians who are disputing their election.

http://judiciary.house.gov/news/Hearing%20Statement%20hr2121...

China Democracy Promotion Act of 2011

By denying visas to certain Chinese nationals in the
government who promote human rights abuses, we might as
well assist Chinese patriots who work to end the lack of
accountability for government officials who are part of the
Chinese Communist Party. This legislation will send a
message that abuses by these officials that go unchecked
within China will not be ignored by the international
community.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/world/asia/chinese-communi...

But they say the party’s agenda, as it stands today, is not
visionary enough to set China on the path to stability.
What is needed, they say, is a comprehensive strategy to
gradually extricate the Communist Party, which has more
than 80 million members, from its heavy-handed control of
the economy, the courts, the news media, the military,
educational institutions, civic life and just the plain
day-to-day affairs of citizens. Only then, the critics
argue, can the government start to address the array of
issues facing China

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674008793

By examining the growth in individual rights, the public
sphere, democratic processes, and pluralization, the author
seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of
liberal democratic ideas for China and the relationship
between a democratic political culture and a democratic
political system.

http://csis.org/files/publication/TWQ_13Winter_He.pdf

China represents an uncomfortable thorn in U.S. efforts to
promote democracy around the world. While some projects
have been successful, a large gap exists between the
increasing U.S. funding in China and its "limited
impact." [1] Moreover, U.S. democracy promotion in China
has contributed to strategic distrust between China and the
United States; Beijing perceives it as a strategic move to
destabilize the rise of China and sabotage the Communist
Party’s leadership.

Given countless public statements like this, the PRC thinks with some justification that all these American institutions - Twitter, the State Department, the New York Times, Harvard - would like to see their government changed and replaced with a democracy. Despite their obvious internal differences, said institutions do share the assumption that exporting Western democracy will be good for China. But China sees what it has done for the Middle East and may have its own opinions.

that doesn't mean sane people should believe extraordinary
claims without extraordinary evidence

Move along, nothing to see here? Yet the NYT itself admits: "Diplomatic cables report how American officials frequently assured skeptical [Arab] governments that the training was aimed at reform, not promoting revolutions." Much of this is out in the open, so it's more coordination than conspiracy. As for the phrase "conspiracy theory", the implication of that phrase is that conspiracies don't exist. And to entertain the idea that Americans (let alone Zionists!) could possibly conspire is equated by you to believing in the Illuminati and the Nibiru. Yet in this selfsame article the NYT implies that the Chinese government engaged in a conspiracy against them.

Perhaps then you believe it is only Americans that never conspire. What then to make of "the Obama administration clearly was worried about the consequences of its hidden hand in helping arm Libyan militants"?