Truth or dare

U.S. warns China not to even think about supplying Russia with ammo, daring it to wade into a global conflict Washington is already paying for.

How to gin up enmity against an enemy in the absence of demonstrably malicious behavior? Invent intent. So it seems with Washington’s determination to vilify a rival that already suffers from a tendency to issue sinister edicts it thinks are authoritative announcements—Beijing.