Commentary Beijing has called a U.S. drone strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan an “atrocity,” but this is a manipulative and hypocritical tactic that ignores far worse atrocities like the Tiananmen Square massacre. The Chinese communists are expert manipulators with their words and the way they interact on the international stage. The most recent example concerns American military action in Afghanistan that killed nearly a dozen civilians. During a press briefing on Dec. 14, Beijing called the incident an “atrocity,” where American officials “exonerate[d] the perpetrators” and attacked in the name of human rights and democracy. But this, as usual, is a manipulation of facts and Western guilt to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) agenda. The action to which they are referring was a drone strike on Aug. 29, during the chaotic final days of the U.S. troops’ pullout from Afghanistan. American forces were struck by a suicide bomber …