[MVissers]

And the Chinese will pick up the pieces in Africa and other places.

[rayiner]

Which is good for those countries. In my home country of Bangladesh, China is helping build infrastructure. While the U.S. was bankrolling left wing social and activist programs to destabilize the government (and ultimately contributed to the recent overthrow of the government, which will derail a decade of consistent growth).

[insane_dreamer]

Chinese actions come with the same global political ambitions as the US foreign aid has. Don’t be naive as to their ends.

[philipwhiuk]

But really bad for American world view, force projection and so on.

[rayiner]

What “American world view?”