John Bolton is complaining that the widespread corruption in Africa has put the US at a disadvantage compared to Russia and China, and he says the US is taking a “new approach,” which will focus on trade and less money spent on military efforts.
The reflects growing annoyance that the US military campaigns in Africa haven’t led to the massive arms deals and preferential treatment that they have in other parts of the world. Bolton particularly complained that Russia was selling so many arms in Africa, one of the few places their arms exports aren’t dominated by the US.
Bolton further complained of China using “bribes. opaque agreements and debt” to force African countries to give in to Chinese demands, saying that Chinese efforts in Djibouti were threatening to shift trade power across the region.
While these complaints mostly boil down to the traditional US strategies not working as well in Africa, some analysts are warning that Bolton’s speech is likely to fuel concern among Africans that the US has a “new strategy” aimed at dominating them.
Forward to the 19th century.
Maybe China and Russia were/are attempting to counter the United States in Africa? How come the call for murder of white farmers in South Africa seems to not make the “Racist Hit Parade” reporting on CNN and elsewhere?
Maybe if there were white farmers being murdered in SA the call might be more notable. Their big problem is selling their farm properties for what they think they should be getting. Or wanting to stay in SA when the blacks no longer want, or need, their ‘ascendancy’.
Maybe if exhorting the Blacks to kill the Whites won’t result in blacks killing the whites. Sure – look at Black Africa for libertarianism and democracy. The history since colonialism ended has been descendancy.
New Chinese lenders but now with “ISIS’ and AfriCom to ‘help’. Reads like a laundry soap advert.
We should COMPETE in Africa with Russia and China. After all, we are the exceptional ones, and they should like us more. But we have nothing to sell — our factories delapidated shells. Trump agenda gas been converted into a parody of itself. Neocon interpretation of it. The only hope is — neicons will hurry to accomplish as much as they can while the despicables can be made to believe. But rushing results in mistakes and overreach.
…because that’s just what Africa needs…more heavily armed white people coming to steal shit…