tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post4836826933524031931..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: Inscrutable RelationsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-19462146314788649212015-01-13T19:27:45.494+00:002015-01-13T19:27:45.494+00:00US ambassadors have been heard to say that the US ...<i>US ambassadors have been heard to say that the US provides aid to Africa because of its oil and under-used land, which isn't much different from what China is doing</i><br /><br />There must be some terrible moral confusion in certain circles now that China does market forces. But the motivation, dash it all, is still on our side! The awesome nobility of our intentions!Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-22923047617894751572015-01-13T11:52:17.891+00:002015-01-13T11:52:17.891+00:00From that Guardian article:-
US president Barack ...From that Guardian article:-<br /><br />US president Barack Obama said pointedly, “We don’t look to Africa simply for its natural resources”<br /><br />The problem is that US ambassadors have been heard to say that the US provides aid to Africa because of its oil and under-used land, which isn't much different from what China is doing. <br /><br />There is some potential for Africa in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com