And what's wrong with other nations taking position there that aren't western? Sad you can no longer exclusively exploit African resources? Chinese relations with the global South is infinitely better than American/Britiish/french relations. I absolutely welcome china but not so much about Russia

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well an important take here is that these nations are turning towards Russia because their mercenaries don't hold back against the islamists out of concern for collateral damage. For France, that's much more of a PR thing that they can't be seen shooting and raping as much. And for China... Interesting snippet from Cablegate was that even US diplomats were shocked by the lack of remorse or ethics shown by the Chinese in trying to get their hands on African resources. So I guess we'll see lol

[–] ArDu@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't particularly have an issue with the positions themselves, but I'm kind of sad that those african countries are just leaving an issue and welcoming another. It is true that the infrastructure are being developed but then the countries are not developing because they don't benefit long term. You could argue that they will benefit from better transports in general which is true but it only holds up until China is doing fine economically (which it isn't exactly today).

I don't care if it's a western country or not I'm just trying to find what would benefit those countries, and it doesn't seem that buying everything there will (or putting soldiers with other colors and ideas)