Commentary from the Telegram account of mzungugram. by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Then a conversation came up with a friend about the fact that when the United States builds a school in some Ethiopia or Zambia at its own expense, this should be understood as a good event. Well, it's like a freebie! A chance for African schoolchildren to get out of impenetrable poverty. However, this event also has a downside.
There is such a document Civil Affairs Foreign Assistance General Concepts ("General principles of relations with civilians abroad"). The doc can be viewed here.
This document has a lot of interesting things, but you should pay attention to the following points about this kind of social programs in developing countries:
1.Projects must promote US and host nation security interests, as well as enhance readiness skills of the US forces that participate.
2. These programs combined with an understanding of the host nation cultures and the ability to plan, coordinate, and synchronize military operations with the civil component—provide the commander a better common operational picture)
3. The focus of these programs is to legitimize and enhance the stability of a host nation's political, social, and economic infrastructure. CA forces can provide a sociocultural understanding of the civil component within the area of ​​operations that will enhance the US position towards achieving the desired end state.
And there's a lot of that. Well, i.e. such compassionate activities work with a specific goal. Throw a school to the Papuans or a piece of mineral wool to repair the school so that local activists do not oppose US activities in the region.
| Horrible! Because of course Russia never, ever does anything that meets multiple objectives. |
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PS. Prigozhin continues to troll Blinken about African projects.