Statements like this then take on a sinister sheen when discussed in the West. That's because statements like that are nothing new if looked at from a historic

Statements like this then take on a sinister sheen when discussed in the West. That's because statements like that are nothing new if looked at from a historical context. E.g. there was this German word "lebensraum", meaning "living space", that was used to justify Imperial Germany's goals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum That whole lebensraum thing didn't end well, for anyone involved.