> ...too busy purging tens of millions of their own citizens to develop the global reach... I think you misread 'to' in this sentence to mean 'in order to'. T

> ...too busy purging tens of millions of their own citizens to develop the global reach... I think you misread 'to' in this sentence to mean 'in order to'. The intent by the parent comment was 'too busy...instead of develop[ing] the global reach'