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Just checked the link at least three times, and I don't see how this is related to the article. Are you reading the same article or did you post this by accide

• anonu 5y ago
  While the comment may seem off-topic, geopolitics dont happen in a vacuum. You move chess pieces over to one side and you create spaces for your opponents. Maybe China will fill the void in Afghanistan?
• datameta 5y ago
  Perhaps they are constrasting this particular U.S. strategy of pressure through boots on the ground v.s. aggressive Chinese foreign economic policies. Now that isn't to say I think the U.S. does no economic tweaking and fiddling in foreign nations...