Akkam’s Razor

Having just spent a semester reading about China, their culture, their goals for the future, and it's implications for the United States, I find news like this EXTREMELY troubling…
Via the BBC:

"We're concerned about the leftist countries that are dealing with China," says Congressman Dan Burton, the Republican chairman of the sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere.

"It's extremely important that we don't let a potential enemy of the US become a dominant force in this part of the world."