Skar
Regular
Exactly, before an explosion would cause no damage there was nothing to blow up so to speak, so no one really cared. Now the US are looking to build something quite pristine so they don't want it blowing up (which is the leverage).ISCID is leverage, but it's similar to threatening to detonate a body bomb.
"Look how lucrative it is investing in the DRC/Africa these investors just trippled their investment in a few years", under a new US-DRC more responsible, transparent government its safe for investment, minerals for security, the lobito corridor". Remember US want private investment flowing into the DRC. Its political now which means crazy valuations that otherwise would not make sense.
I think the US have decades of practice at exuding influence and regime changes in all sorts of locales. I dont think the US would act benevolently for us at all but I do think our interests align. Look, its an oppurtunity is all I am saying, don't lose hope yet.I think the US only care about getting the minerals they want, and not transforming the DRC government into a transparent law abiding entity (I don't believe they could if they wanted to, that country is broken to the core, there is no fixing it).
Once they have the security for their own needs, they are done with their influence.