On the other hand, over-enthusiasm about foreign talent often precedes throwing resources into creating home-grown talent.  First you go nuts about the foreigners, then you send your kids to get educated with their kids, then your kids send their kids to your schools, then your grandkids gripe about all the damn foreigners taking up spots in their kid's classes.  (Timeline not necessarily to scale.  See Japan in Meji through Taisho eras or China/India in the last decade or two.)