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Saudi Arabia expresses desire to join BRICS family
The Citizen ^ | Faizel Patel

Posted on 10/18/2022 10:09:17 AM PDT by Mount Athos

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed a desire to join the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) family.

“The BRICS nations are going to be meeting in a summit next year under the chairship of South Africa. And the matter is going to be under consideration.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizen.co.za ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bideneffect
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1 posted on 10/18/2022 10:09:17 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Multipolarity in motion/action.

End of US-led Western hegemony and unipolarity coming to an end.


2 posted on 10/18/2022 10:11:22 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Mount Athos
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed a desire to join the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) family.

That's not a family, or even a proper alliance - that's a loose collection of nations which have coinciding interests in some cases, and also fierce rivalries. Indian and Chinese soldiers have killed each other in the past few years. China has eyes for Russian territory as well.
3 posted on 10/18/2022 10:13:07 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: cranked

It’s perfectly reasonable for countries to want to get together and do business without Washington being able to interfere.


4 posted on 10/18/2022 10:13:51 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

India just refused to sign agreements with Russia that called for payments in rubles. Fear of secondary sanctions were cited.


5 posted on 10/18/2022 10:14:52 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

>>That’s not a family, or even a proper alliance

It’s not a political alliance, but it is like a family. Families often have members that don’t get along well for many reasons.


6 posted on 10/18/2022 10:16:36 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: Mount Athos

Good job Biden.

I’m sure flipping the SWIFT switch helped the US as well...


7 posted on 10/18/2022 10:19:25 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Mount Athos

Authoritarians do not work together effectively. The ridiculous AXIS in Ww2 was a prime example. The Monarchies of Europe. The Asian and African warlords. Always undermining and seeking to destroy each other at the first opportunity.


8 posted on 10/18/2022 10:20:27 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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>>Authoritarians do not work together effectively

In foreign affairs, especially financial and military, the US is one of the most authoritarian regimes. “You are either with us or against us.”


9 posted on 10/18/2022 10:38:10 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: Mount Athos
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed a desire to join the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) family.

To paraphrase Churchill: "I've heard of rats abandoning a sinking ship, but this is the first time I've seen one swimming towards one!"

Regards,

10 posted on 10/18/2022 10:41:13 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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It’s not a political alliance, but it is like a family.

Like the Manson Family.

Regards,

11 posted on 10/18/2022 10:42:07 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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“but it is like a family”

Which is a meaningless statement politically and economically.


12 posted on 10/18/2022 10:58:11 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: FarCenter

“You are either with us or against us.”

Oooh, scary. What happened to the countries that didn’t join us when Bush issued that ‘ultimatum’?

Oh, that’s right. Nothing happened. Because we’re not authoritarian.


13 posted on 10/18/2022 10:59:39 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EEGator
I’m sure flipping the SWIFT switch helped the US as well...

You took those words right out of my mouth. I oughta sue.

14 posted on 10/18/2022 11:07:51 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! The Gestapo closes ranks.)
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To: alexander_busek

Your hero Biden is single-handedly destroying the petrodollar. You must be a proud little leftist Bidenista.


15 posted on 10/18/2022 11:07:53 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

I can neither confirm, nor deny, said allegations of intellectual theft...
:)


16 posted on 10/18/2022 11:09:52 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: WMarshal

Bingo and most Americans don’t even know what that means or why it is important.


17 posted on 10/18/2022 11:17:47 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: Mount Athos

Also Iran and Argentina. And ten other countries, per Russia.

https://infobrics.org/


18 posted on 10/18/2022 11:22:54 AM PDT by MarMema (No bugs for consumption)
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To: cranked

And look. Pelosi and company foiled.
There is hope of avoiding WW3.

https://infobrics.org/post/36822


19 posted on 10/18/2022 11:36:15 AM PDT by MarMema (No bugs for consumption)
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To: WMarshal

Way too many bidenistas here these days.

Biden and his puppet masters are taking down this country
with their Ukraine First, America Last policies.


20 posted on 10/18/2022 11:39:53 AM PDT by MarMema (No bugs for consumption)
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