Some people are so delusional, for them it comes down to war.
But, there’s no need for argument or for war.
Eventually all corrupt systems collapse. Until then, people can argue anything they want. After then, it’s kind of obvious for a time. Later - when people forget - the old arguments are revived.
All we - in the west - have to do is wait for you in Russia to collapse. You’ve collapsed already multiple times. After you were defeated by Japan, after you were defeated by Germany in WWI, and after you were defeated in Afghanistan.
Our long-run priority is to stabilize the line separating us from you and then wait. (In the short-run, our priority is to allow the Ukrainians to reposition the line as best as they can.)
We, in the west don’t want anything to have anything to do with you. We don’t need your oil. You think Crimea is a resort, we choose among the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, California and Hawaii. Our vodka is better.
Where Putin and the oligarchs will stash their mansions, their yachts and their concubines when you don’t have hard currency I don’t know. But, let me guess, Upper Volta or one of those other African dictators you prop up with the Wagner Group.
What a load of crap. The next thing you will be commenting on is that Hunter Biden is not a perverted crackhead.
President Biden Trump was impeached for asking a foreign leader, Saint George Washington Zelensky, to examine the corruption of the Biden family with Ukraine while he put a hold on approved foreign aid to Ukraine. This war is a coverup cheered on by bloodthirsty idiots and creepy neocons.
We are in the process of isolating ourselves. Most of the world is ignoring the sanctions on Russia including two NATO members, Hungary and Turkey.
40 More Countries Want to Join BRICS, Says South Africa
The BRICS group of fast-developing economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has positioned itself as an alternative to the Western-dominated global order. BRICS officials say that spirit has sparked the interest of some 40 countries in joining as the bloc gears up for a summit in August.
Current BRICS chair South Africa is hosting the three-day meeting in Johannesburg next month and says BRICS expansion will be high on the agenda.
Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among the countries looking to join, South Africa's BRICS ambassador, Anil Sooklal, told journalists, adding that it demonstrated the confidence Global South nations have in the organization.
"Twenty-two countries have formally approached BRICS countries to become full members. There's an equal number of countries that has been informally asking about becoming BRICS members," Sooklal said.
BRICS is seen as "a powerful force," said Sooklal, who added that measured by purchasing power parity it now accounts for 31.7% of global GDP, having overtaken the G-7 — a forum of advanced democracies that includes the U.S.
Except for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who can't travel to South Africa because he's wanted by an international court for war crimes in Ukraine, all the BRICS heads of state will be attending the summit in person next month.
