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Walter DuBlanica's avatar

Russia' assetes 4Th largest oil reserves after Saudia, Iran, Iraq PLUS being a Nuclear super along with the USA. Iran is a friend of Russia and an enemy of the USA. Iraq can not be counted as a friend of the USA. There is the numbers and what will happen is still OPEN .

marco aureollo's avatar

Modi is a fool and a loser. He accepted gold medal from Netanyahoo in Knesset, he agreed to restrict imports of Russian oil and he is clearly hedging his bets tetween the West and Brics. All in a hope of mythical trade corridor India - Saudi Arabia - Izrael - Europe and sidelining China. Looks like he would very much like to be re-colonized by the Brits, Izraelis and Uncle Sam.

Observateur's avatar

1) “Middle powers” chosen by India are all US piglets. This should make no sense in the context of BRICS. A trade agreement with the EU means accumulation (big way!) of €'s. The €-level is exclusively fixed by the FED, and serves to extract the US investment profits from the EU. The idea of a unique (West) European currency was discussed very early, in the mid 40's, in Washington, with Jean Monnet, a French négociant en cognac, CIA agent, and UK representative in the lend-lease transactions. Without General De Gaulle's opposition, the € would have seen life much earlier. It's absurd to have India in the BRICS while her pockets will be full of €'s and $'s.

2) India has given, until now, every sign of her desire to become a truly sovereign nation; however, the newly rich caste seems to want more, making the US their "Object of desire". Perhaps this does not hurt Russia, but it does not help her either.

3) The same considerations could be applied to Brazil as well.

This makes South Africa and Iran truly indispensable partners and would transform the BRICS into RICS.

Pramod's avatar
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Observers are perplexed at Indian premier Narendra Modi's premature outbursts condemning "Iranian aggression" against the UAE. Iran says its retaliation has thus far been directed solely at American military bases in the Gulf region and against logistic hubs that have been used by the United States and Britain for unprovoked invasion of Iran (decapitating strikes). Attacks by the US-Gulf coalition militaries on civilian assets in Iran such as hospitals and the deaths of over 100 girls in the bombing of a provincial school have set the precedent for reprisals on civilian targets which Iran officially claims to have eschewed despite pressing temptation to do so.

Official Indian policy has traditionally been indifferent to incidents taking place in locales beyond its immediate vicinity, so it surprised many when Narendra Modi protested against putative Russian strikes (which by some indications could have been a false flag operation) on a Ukrainian hospital in his one one meeting with President Putin but failed to speak up in public against Ukrainian bombing of tourists vacationing on a beach in Crimea with Storm Shadow missiles and the use of hybrid cluster mines designed to disperse and remain hidden amidst foliage for years in Ukrainian attacks on Kursk blast.

The capricious rulers of Bedouin kingdoms of the Persian Gulf Littiral are blackmailing the leaders Asiatic countries into badmouthing Iran by dint of holding hundreds of thousands of Asiatic blue colour workers hostage against the latters' will in dangerous quasi-military jobs in close proximity to American and British military bases under draconian rules which debar foreigners from leaving the country without express permission from the employer and an exit visa. Arab Gulf Sheikhdoms are notorious for misusing their stranglehold over the lives of expatriate workers held in defacto incarceration in bondage for arm-twisting Asiatic governments with political motives. As a case in point, the UAE recently hanged an Indian housemaid on the charge of having murdered the child of her employer who had died of vaccine complication, based on no other evidence save the purported confession made by that housemaid before her employer under duress upon severe physical torture which was admitted as evidence by a UAE court citing Islamic law against all norms of civilised conduct.

Feral Finster's avatar

If you think that the Americans will tolerate this, Modi is just spinning pleasant sounding lies.

Love never fails's avatar

Narendra Modi would be well advised to take Vladimir Zhirinovsky's words to heart.

Zhirinovsky was generally considered controversial, even crazy by some viewers. What is less well known is how clear his analysis was thanks to his exceptionally good education and, above all, his powers of observation. But one thing is certain: so far, he has been right about everything. That's exactly how it is.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zwl0Q6zBW4Q