Like the rest of the Arab monarchies, the Saudis will do whatever it takes to stay in power and to enhance that power and wealth. They have had much success selling out their own people to US interests in the past, and probably calculate that they will do so in the future also.
Quite possible they're planning on using potential BRICS membership as a bargaining chip in future Middle East alliance building which is coming up. Trump admin is going to push hard for normalization between KSA and Israel.
Well, partnering with BRICS would assure that. If they stick with the US and Israel, their citizens will revolt. Kissinger said to be an enemy of the US can be dangerous but being it's friend is fatal. Just look what happened to Ukraine.
I haven't seen any credible indication of Saudis preparing to revolt if their country doesn't join BRICS and/or sticks with the US and Israel. All that I've read about that is social media speculation from pro-Resistance accounts and none of it has ever materialized despite them making variations of this prediction for years.
I don't know, will they really allow the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed though? They have to know they'll be next, right? Will the Arab ruling elites actually allow themselves to be subjugated?
They didn't do anything while Israel was collectively punishing them. I know that forcibly expelling them into other countries' borders is a whole other matter but I can't imagine Saudi Arabia waging war on Israel over this.
I'm referring to them cowtowing to the US, they have to know that never works out for the vassal state by now, right? Just look at Ukraine, Germany and pretty much the rest of Europe right now. All are experiencing economic declines and Ukraine may cease to exist by the end of this year.
Actually, I think that there are sometimes economic benefits to being a vassal, such as access to the US market and protection from regional adversaries. It doesn't mean that I approve of it or think it's always better than not being a vassal, just that I disagree that there aren't any benefits to that status.
Saudis aren't rioting, their economy isn't declining, and they're actually courting more US investment for IMEC and "Vision 2030" more broadly. Just because someone might disapprove of a country being a vassal, or in Saudi Arabia's case an unequal partner, doesn't mean that they or their people agree.
I wonder if it is best for KSA to remain in its "strategic ambiguity" for now. That neutral stance is not only good for KSA, but also good for the Five-Eyes, Europe, and BRICS. My reason is that geopolitical alignment had better occur slowly, like glaciers. Somebody said that it took 100 years for the British and the French to change from their historical feuds to become solid allies during WW1 and WW2. Whether we face angry imperialists or redneck presidents, it is better that things go slow. No BRICS currency. No BRICS military alliance. Just aim for free trades using respective currencies. Things will slowly work out.
Like the rest of the Arab monarchies, the Saudis will do whatever it takes to stay in power and to enhance that power and wealth. They have had much success selling out their own people to US interests in the past, and probably calculate that they will do so in the future also.
Quite possible they're planning on using potential BRICS membership as a bargaining chip in future Middle East alliance building which is coming up. Trump admin is going to push hard for normalization between KSA and Israel.
Well, partnering with BRICS would assure that. If they stick with the US and Israel, their citizens will revolt. Kissinger said to be an enemy of the US can be dangerous but being it's friend is fatal. Just look what happened to Ukraine.
I haven't seen any credible indication of Saudis preparing to revolt if their country doesn't join BRICS and/or sticks with the US and Israel. All that I've read about that is social media speculation from pro-Resistance accounts and none of it has ever materialized despite them making variations of this prediction for years.
I don't know, will they really allow the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed though? They have to know they'll be next, right? Will the Arab ruling elites actually allow themselves to be subjugated?
They didn't do anything while Israel was collectively punishing them. I know that forcibly expelling them into other countries' borders is a whole other matter but I can't imagine Saudi Arabia waging war on Israel over this.
I'm referring to them cowtowing to the US, they have to know that never works out for the vassal state by now, right? Just look at Ukraine, Germany and pretty much the rest of Europe right now. All are experiencing economic declines and Ukraine may cease to exist by the end of this year.
Actually, I think that there are sometimes economic benefits to being a vassal, such as access to the US market and protection from regional adversaries. It doesn't mean that I approve of it or think it's always better than not being a vassal, just that I disagree that there aren't any benefits to that status.
Saudis aren't rioting, their economy isn't declining, and they're actually courting more US investment for IMEC and "Vision 2030" more broadly. Just because someone might disapprove of a country being a vassal, or in Saudi Arabia's case an unequal partner, doesn't mean that they or their people agree.
I wonder if it is best for KSA to remain in its "strategic ambiguity" for now. That neutral stance is not only good for KSA, but also good for the Five-Eyes, Europe, and BRICS. My reason is that geopolitical alignment had better occur slowly, like glaciers. Somebody said that it took 100 years for the British and the French to change from their historical feuds to become solid allies during WW1 and WW2. Whether we face angry imperialists or redneck presidents, it is better that things go slow. No BRICS currency. No BRICS military alliance. Just aim for free trades using respective currencies. Things will slowly work out.