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Sardaukar20 said:

Xi Jinping expresses his condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident.

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The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash is tragic indeed. Although I do not discount the possibility of foul play, I'm still in wait-and-see mode. I just don't think that his death is something to rejoice or make fun off. As a fellow brother in resistance along with Russia and China, Iran had just lost its president along with other ministers in a relatively tumultuous period. I would show them some respect.

Western media had been quick to portray Raisi's death as "celebratory" among Iranians. This is the same Western media that told us that Russia is losing in Ukraine, China is collapsing, Putin and the CPC are unpopular in their own respective countries, etc. Their propaganda is as weak as their source, i.e. questionable social media posts. This is not something worth entertaining or promoting.

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Let's not forget, the Iranian president has about as much power as the prime minister of Qatar or the president of Vietnam. He decides the details, but the big decisions are made by the supreme leader. He has decided to move towards Russia and China and that won't change even with a new president.

The president may become the new leader if Khamenei dies, but maybe not. He might even survive for a bit longer. So Raisi dying just means that a relatively pro China politician can't become next leader anymore, but I'm fairly sure they're not going to allow any pro western person to even participate in the election for the next president

Randomuser said:

The funny thing is a lot of Indians do unironically think like that. I have no clue how they managed to get there via logic but somehow it did.

I guess that's why storytelling is such a big thing over there.

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Good. That means that they're predictable, and being predictable is one of the most serious weakness to be cursed with.

Minm said:

Let's not forget, the Iranian president has about as much power as the prime minister of Qatar or the president of Vietnam. He decides the details, but the big decisions are made by the supreme leader. He has decided to move towards Russia and China and that won't change even with a new president.

The president may become the new leader if Khamenei dies, but maybe not. He might even survive for a bit longer. So Raisi dying just means that a relatively pro China politician can't become next leader anymore, but I'm fairly sure they're not going to allow any pro western person to even participate in the election for the next president

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I just think that any Iranian leader who is patriotic to Iran is gonna automatically be pro-China, and by extension, pro-Russia. China is Iran's most important trade partner today. BRI is giving Iran a chance to develop to the next stage. Russia and India just cannot match what China can bring in terms of economic development. Russia has the technology and arms to sell, but limited capital. While India is just all hot air. Without Chinese trade and investment, Iran's economy would be in a much more desperate shape than it currently is. So, Iran's new leaders have to be good with China because the needs of Iran demands it. As long as the government in Iran is not replaced by another pro-American puppet regime, there is little reason to be concerned about Iran's friendship with China.

Mumbai Billboard collapsed which unfortunately killed 14 Indians and injuring further 70 people. This incident happened almost a week ago but wasn't picked up by the usual lemmings in the west. Imagine if this mishap happened in Shanghai or other Chinese major cities. The losers in India and their masters in the west would have taken the maniacal opportunity to make fun of Chinese tofu quality engineering capabilities.

Bellum_Romanum said:

Mumbai Billboard collapse that unfortunately killed 14 Indians and injuring further 7 people. This incident happened almost a week ago but wasn't picked up by the usual lemmings in the west. Imagine if this mishap happened in Shanghai or other Chinese major cities. The losers in India and their masters in the west would have taken the maniacal opportunity to make fun of Chinese tofu quality engineering capabilities.

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For an aspiring Supapowah and the self-declared and appointed Global South leader India seems unable to address and solve it's long standing calamitous train delays, infrastructure tofu construction and illegal buildings, plus constant flooding the city of Mumbai suffers just about every monsoon season. All the Indians are given is the mantra of "Mumbai Spirit" and democracy.

6 years ago to today. Same shit different year.

FriedButter said:

And which standard and criteria under the list does not apply to the saudis and UAE? Keep it mind that it says SHOULD and is not a fixed requirement. That said, France violate almost every standard, criteria, and guiding principle of BRICS. Your precious French is never joining BRCIS under their current state.



The French do not support the principles of BRICS as laid out from the PDF



Failed by extension on the hostile military and economy assault on Russia and by being a US puppet.



Not an emerging or developing country.



France does not support the principle beliefs or values of BRICS. Neither does it give any respect to Russia




Failed by their hostile military and economic actions on Russia.



They support a US hegemony based order and not international law.



No support as any reform will have a negative impact on their western bloc power and security council seat.



Goals ditched as early as the start of the year.



The only standard and criteria they might pass.



Zero trading relations with Russia.



They follow the US led hegemony based order.





The French refuses to cooperate with anything from Russia which by extension refuses to support anything from BRICS

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France can refuse what ever just like Azerbaijan was dead set against Russia due to Armenia/Iran issue but when FIFA opening match in Moscow happen in 2018 it does not take much too figure out that Russia will not support Armenia against Azerbaijan and sub optimal cooperation with Iran. now the demographics and wealth entirely shifting in direction where Arabs will have alot of influence. and i doubt the scale of Russian aviation could be maintained without Arabs. Russia should be even glad that its Air defense system are tested in real time against Scalp EG aka Black Shaheen. this will give them reality check.
MBS said he wanted to Join G7 during Trump time but he was not allowed to Join thats why he in BRICS but was invited not applied. There is alot more in the interview like blaming Iran for creating conditions in the region since 1970s for Saudi GDP less than South Korea. . This kind of personality simply not fit into BRICS even without Trump and that UAE is whole different animal. I am not sure how they end up in BRICS.

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Mohammed bin Salman: No, BRICS is not a political alliance. There are two groups within the G20: the G7 and BRICS. We tried to join the G7 during the Trump administration, but some countries in the G7 had conditions for joining
We were invited to join and we welcomed that.

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FriedButter said:

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If anyone wants to laugh at the IAF chief.

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So based on their logic USAF was scared of North Korean Mig-29s when they paraded over a dozen F-35s in a show of force?

pevade said:

No idea where to put this. This poor sod decided to go and study in an Indian university (in Delhi, not sure which Its Jawaharal Nehru University). Well you can just watch the video. Yikes

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Some things:
- No AC
- Some kind of bug that sucks on your blood that turns from transparent to pinkish
- Insanely unsanitary, literally everything looks unsanitary, from the food to the water he drinks.
- There is a horrid toilet smells in his dorm during the summer
- This is just from the first video I saw. (there are 20+ more.)

Bruh, the tuition there is 1700USD/Year or around 12K CNY/year for international students.
I'd like to remind you guys that this is the 2nd best university in INDIA according to the 2023 NIRF rankings.

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Don't be mistaken by the state of the infrastructure, this is the best university in India for social sciences. Also one of the few surviving bastions of left-wing student politics. SFI, the student wing of the CPI(M) which is quite close to China (see as an example) just won the elections there after 4 years of no elections. Even historically this university (students as well as professors) has always been the most critical of the central government, be it Modi or even the centre-left Congress. Yes, there are liberals there, left-leaning idiots who are critical of China, and far-left worshippers of Mao, but the vast majority of students and professors there are pragmatic leftists who openly support today's China. This university was built on a socialist model and continues to be so despite many hurdles put forth by the current regime. The tuition fee for Indian students is still less than 10 USD for an entire semester and is possibly the best way for the poorest in the country to get access to quality education. Trust me, I spent many years on this campus and it was my safe haven from all the nonsense of Delhi. Man! I miss going to the protest marches there. those were electric! And despite what you see in this video, I still consider this campus to be one of the most beautiful campuses in India. In the peak summer, there is at least a 2 degree difference in temperature between Delhi and JNU, even though JNU is situated pretty much in the heart of Delhi. And in the winters, there's a pretty much similar difference in pollution levels. The campus is like a mini forest in Delhi with a few buildings sprinkled around. I'm quite surprised that he got a room in this hostel though. The hostel for international students is pretty good. But last I heard, some renovations were going on over there, which is probably why he was moved to this one.

9dashline said:

Except Kobe's pilot wasnt qualified to fly IFR and his chopper didnt have a working EGPWS... kinda hard to believe the same was true for Iranian presidential helicopter, much more likely if fowl play from Great Satan was involved, they picked a day and set of conditions that gave their news media mouthpieces the cover for plausible denailability spin

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"Except Kobe's pilot wasnt qualified to fly IFR and his chopper didnt have a working EGPWS... kinda hard to believe the same was true for Iranian presidential helicopter"

It's not unheard of for pilots transporting high-level government officials to lack experience/qualifications, take unreasonable risks, make mistakes, resulting in fatal mishaps. Two such incidents that spring to mind are the April 2010 crash of Polish Air Force Flight 101 near Smolensk, Russia (carrying the Polish President, his wife, and many other government/military personnel) and the November 2008 crash of a Learjet in Mexico City (carrying the Mexican Secretary of the Interior).

pmc said:

France can refuse what ever just like Azerbaijan was dead set against Russia due to Armenia/Iran issue but when FIFA opening match in Moscow happen in 2018 it does not take much too figure out that Russia will not support Armenia against Azerbaijan and sub optimal cooperation with Iran. now the demographics and wealth entirely shifting in direction where Arabs will have alot of influence. and i doubt the scale of Russian aviation could be maintained without Arabs. Russia should be even glad that its Air defense system are tested in real time against Scalp EG aka Black Shaheen. this will give them reality check.
MBS said he wanted to Join G7 during Trump time but he was not allowed to Join thats why he in BRICS but was invited not applied. There is alot more in the interview like blaming Iran for creating conditions in the region since 1970s for Saudi GDP less than South Korea. . This kind of personality simply not fit into BRICS even without Trump and that UAE is whole different animal. I am not sure how they end up in BRICS.

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You gave a whole non answer to avoid answering the question of which standard and criteria that Saudi and the UAE doesn’t fit in as listed in the PDF.

pmc said:

MBS said he wanted to Join G7 during Trump time but he was not allowed to Join thats why he in BRICS but was invited not applied.

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The fact you mentioned that the Saudis didn’t apply to BRICS proves you never read the PDF. Procedure is the interested country communicate to BRICS there intention then BRICS will decide to invite and fully accpet said country.

• An interested country becomes a prospective BRICS member state when Sherpas recommend it positively for consideration by BRICS Foreign Ministers,
• A prospective BRICS member state becomes an invited BRICS member state when the BRICS Chair announces the consensus of BRICS Leaders on countries to be invited to become full members of BRICS,
• An invited BRICS member state becomes a BRICS member state when its Leader or Foreign Minister formally conveys to the BRICS Chair its decision to accept the invitation for BRICS membership.

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