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So BRICS done?

Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:27 am
Posted by 50_Tiger
Arlington TX
Member since Jan 2016
43158 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:27 am
Iran in the process of being toppled
Venezuela oil now in control of US
Russia stuck in long war against Ukraine
China not completely capable of multi theatre war


Sounds like it is to me!
Posted by Laugh More
Member since Jan 2022
3510 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:29 am to
Just another BRICS in the Tim Walz.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
18626 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:29 am to
Folks, that was too easy. POTUS Trump tried to play nice and ended up having to use force as softly as he could.

What an exceptional event that was.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
20982 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:30 am to
*IF* Iran falls, we can consolidate power in Venezuela and then force the globalists to accept peace in Ukraine I would agree.

We haven't won relative to BRICS until we're stable financially (we aren't) and those things are in place.
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
51249 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:34 am to
No lol

China, Russia, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, UAE, etc. Venezuela was a minor player.

I anticipate further progression and cohesion of BRICS now in light of our swinging our dick around.

Our actions continue to drive three huge players closer together, as well as further split us from Europe. I anticipate China to increase its ties with Europe but I ultimately anticipate Europe becoming the Middle East’s bitch.
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1795 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:59 am to
I'm absolutely astounded that my facebook feed is full of high school acquaintances who are freaking out about this Venezuela business with many opining that Trump will be hauled off to prison at The Hague or that we have just started WW3.

I must admit that I am new to understanding Venezuela's part in the geopolitical operations against the US (just like the arm chair strategists on my facebook feed) but because I'm not eaten up with hatred, I am capable of looking beyond the headlines and have learned quite a bit about their alliances with Iran, and what is essentially their sponsorship of Russia and China via blackmarket oil sales. Now that it has been spelled out for me I can't unsee it. How will China make any military invasions, how will Russia continue its war and how will the middle east terrorists continue to pick fights with out oil for their military and money for their terrorists??

Maduro was the lynchpin holding our adversaries together. If we just took out that one person (without loss of a single US soldier) and can manage to rebuild Venezuela as the friend they were to us a generation ago, Trump has singularly reshaped world alliances in our favor for the foreseeable future.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
468187 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:02 am to
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How will China make any military invasions, how will Russia continue its war and how will the middle east terrorists continue to pick fights with out oil for their military and money for their terrorists??


The fear is similar to the projection of what Russia would do if US did more intervention in Ukraine. China isn't going to be part of any version of WW3 that doesn't involve their attempt to invade Taiwan.
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
1795 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:04 am to
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China to increase its ties with Europe but I ultimately anticipate Europe becoming the Middle East’s bitch.


I disagree. Europe has relied on the strength of the US since WW2. They have all diverted their resources away from their own defense towards social programs and have grown into feckless nations because of it.

Their leaders may bark like little dogs at our actions, but ultimately they come to us whenever there is an incursion and they always have.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
4758 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:12 am to
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China, Russia, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, UAE, etc. Venezuela was a minor player.


Wrong. No one is minor, in a house of cards. Especially an oil nation. Who's gonna pay their share? Russia's?
Saudi now loves Trump

That shite is DEAD
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61512 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:20 am to
BRICS was always horseshite.
I never could figure out why the sky screamers around here have been posting about it for the past 3 or 4 years.
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
1757 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:27 am to
BRICS is a Chinese op to get control of natural resources. Just like Belt and Roads Initiative.

Rodo
Posted by Nevada_Tiger
Las Veags
Member since Jan 2025
350 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:37 am to
quote:

BRICS was always horseshite


It might not have been the end of all things, but it had potential to do damage to the dollar. The US debt and our ability to repay it is a strategic vulnerability. It does look like Trump is trying hard to address it - but it will take a decade to get the boat turned.

So try to imagine an alternate world where Harris is President today.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
468187 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:39 am to
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but it had potential to do damage to the dollar.

That was always unlikely and typically just NPC rabble repeating pro-Russian online content creators

This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 9:41 am
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
6543 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:43 am to
Funny how that happened isn't it?

You know.

By chance and all.

We're gonna ride the dollar into the grave.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
84664 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:47 am to
BRICS always seems more aspirational than effective.

But yes, it’s currently being decimated.
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
14211 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:00 am to
BRICS was a trading widget thought up by a London investment banker. There never was a BRICS
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
51249 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:07 am to
quote:

I disagree. Europe has relied on the strength of the US since WW2. They have all diverted their resources away from their own defense towards social programs and have grown into feckless nations because of it. Their leaders may bark like little dogs at our actions, but ultimately they come to us whenever there is an incursion and they always have.


There won’t be an incursion, in terms of military.

They’ll be taken over by the Middle East without a shot, all in the coming years and decades. And they’ll go under the thumb of the sheiks with barely a whimper. Our influence will wane.
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
51249 posts
Posted on 1/7/26 at 10:08 am to
quote:

Wrong. No one is minor, in a house of cards. Especially an oil nation. Who's gonna pay their share? Russia's? Saudi now loves Trump That shite is DEAD


Saudi doesn’t think like you.

Saudi loves Saudi.

Trump will be gone in 3 years.
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