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Originally Posted by Catfish
^ of course no one will stop selling weapons  , but if you can inject a bit of pressure in the negotiations you are maybe in a better position to put through some additional interests, may it be price, strategy or politics. And while it does not make anyone more trustworthy, it is a sign to S.A. that the US will still maintain ties and share intelligence.
If you just hush it up, your standing will not be better than if you did what you did now, in the eyes of the world. And it gives a broad hint that such action as done by Mohammed Bin Salman does not get unnoticed, even between allies. Yes, no one should have diplomatic ties with such regimes let alone sell them weapons, but .. China, Russia .. and it is better to keep up speaking with another. Better than what was done in the last years.
https://de.rt.com/nordamerika/106594...audi-arabiens/
Yes, RT, i know .. |
In other words: hypocrisy. Price, strategy and politics, you said, might be what you influence this way. Reduce it to price. Not China's and not Saudi Arabia's and not Russia's and not Turkey's strategy and politics have been changed one bit by these things. To claim that is a German text book example of opportunistic self-deception.
Which is okay, since it all is about money anyway. Hypocrisy. Or should I say: selling of indulgences. So take the money and turn your back on things.