Zelensky Visits KSA
I'd just like to point out that this picture is particularly impressive.
You are not supposed to touch the Crown Prince in any circumstances.
Seeing him embrace Zelensky speaks volumes.
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Comments40I'd just like to point out that this picture is particularly impressive.
You are not supposed to touch the Crown Prince in any circumstances.
Seeing him embrace Zelensky speaks volumes.
Lets see Trump ask the Crown Prince if he even owns a suit....
Do not berate the stockholders.
I don't like MBS but if they help Ukraine, I'm all for it.
I don’t like politicians whose name is abbreviated like that anyway :/
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DAM, son
Where'd you find this?
Martin Butter Sing?
Mohammed Bone Saw
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John Fucker of Chickens
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How many world leaders are named 'Bin Salman'? I'm pretty sure just one.
Just to make sure I got the right Arabic prince here, that's the guy who ordered Khashoggi's death, right?
I'm not above realpolitik, if his interests actually align with supporting Ukraine I'm happy to hear it.
Yea, and he's the reformist in that monarchy, pretty bleak 🤫
F MBS. POS
Agree
So what does that mean?
“Fuck mortgage-backed-security. Piece of shit”?
edit am stoopid hes mohammed bin salman
The MBS was a bit cryptic. Thx for the explainer
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Interesting. I thought he was with putin & trump. It would be nice if they help Ukraine though.
MBS wants to increase the diplomatic footprint of SA. It is likely they want to be the ones that facilitated a cease fire in Ukraine, rather than defend a democracy against imperialism.
At the very least, this is a wonderful photo op for MBS, regardless of outcome.
Honestly yeah that was my take too. I would be shaking like a shitting dog if I was Zelensky going to meet MBS. The stones on that guy.
The Saudis are on their own side mainly and still aligned with the USA. Their rival in the region is Iran first and foremost. So Russia is not their friend.
What's their position on Isreal?
Give the Palestinians a state and we can be friends.
Wasnt their main role as a mediator for negotiations? I think yall are overreacting a bit.
From the mod linked AP article:
Same reason he was sitting across from JD Vance and Trump to begin with. Any port in a storm.
Its a predictable response when you recognize that the Saudis are largely an extension of western hegemony in the region. I wouldn't be surprsied if someone like Rex Tillerson or Liz Cheney brokered the meeting.
The region is full of butchers. MBS just happens to be a close ally to the neoconservative CIA/State Department old guard. Of course he's going to be a touchpoint for a proxy war with their age old geopolitical enemy. Its the same reason Putin has reached out to Iran and North Korea.
Saudi Arabia is not exactly popular among Muslim people around the world. In particular with them embracing US influence, funding Daesh and other murderous groups and of course supporting Israel in its oppression and mass murder of Palestinians, MBS has a very bad reputation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finances_of_the_Islamic_State
See https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/isis-saudi-arabia-iraq-syria-bandar/373181/ for the Citation 50
Also see https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-qa-is-saudi-arabia-funding-isis for an overview of various US internal documents where the US government itself accused Saudi Arabia of funding Daesh at least in the beginning.
Oh sorry I thought everyone knew.. The thing is, his country is being invaded, everything he has and every loved one he knows are fighting for their lives and survival against a brutal psychotic dictator
I wouldn't rejoice too much... Here's MBS with putin 6 years ago.
https://youtu.be/vrw4DJJ2Qb0?si=NCDTQM-Vw_UjTvNY
That was when they were meeting to negotiate SA not continuing to fuck Russia's economy into the ground with a trade war on oil prices.
Which does imply they might be convinced to do it again.
Context: https://apnews.com/article/-8f1b9d30915d6e0590dab7e54fe02475
I can only assume Zelensky said 'thank you.'
Why is there a barcode scanner in the car door?