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Lula says Putin will not be arrested at Brazil G20 meeting
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Smaller countries have to play both sides. Just like Egypt does. They court both sides to get the best deal. That's just a function of their position in the world pecking order.
Playing both sides is a far cry from being a Russophile.
No. To convincingly play both sides you have to look like a anglophile and a Russophole, just at different times.
I didn't say he was. A different poster said that. I just said he has to pretend to play both sides to get the best deal for his country in international affairs.
I did not say anything you just quoted. Please check the record.
I did say the leader of Brazil, in the good faith execution of his job, will have to look like he supports Russia sometimes. And sometimes he'll have to look like he supports the USA. That's his job. So we can't determine what his real loyalties are
Lula, first and foremost, has loyalty to Brazil. Geopolitics is like a game of cards where everyone is cheating. He's also significantly to the left (somewhere between socdem and socialist), so it's fair to say that he doesn't want to participate in that game and would rather not be involved with the neo-imperialist nations of NATO and G7, hence BRICS to stand up for the Global South. He's not going to arrest Putin for a few reasons, mainly because heads of state are diplomats and there will be several bad implications when arresting foreign diplomats without committing a crime on foreign soil. Most countries don't like the US or NATO. Making US-centric political analyses on foreign politics is a colonial mindset, so consider learning more about foreign leaders and their political outlooks.
I totally agree with everything you just said. Where's the conflict coming from? Where did I demonstrate a colonial mindset?
You know what, I'm sorry for being hostile towards you. I've gotten too used to people disagreeing with me when discussing foreign politics that I saw your comments as disagreement instead of expanding my point with your opinions. I should have tried to better understand what you were saying first
No worries. It's been a great conversation. I'm glad we had it.