Only a matter of time til they exclude the US with moves like this.

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    It would be really nice if the Canadian Government didn’t let the Felon attend the G7 meeting this summer.

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    From the article …

    The “shadow fleet” refers to ageing oil tankers, the identities of which are hidden to help circumvent western economic sanctions imposed on Moscow since it launched its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine at the start of 2022.

    the draft G7 statement seen by Bloomberg News shows the US pushed to remove the word “sanctions” as well as wording citing Russia’s “ability to maintain its war” in Ukraine by replacing it with “earn revenue”.

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    I support America, their right to sovereignty, and its right to veto this proposal.

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      Well yes that’s the nature of the agreement, it’s our right, but it doesn’t mean we should, especially against the will of the rest of the G7.

      What’s even the ostensible excuse?

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        Bad for business. Russia has a lot of resources and in my opinion, the sanctions aren’t warranted. They will be a great ally for the US against China.

        Edit: The Quuuuill made a good point in that saying “they did nothing wrong” is wrong itself because Russia does do a lot wrong.

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            In relations to a Russia allying against China, I am merely referring to Aleksandr Dugin‘s work, “Foundations of Geopolitics” that people like to mention here.

            I suppose in reality, possibly not. I mean China and Russia are planning to start construction of a lunar base next year so relations can’t be that bad between the two.

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              You are being downvoted, but you have a point. Not sure what the book said, but theoretically it would be advantageous to “gang up” on China and balance them out, instead of Russia increasingly becoming more dependent on China.

              Theoretically, there’s a ton of mutually beneficial economic aid. Even better if the three powers get along.

              That’s not the nature of authoritarian regimes though (and I am referring to all three countries now). There are just too many opportunities to take advantage of the other, even when it’s not rational, and there’s a long history from all three countries proving that.

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      And I support the rest of the G7’s right to form a “G6” and tell the USA to go fuck itself. And I say that as an American.

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        And I support America’s right to form a G3 with Russia and China. Maybe G4 with India. Because they are the only countries who matter.

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        I don’t really see what’s stopping the others from setting up their own task forces without America.