MarmiteLover123

It actually got worse than that, I did a live write up on the whole meeting. A South African billionaire was begging for some kind of one sided trade deal and for South Africa to copy paste the USA's immigrant and border security policy, and one of the South African golfers present thanked the USA for assisting the apartheid government in the border wars.

https://hexbear.net/comment/6169582

It could, but it could also have the opposite effect too. The EFF is already in a fragile position domestically after the latest election results and losing members to the MK.

these darkseid wannabe anti-life people are quite different from "hey maybe having a kid is bad for the kid, considering: gestures broadly"

They are very different, and it's quite evident in their comments.

Yeah these people have been a problem for a long time, it's why their malthusian and misanthropic ideology was banned on the Chapo trap house subreddit and on here.

I'm going to guess it's because of that resurfaced video of them waving a Hezbollah flag.

Guessed right

The F-16s Vietnam want to buy will be the most advanced version, and not the cold war era ones Ukraine and Argentina got. The rumour is that the warranty has expired on Vietnamese Su-30s, and that Sukhoi want payment upfront to carry out necessary maintenance. The F-16Vs would be an upgrade on the Su-30MKIs in a few ways, namely the AESA radar and AIM-120 long range air to air missiles. India is working to domestically upgrade their Su-30s with these capabilities. India also lost an Su-30MKI and MiG-29K to Pakistan, so it's not like Russian equipment faired any better than the French Rafale. While the Chinese J-10CE is roughly equivalent or better than the latest F-16V and cheaper (so all round a better offer), Vietnam might not want to buy Chinese military equipment, their last war was against China after all. So if the threat is perceived to be China, Chinese equipment does not address it. Given this context, the only other offer that would be competitive with the F-16V offer would be a custom Gripen C offer, with some of the capabilities of the E model. Saab Gripen E, Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale are all too expensive for the capabilities they offer as 4.5 gens.

. I wish the planet earth itself was hit with such a large celestial body as to simply explode

This does not even dignify a response. Please seek professional help.

I think Vietnam could seek to align with the US security state. There are rumours that Vietnam wants to buy F-16V block 70 fighter aircraft. More support of Israel, and potentially buying military equipment from Israel, could be part of that.

Because Israel is the 51st state. Going against Israel means going againt the United States.

These weirdo antinatalists and their misanthropic ideology are very dangerous. They often like to hide their true intentions behind pseudo progressive opinions.

This is just circus, the real thing is going to be the topics discussed in the CSIS article. Either South Africa changes domestic policy and foreign policy, or this media circus and smear campaign continues, along with sanctions.