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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I'm sure this will work out well and won't push them further away from the US's sphere of influence and towards China at all :clueless:

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Makes me wonder if BRICS dedollarization is going to become the economic stick wielded against the genociders and their enablers. They seem very dedicated to isolating themselves from the vast majority of the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

SA is the ISO code of Saudi Arabia. ZA is the ISO code for South Africa. Please use the right ISO codes for fucks sake.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is africanews.com where the focus is on Africa. As in South Africa. As in SA.

The title of the article uses SA for South Africa, so I'm sure they have enough respect for their readers to distinguish between Saudi Arabia and South Africa when reading an article from africanews.com

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Comically evil country, might it go nowhere inshallah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Article send to only list one sponsor of the bill. From Rep. James' website. Sponsors are

Representative John James (MI-10), alongside Rep. Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), have introduced the U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. James is a Republican and Rep. Moskowitz is a Democrat. I don't know what the chances of this passing are. Both started in 2023, so are very junior and likely have little influence.