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2019-09-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in 8 hours: Saudi prince

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Posted by Fred 2019-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 6 hours to negotiate with Bibi & 2 hours cor IAF to do the job?

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2019-09-06 04:35|| 2019-09-06 04:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for the morning laugh, Saudi prince...

Posted by Raj 2019-09-06 08:03|| 2019-09-06 08:03|| Front Page Top

#3 They couldn't destroy the Empty Corner in eight years if they wanted to.

Posted by European Conservative 2019-09-06 13:10|| 2019-09-06 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Many years ago it was said the Saudi Armed Forces where only as good as the Pakistani's they hired.

Posted by Groth Hupans2047 2019-09-06 14:31|| 2019-09-06 14:31|| Front Page Top

#5 MMKGA
Making the Magic Kingdom Great Again!

Posted by Lex 2019-09-06 18:38|| 2019-09-06 18:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Many years ago it was said the Saudi Armed Forces where only as good as the Pakistani's they hired.

Hard for Pakistanis to take power in a coup. I have little doubt Saudis could carry out this function. Problem is - people competent enough to do it are also competent enough to overthrow the king. The king would be thrilled if he could trust his officers not to mount a coup the way Western leaders routinely trust their military men.

But non-Western soldiers aren't wired like Westerners - they are, first and foremost, entrepreneurs agnostic as to whether the existing regime should stay in power, especially when that conflicts with their personal ambitions. Note that Western soldiers weren't always this docile. Roman soldiers routinely went after their rulers. And Alexander's men obviously killed his entire family after he died (perhaps from being poisoned). I think a lot of the analysis of Third World armies leaves out a key element - internal power politics, the struggle for power within where ideology difference is just a fig leaf for opposing parochial interests.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2019-09-06 19:24|| 2019-09-06 19:24|| Front Page Top

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