Why?! Thought we were done with this crap.
Why? SA has the most modern fighters like the f-35 and
all out best defense systems. Are their pilots not capable?
Why are we doing this, we hoped we could start pulling
our bases out of Europe too. Costs lots of money keeping
WWII and cold war bases open decades after they are no longer needed.
Why?
Saudi Arabia is an ally under actual kinetic attack and needs the weapons to defend against incoming Iranian missles. Aiding our Gulf Cooperation Council alies is in the interest of our own national security.
My guess is these are Patriot anti-missile crews, training Saudis.
They’ll be out soon enough.
Because all indications are—unless one is blind or oblivious—is often impetuous, changes course dramatically and often, confuses our allies, reverses himself, makes missteps that stress out staff which have to walk back and spin, offers a “we will just have to see” (because he has no guiding long term strategy) on just about any international issue he is challenged on, and very capable and knowledgeable professionals he brings on continuously quit in droves over three years—and some people call this “brilliant, 3D chess” that confuses the enemy. It is Donald Trump that is often confused, conflicted, contradictory.
Hell no there is never no end to neocon wars and nation building
Just make it glass.
Easy. He wants to lure Iran into further involvement with Syria. Turkey’s coming in there, Iran has a restive Kurdish population, too. They can score points with them by “defending” the Syrian Kurds that Trump has supposedly abandoned, from the evil Sunni Turks. Hardening Saudi Arabia makes that move the avenue of least resistance, and at the same time deters the Iranian proxy in Yemen from further adventurism.
It’s too much to hope for, but what if Trump got my memo about the Ahwazi, and while all these maneuvers are occupying Iran’s attention, he is busily but quietly ferrying arms from Kuwait across the Tigris to the waiting Ahwazi insurgents, who will make a play for independence at the right moment. Iran loses 80-90% of its oil fields while it’s over-extended in Syrian Kurdistan, and it’s check and mate. But naaah.