The war is estimated to have cost the Saudis upwards of $100 billion, ON WHAT??? ordinance isn't THAT expensive and they haven't lost any aircraft that i know of
At least until they prove they can fight and win a ground war to protect their own borders.
Otherwise any "deal" would be as short lived as the Kingdom itself.
The best thing we could do for the Saudis is to tell them to get out of the Air Conditioned Jeep and fire their rifles.
They have the very best infantry equipment available anywhere in the world.
And no will to use it.
Saudi Arabia is the #1 exporter of terrorism in the world. Noone else is even close. Bin laden, al qaeda,isis, 911, all saudi backed sunnis. Dont believe anything else.
they could hire a 50000 man mercenary army from germany and south africa.
Reportedly 7 missiles intercepted tonight in Riyadh
Very interesting to contrast this with the sunshine pumping on Thomas Wictor’s twitter
War sucks, but it is not like Saudi Arabia had any choice in this one. The Iranians goal was to use the Houthi rebels to attack Saudi Arabia. Iran is the main culprit here despite my distaste for Saudi Arabia and the past ties of their wealthy elite (members of the House of Saud) with terror groups.
...........Saudi Muslims killing Yemen Muslims..................where’s the problem..........keep it up boys...............only 1 billion to go.............
A guy I know was a US advisor to a Saudi armored unit probably 25-30 years ago at this point. He has literal scars from an encounter with Yemeni armor back then.
The point being, KSA fighting the Yemenis is nothing new.
The war is estimated to have cost the Saudis upwards of $100 billion, ON WHAT??? ordinance isn't THAT expensive and they haven't lost any aircraft that i know of
This is a very old, very tribal fight, and it's a stretch to even pretend it's going to be able to be settled. This is, after all, the Middle East. Saudi Arabia wants out (now) but doesn't want to let the Iranians back in. In the meantime the thing drains both economies. How you'd even begin to negotiate this thing I haven't a clue.
“They have the very best infantry equipment available anywhere in the world.”
Money could buy the best American equipment(which is good for the weapons industry and the jobs that it creates, to be honest), but it cannot buy loyalty. Saudi royals are spoiled and hire Pakistani and Egyptian mercenaries. They ain’t be willing to put their lives on the line when the time comes. Think of Saudi Arabia as a really hard concrete. Once it cracks, good luck.
Their armies don't fight as the officers are all members of the family, put in place due to family connections, not ability. The soldiers are treated like slaves and have no urge to die for their AlSaud masters
The best equipment in the world can't help them. They are doomed. and good riddance
As raiderboy typed - the Sauds are the ones who caused 911, Taliban, Alq, Izlamik state etc. - they have spent the money gained since the 80s on radicalizing the mohammaden world.
SA has proven they are inept,,
pitiful imho ..
If it wasn’t for oil would anyone care if Saudi Arabia and Iran killed each other off.
Just saw this tweet from a Russian source:
US defense secretary says US refueling Saudi planes would prevent civilian casualties...
So would not using cluster bombs which SA has been.