“18 million citizen. 8 million foreigners. Most of their army is National Guard, which I think we will find to be under trained, under supportive, and under equipped.”
What other reason(s) do you think Saudis have for paying foreigners (include in that Egyptians, Pakis, etc..) to fight for them (apart from the fact that they’ve money to finance them if/when needed)?
Because they can. Simple as that. They’ve got billions laying around with poor people next door. Easy enough to hire them to fight.