Posted on 10/04/2016 3:40:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Kingdom’s navy, air force, marines and ‘special units’ take part in war games to protect against ‘any possible aggression’
Saudi Arabia is conducting live-fire drills during war games underway in the Gulf, official media said on Tuesday, as tensions simmer with Iran.
Exercise Gulf Shield 1 has begun with naval ships, aircraft, marines and “special units,” the Saudi Press Agency said.
The manoeuvres are also taking place in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
The shiite might be ready to hit the fan.
Too bad they both can’t lose.
Have at it boys.
Iran has a standing army of 2.5 million vs Saudi Arabia at 250 thousand.
Iran has forbidden it’s citizens from traveling to Saudi Arabia, performing the hadj, the pilgrimage to Meccas.
Iran is actively promoting Karbala in Iraq as the appropriate place to pilgamage.
If you know your history, Shia-Sunni strife was forged at the Battle of Karbala.
Saudi Arabia is in big trouble!
Bahrain? Bahrain is 90% Shia ruled by a Sunni super minority. Start packing!
B0 is up to his ears with the Saudis.
Look out.
Saudi could be gone in a flash and the moehammedan world will turn its loving eyes to the strong horse.
Meet the new caliphate.
Agreed.
And, Syria only makes sense as us fighting a proxy war on behalf of Quatar, Behrain and the Saudi’s against Iran and the so called “Shia Crescent”.
All while Saudi Arabia is fighting a proxy war already with Iran in Yemen on it’s southern board.
If both Iran and Saudi Arabia were wiped off the face of the earth, our world would be a better place.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Saudi Arabia has to keep the waterways open, in which it has many potential allies, none of whom want the waterways controlled by Iran. It doesn’t have to conquer Iran, just fend it off. Iran, however, has to occupy and control strategic land all along the waterway, and may have to conquer the Arabian peninsula, Iraq...
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