>SA can afford the best...<
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They think of “the best” as someone else doing the fighting and dying for them.
That was my point.
Their armed services for the most are there to hold the population down & look pretty. The Saudi National Guard (a separate service) is pretty much built around the dominant tribe. Its like an African nation in that regard. Their job is regime pretection, hold down the other tribes. (The place has a lot of similarities to an African nation!) Lets give the new Crown Price some time. I think he wants to make the place “normal” but it will take time, his methods won’t be pretty . Also he may not succeed, I think he wants to but it may not work. What will come next will make the present mess look like a picnic.