Its up to them, I was just pointing out a similar example from the top of my mind. Also There is a limit to how many people can leave and restriction on Visas for both Indians and Pakistanis are getting tougher. Saudi Arabia and UAE have already deported many.
The USSR faced the same problem, they solved it by simply stopping people from leaving. There is really no reason Pakistan cannot do the same in the short term. Or the government could give incentives to Pakistanis seeking to go abroad to move to places like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc - where the...
The ones with the most expenditure, manpower, equipment are usually different from the ones with the most experience, and ability to create their own weapons.
Do you honestly think Iranians, Turks, MAlaysians, etc will all attack Russia if that happens? I doubt it. Many would be happy for the attack of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is one of the best funded and armed forces in the world. their Air force is world class. Not so sure about their navy and land forces. Either way their budget dwarfs pakistans. They also have energy security that Pakistan doesnt have, and global influence in the form of Oil...
Turks are central Asians like Armenians and Iranians. Its natural there will be mixing between different populations. Even Russians can have the Asian eyes. Turks are mostly mixed with some Greek, Levant Arabs, Armenians and Azerbaijani's.
Either way I find the Ottoman Turks more historically...
I think if you ranked muslim nations by degree of nationalism, Arab ones would come up on top. Until this changes, there is no hope for any real degree of unity as there was in past Islamic history.
Military targets are easy to take out. A navy vessel or airplane cant hide like Taliban fighters do in the civilian population or rough terrain.
Destroy the military assets and industry, and the job is done. A bunch of RPG armed fighters only become a problem when you stay in the country and...
It all comes down the the nations with the most influence in the muslim world - . The rest simply dont have the reach to influence others. In order for a successful Islamic brother hood, it is priority that Arab pride and nationalism be reduced, then Persian ethnocentrism be reduced, followed by...
The point of the US Iranian conflict is to cripple Irans military threat to the region. If the military machine, navy, etc is destroyed. The job is done. US allies like Saudi arabia, etc will be more than happy.
What countries would act? Apart from Pakistan (who has a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia) and maybe some smaller gulf nations I cant think of any others.
It will be good for Saudi Arabia etc. They pretty much control AQ. The most powerful countries in the ME want Assad out, and theres no way he can win against such pressure.
US already has the FSA there, and the Saudis and other will also be willing to send their armed groups. It s whole different game than Iraq. This time AQ is on US side.