As I wrote yesterday before the official announcement. Not surprised the least. So KSA is going to be ruled by an Armenian. Interesting.
You're not going to get to rule are you ?
And here I thought that my own Brother could one day become the King of Kings of KSA !
We just have to become filthy rich and buy some tropical islands in the Pacific. Then we can crown ourselves as Kings of those islands and establish a country. We just need a hell lot of sand if we want to expand. I suggest importing it from the Rub' al-Khali. Some huge container ships too to transport it with.
What do you mean by Armenian ? and who is new defence minister our media is showing picture of a real young man as defence ministerAs I wrote yesterday before the official announcement. Not surprised the least. So KSA is going to be ruled by an Armenian. Interesting.
New Minister of Defense is Prince Muhammad bin Salman. The son of King Salman. So that is sorted out too. Muqrin continues as crown prince.
Please share details about himBrother, see post 150 in this thread below.
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Just a bit of banter.
This is Prince Muhammad bin Salman. The new Minister of Defence. He is a son of King Salman.
Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is young indeed. 34 years. In the Arab world and especially in KSA seniority takes precedence over almost everything. This is why it came as a surprise for me to hear that he has been appointed as Minister of Defense at such an young age. A new generation is arriving. Wise.
Man your commentMake it a tropical island with all the Miss Universe contestants from last year and I'm in !
We just have to become filthy rich and buy some tropical islands in the Pacific. Then we can crown ourselves as Kings of those islands and establish a country. We just need a hell lot of sand if we want to expand. I suggest importing it from the Rub' al-Khali. Some huge container ships too to transport it with.
Ain't gonna happen.
We go to shop
Buy melons
they don't turn out sweet
Thus I am sure even if we got filthy rich AND managed to purchase islands
we still wont become kings
That would be a wrong move as this would be disrespectful to the will of King Abdullah who appointed Prince Muqrin as deputy crown prince less than 1 year ago. After mutual agreement with other senior House of Saud members. Also Prince Muhammad bin Sultan simply does not have the merit that other senior princes have. Not even close. It would send a bad signal.
I actually think that there not being a line succession of in KSA (formal at least) is a good thing because this way mainly people competent enough to become Kings would be elected as a consensus is needed.
In other words then it is a position that is mostly based on merit. As much as this can be the case in a monarchy. While in most other monarchies the succession is based on descent by seniority. So a eldest born child of a king or crown prince will inherit the throne no matter if his/her brothers or sisters are better suited for the throne.
His appointment as Minister of Defense is already a very significant appointment considering his young age.
Yes.
My comment to @Hank Moody was obviously a joke. I often engage in banter.
