I doubt many people outside of South Asia even know who they are. What did they achieve militarily outside of their own small region? 99% of all people of the world don't know who or what they are. Anyway I have met dozens of South Asians in person from Europe, to the US to the ME and if there is one thing I don't associate them with then it is acting like tough guys.
Look who is talking. People from what is now KSA conquered your lands almost 1500 years ago and people from what is now KSA created 3 of the 11 largest empires in human history. More than any other ethnic group in the top 15. Moreover their religious, cultural, linguistic etc. influence is also huge across the entire Muslim world and many non-Muslim areas. Second to none in the Islamic world.
List of largest empires - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Please don't make me laugh.
Besides deserts are beautiful and in KSA you have volcanic, mountainous, rocky and sandy deserts full of valleys and even greenery during spring and other periods of the year. Besides over half of KSA's territory is mountainous (
look at a topographic map) and KSA has varied landscapes which anyone can see for themselves by visiting just those two threads below:
The Arabian Peninsula and Arab world in photos
Saudi Arabia in Pictures | Page 76
Aside from having one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world:
Exploring Saudi Arabia's marine wonderland
But keep jogging on.