First of all, it's Persian Gulf, not arab gulf or arabian gulf. The entire world, including historians, scholars, academics, the respectable ones anyways, they call it by its proper name, the PERSIAN GULF.
Isn't it funny how even with all the resources & overpriced western technology at their disposal, the Saudi's & Emirati's still can't defeat the barefoot Houthi's ?
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The Saudi's have the 3rd largest military budget on planet earth, higher than RUSSIA for Gods sake and they have help from the USA, UK, France, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, UAE & many more. Despite this the Saudi's have still failed to attain their goals of capturing the capital & wiping out the Houthi's. Recently the Saudi's were humiliated in countless failed attempts to take Hodeidah. Despite all their efforts, in the end, they failed miserably.
I remember when the war began 4 years ago, the Saudi's actually believing all that expensive hype being sold to them by their weapons dealers, actually thought that they could win the war in a few weeks. Now after 4 years & after having sustained thousands of casualties, after having lost billions of dollars worth of vehicles & resources, the Saudi's are STUCK in a quagmire, no closer to victory than they were 4 years ago.
I remember when the war began, back then economists & analysts were saying that if the war were to drag on for 4 years or more, that Saudi Arabia's economy would be in serious trouble, possibly going bankrupt. The war has already put a massive strain on the Saudi's royal coffers, forcing the Saudi's to initiate an austerity policy which proved to be so unpopular that it was quickly scrapped soon after. Afterwards, out of desperation, MBS had no choice but to imprison and TAX his own family under the guise of "fighting corruption" Recently MBS visited the Kaaba, surrounded by over 100 security officers.
Truth be told, the war in Yemen is already lost. Even if the Saudi's were to remain in Yemen for another 10 years & try with all their might, they would not succeed. The situation for the Saudi's is completely hopeless. All of their mercenaries are now avoiding the front lines at all costs, since mercenaries fight for money & money is no good if you're deceased. In Sudan, the deployment of young Sudanese men, sent to Yemen to be used as cannon fodder, has contributed to the massive unrest & protests in the country, which are threatening the very foundation of the ruling elite (Omar Al Bashir) Aside from their mercenaries, the Saudi army itself is completely incompetent & incapable, since it suffers from inherent, systemic structural flaws & lack of morale.
The main issue is that the ruling elite in Saudi Arabia are just as afraid of being overthrown by their own military in a coup, as they are of any external threat. Since WW2 we've seen several Arab monarchies overthrown by populist movements headed by their own military. As a result of this deeply rooted fear. the Saudi's do not promote soldiers according to their capabilities, experience, intelligence, leadership qualities. Those are actually the qualities that they fear the most & instead they promote people based on family ties & loyalty. However loyalty does not equate to competence. At the same time, the Saudi's are so afraid of a potential splinter group within their military that they want to have a tight grip on every single unit. As a result, every decision, every movement that any unit makes, has to be first approved by a high ranking commander. However in a live combat situation where split second decisions can make the difference between life & death, however the Saudi's having been trained to require authorization before making any major decision, end up becoming sitting targets for their adversaries, like the Houthi's, whose local commanders & field commanders have the necessary autonomy to make split second decisions in the heat of the moment.
In any case, like I said, the war is lost, however the only thing preventing the war from concluding is MBS's stubbornness & pride. It's so sad that millions of innocent civilians have to suffer & starve because of one mans shortcomings, however like the old saying goes, "power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely" This is what happens when a nation in the 21st century has an anachronous form of government, namely a medieval, privileged, tribal monarchy