Arab seculars aren't involved in the Arabic worlds chatter and are military fanboys.
Only extremists nut-jobs would know better!
Everybody laughs when Saudi Arabia tries to project itself as a regional power since it does not have influence militarily on the region except only through billions of dollars they hand out to people
Define the term " Regional Power "
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Regional power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KSA never tried to project itself in any way to be an X or Y power. If others tend to look upon us this way, then fine. Egypt was run by a bunch of rouge politicans, who were removed in power by their own people. The only thing KSA did was to support the Egyptian people.
I'm just glad to see you openly admitting that we are helping
people by handing billions of dollars. This is what the civil countries do.
How many soldiers do they have? Several dozen thousand conscripts?
The RSLF has 180k personnels, the SANG has 100k, the RSNF has 50K, and the RSAF & RSADF has ~ 60K. Just do the math.
Do you remember how terrified Saudi Arabia was from Iraq?
Just as much terrified as Japan was from North Korea during the Korean war
C'mon! There has only been two engagements with the Iraqis v.s. the Saudis. The first confrontation was through air combats, the second was the Battle of Al-Khafji. And here is what the then US Marine Commander had to say about it:
But then again, I expect nothing from an illiterate extremist nut-job.
Saudi Arabia can't make foreign policy decisions strictly from its calculations because they're afraid they might balance the equation on their own and their afraid the West will punish them for it. Show us that all these weapons actually have a use.
Yeah, just like what the Saudis did by invading Bahrain:
BBC News - Gulf states send forces to Bahrain following protests
Or similar to the unilateral action we took in Egypt:
Egypt crisis strains US-Saudi ties - Features - Al Jazeera English
Suffice to say that the EU had switched its stance dramatically after our declaration of supporting Egypt:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...gree-on-giving-Egypt-s-roadmap-a-chance-.html
Show us that all these weapons actually have a use
1984: Saudi F-15s shot down Iranian F-4 Phantom II's. 
You really need all these weapons to attack defenseless people in Iraq and Yemen?
We don't attack civilians. This isn't who we are. We only attack terrorists in Yemen, Iraq, and within our own soil. Hadn't these terrorists attacked us, no body would attack them in the first place. Same goes with Iran, we attacked them three times, and every time they chickened out.
All this money going into this when you guys claim to support Syrian opposition yet Syrian opposition is lacking any game changing or heavy weapons. Nobody should project itself as a regional power when these weapons have no use and don't project any influence.
Only extremists know better about " the projection of power "
You illiteracy makes me LoL, all day long!
New Saudi-supplied missiles boost rebels in south Syria| Reuters
Syrian Rebels: We've Received Weapons from Saudis - Middle East - News - Israel National News
Saudi Arabia increases supply of arms to Syria rebels - FT.com
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/per...s-Plan-B-became-a-game-changer-in-Syria-.html
Even the Russians condemned us for supplying sophisticated arms:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...bia-Russia-lost-Arab-sympathy-over-Assad.html
I hardly think you would know any better about the Russians, when it comes to determining which country is a regional power, and which isn't
That military industry is small and insignificant. Even Hamas has it's own military industry these days and they build their own drones.
Yeah, building major components of an aircraft is insignificant
السعودية السلام للطائرات تصنيع قطعا لتطوير طائرات F15 المقاتلة - YouTube
شركة السلام للطائرات المحدودة - YouTube
Just as much as launching sats is useless
KACST to launch new satellite
Of course, anti-'terror' training, which is exactly what the West and Israel want Saudi Arabia to focus on internal security sector strictly. They don't want Saudi Arabia to conduct its affairs unilaterally or project any influence on the region. This is why I don't see the point in acquiring all these weapons, Saudi Arabia shouldn't be restricted in their own region and should challenge their enemies interests in the region
Listen to the baboon
We invaded Bahrain unilaterialy ..
We supported Egypt unilaterally
We bombed the terrorists in Yemen unilaterally
& We armed the Free Syrian Army with sophisticated weapons unilaterally
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Arab seculars aren't involved in the Arabic worlds chatter and are military fanboys. Everybody laughs when Saudi Arabia tries to project itself as a regional power since it does not have influence militarily on the region except only through billions of dollars they hand out to people. How many soldiers do they have? Several dozen thousand conscripts? Do you remember how terrified Saudi Arabia was from Iraq? Saudi Arabia can't make foreign policy decisions strictly from its calculations because they're afraid they might balance the equation on their own and their afraid the West will punish them for it. Show us that all these weapons actually have a use.
You really need all these weapons to attack defenseless people in Iraq and Yemen? All this money going into this when you guys claim to support Syrian opposition yet Syrian opposition is lacking any game changing or heavy weapons. Nobody should project itself as a regional power when these weapons have no use and don't project any influence.
That military industry is small and insignificant. Even Hamas has it's own military industry these days and they build their own drones. I want to see an Saudi Arabia which is a regional power, not one where it doesn't alter any situation in the region except putting billions of dollars trying to get Egypt to attack Arab Islamists/Egyptians against military leadership.
Of course, anti-'terror' training, which is exactly what the West and Israel want Saudi Arabia to focus on internal security sector strictly. They don't want Saudi Arabia to conduct its affairs unilaterally or project any influence on the region. This is why I don't see the point in acquiring all these weapons, Saudi Arabia shouldn't be restricted in their own region and should challenge their enemies interests in the region. They're not doing that though, they're busy handing out billions trying to contain a popular idea amongst all Arabs. Everybody knows Islamists would win any elections in an Arabic nation and Saudi Arabia fears that more than it's proclaimed enemy Iran. Islamists won in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, wherever there aren't military dictatorships or monarchies.
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Imagine if Saudi Arabia had a proper military commander that's role didn't revolve around protecting the fate of the monarchy leadership, Saudi Arabia could surround Israel and Iran and form a pan arab power which will benefit the interests of many Arab nations and people's. They don't need to become a nuclear power, they just need to put these efforts to waste. If they arm neighboring Arabic nations and Palestinians those neighboring nations would protect Saudi Arabia since they have much more military experience.
Our Defense Forces are solely dedicated to protecting our own land, with a similar defensive doctrine to Japan's and Australia.
And no, thanks. We don't need random terrorist savages to fight on our behalf, we are strong enough to take care of our enemies who pose direct threat to us.
