Road2Victory, on 22 Jan 2015 - 21:34, said:
Hmmm yup Saudi Arabia should also watch closely whats happening in Yemen as well their borders near Iraq.
Saudi Arabia has the fourth largest defense budget and one of the most advanced Military in the world. I doubt they will have issue with ISIS or the Houthi's, especially when the Houthi's have no stake in Saudi Arabia. ISIS has made enemies with Iran as well, the two significant regional powers. ISIS lost this war the day they started it. The only reason they exist, and are able to destabilize the region is because of Western involvement.
Yeah but it was with Al Qaead is a different story especially with the 9/11 attacks.
Houthi's control Yemen, Al Qaeda was beaten back pretty easily by them.
I'm confident in the Houthi' led government. Regardless Saudi Arabia has plenty of manpower, weapons, and technology to protect It's Iraq and Yemen border.
Hmmmm Houthis are Shiites and the rest of Yemen are Sunnis. The previous government was a Sunni and was pro-Western until it was overthrown. There mite be another civil war and harder for the US to target Al Qaeda militants, but I was curious as to why Saudi Arabia funded the 9/11 attacks? 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/world/middleeast/pre-9-11-ties-haunt-saudis-as-new-accusations-surface.html?_r=0
This is a history class in itself.
Goes back to the Afgahn war. Many rich saudi's didn't like the fact that they were getting western help so they left/broke away from Saudi arabia. They still have heavy ties so naturally the only people who could come to the US with less question would be Saudi citizens.
Regardless the argument that because they were Saudi, Saudi arabia funded it is completely absurd.
Because the Oklahoma City bombers were American, the United States funded it.
Because the Norwegian mass killer was Norwegian, Norway funded it.
Because the terrorist in France were French, France funded it.
Because the Caucus Terrorist are Russian, The Russians funded it.
Because the subway bombers in Spain were Spainish, Spain funded it.
Because the bus bomber was a UK citizen, the UK funded the bombing.
I could go on an endless list. What this really shows is an irrational fear of Muslims. Where you have issues of secular violence and Religious violence are in places that lack education. Take Malaysia for example; the religous intolerance in Maylasia is insane. If you're not muslim they kill you. Same thing in China, if you practice Christianity you die, but they are not Muslim. Take the West boro baptist church. The common factor is a lack of education. So mail a book to an ISIS member instead of firing an 800,000 dollar CM that will kill ten civilians a long with it only to replace that one with 10 more fighters.
This topic is frustrating me and impairing my ability to communicate my thoughts. I'll be back to respond much later.
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