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2015-04-30 Arabia
KSA Lacks Real Army to Invade Yemen: 10,000 Saudi Soldiers Fled Bases
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Posted by Fred 2015-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia 

#1 It appears that KSA has a parade ground army with lots of nifty uniforms and pretty equipment. Unfortunately they are a bunch of hot house pussies that don't have any guts to fight.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-04-30 00:39||   2015-04-30 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Saudi better nuke up, because they will be attrited to death by the Iranians. Saudis need hard fast decisive victories or they will lose.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-30 01:16||   2015-04-30 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Yet another imminent victory for Champ's "smart" diplomacy.

What will happen if KSA turns into Syria or Yemen or Iraq? When, not if, the entire mid-east blows up who gets the Paki nukes?
Posted by AlanC 2015-04-30 07:07||   2015-04-30 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Must've gone 'diversity' a good time ago.

An Army ready for parade is not necessarily an army ready for war. An Army that is ready for war is not necessarily an army ready to parade.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-30 07:30||   2015-04-30 07:30|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not sure, but I have to wonder if Al Manar is Hizb'allah's newspaper, echoing the Iran party line. An Nahar didn't have any reports on Saudi desertions. If so, the above report may or may not be true.
Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-30 08:15||   2015-04-30 08:15|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet the Ruritanians could take them.

I bet even the mighty Uruguayans could take them.
Posted by Steve White 2015-04-30 08:29||   2015-04-30 08:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Not really surprising. All mid east armies except the Israelis seem to be like this.
Posted by chris 2015-04-30 08:53||   2015-04-30 08:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Al-Manar is Hezbollah's mouthpiece. Salt as needed.
Posted by Gloria 2015-04-30 10:05||   2015-04-30 10:05|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 - Arabs
Posted by Frank G 2015-04-30 11:02||   2015-04-30 11:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Al-Manar is Hezbollah's mouthpiece. Salt as needed.


Thank you, Gloria. Incidentally, both The Daily Star (Lebanon) and Arab News (Saudi Arabia) also have no mention of any desertions.
Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-30 11:31||   2015-04-30 11:31|| Front Page Top

#11 In the great words of AHMED AL-BUNDY > "D *** NG IT, ALLAN, THIS CERTAINLY S *** KS - THAT CAMEL DOESN'T CARRY"!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-30 22:33||   2015-04-30 22:33|| Front Page Top

#12 More ...

* RELATED TOPIX, TASNIMNEWS > SAUID ARABIA UNABLE TO REACH/ACHIEVE GOALS IN YEMEN: EGYPTIAN ANALYST.

Ditto also as per Yemeni Officios.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-30 23:41||   2015-04-30 23:41|| Front Page Top

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