The saudis likely did not do it, the houthis have claimed it and they have been open about it since the start of the yemen war, and saudi arabia is at war with yemen. The houthis prioritize bases for aircraft and oil production as their prime targets, and have made it no secret, oil funds the saudis and airports are also used by the saudi military to launch airstikes rather than just military bases.
The truth is saudi is already inching towards broke with oil prices dropping, and has been losing a war using the best equipment money can buy to barefoot rebels with no money and whatever gear they can aquire of take from battle.
That is not at all far fetched. Given drone range limitations the most logical origin for the flights is ......somewhere within Saudi. Now that does not mean Saudi's were at the controls. Could have been done by Yemenis or others. Might also explain why nobody had eyes on to an air border crossing.
That should shake a few people up here and there!
34 US sailors shot dead and 171 wounded is a 'minor diplomatic incident'? On what planet?
could be that you're correct. however, we should ditch oil. i like muscle cars and SUVs as much as the next guy, but it's time to move on to something else, IMO.
I don't see the Saudi's getting involved, all those military items and all the arms they bought from us are just rich man toys to show off with. When it comes to the down and dirty they will ask us to step in for them.
Well congrats. You are on the same level of Trumpism. Happy TDS Day
Searching the tread for something meaningful that you have added in the form of a post. Haven't seen it yet.
Why don't you just start a TDS thread and you can just repost TDS!!! over and over again in that. Then you would have that base covered.
Looks to me like that "cold war" is getting hot. Do you think the rest of the ME will stand by and let it flare up even hotter?
The only ones with Trump Defense Syndrome (TDS) are Trump supporters like yourself.
SA are bad guys. There are Jewish communities in Iran that have been there for centuries. It's illegal to practice Judaism in SA. SA promotes an extreme fundamentalist version of Islam. They execute people for blasphemy and witchcraft. Most of the 9/11 attackers were from SA. Some from SA government actually helped the 9/11 terrorists. Iran is Shiites and Shiites do not blow themselves up.
There is a cold war between SA and Iran. Why are we on the side of the bad guys?
could be that you're correct. however, we should ditch oil. i like muscle cars and SUVs as much as the next guy, but it's time to move on to something else, IMO.
Oooh. And Praxas counters with a devastating 'I know you are but what am I?' retort. You are on fire today!!
In a technical sense you are nowhere close to energy independence. In 2018 the US was importing 10 billion barrels of petroleum every day from over 80 countries.
How much oil does the U.S. export and import? | American Geosciences Institute
Versus your "DURP TDS DURP" nonsense.
getting real in ME
What will the retaliation be?
Saudi Arabia Shuts Down About Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes - WSJ
Iran's proxies strike again.
I'll lay down some $ that says the US military will help lay waste to some Houthi strongholds this coming week.
I wouldn't be surprised if SA and other ME countries...including Israel...lay waste to some juicy targets in Iran.
Lowering dependance would not cure anything unless you got every nation on earth onboard the same ship. The saudi govt is so reliant on oil that any price drops or even disruptions cripples them, their rivals like russia and iran have far more diverse ecenomies, where they may see a recession rather than a collapse over oil prices. The saudi govt has for a long time had plans to diversify their economy, always getting stalled until they are facing bankruptcy and it is too late.
Saudi arabia is a massive exporter of oil used worldwide, there are many others however the us likely fears that saudi falling would be a massive hit to the world economy even if someone else filled the gap like the us or russia or iran or venezuala.
Saudi arabia is losing to barefoot rebels in yemen, they are so terrible at war you could hand them 5000 f-22's 10k f-35's and 1k b-2 bombers and after one year they would be wanting more because they lost mos of them, money and the best gear means squat if your military can not use it effectively, and the saudi's are the poster child for piss poor military strategy, which is why after so many years the houthi rebels are still winning in yemen and now they need to fight the southern transitional council as well who turned against the saudis.
Why is Israel allowed to have nuclear weapons but Iran is not?
Does anybody believe a bunch of drones could do all that?? I dont, they had to have been missiles IMO
No thanks. Ill just continue to call it when I see it.
TDS is a real. It is a mind destroying infection that nearly 80% of people on the far left have contracted. As of now, there doesnt seem to be a cure. Mental maturity can help alleviate many of the symptoms though.
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