Puts pressure on Iran. Iran's major port and naval base is Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz. It will be extremely difficult to control the Persian Gulf, Strait, and Gulf of Oman without Saudi Arabia.
We have Iraq and Turkey on Iran's western border and Afghanistan to the east. If things ever cook off with Iran, SA gives us an almost full encirclement of Iran forcing them into a 3-front war, as well as starving them by destroying their navy and blockading trade ports. Full on siege mode. In fact I almost suspect the reason we're still in those areas is for this specific reason.
UAE is also important for launching land-based strikes into Iran, and it would be difficult to hold/supply if we had to fend of Saudi Arabia to the west.
SA is probably our shittiest "ally," but the strategic importance is just too great. If we want to hurt Iran economically with embargoes and sanctions, it is much easier to do with SA.
Yes it sucks massive donkey balls but our doctrine is fairly...."proactive"....when it comes to dealing with potential trouble spots.
Unfortunately our monetary system got fucked by having to go off the gold standard and onto a petrodollar fiat private banking money system adopted by Nixon, Kissenger, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Federal Reserve and Saudi Arabia. Sounds strange but check it out.
Going back to the gold standard and having a hard currency would work out great for people currently not in debt that own physical assets. For everyone riding the debt train, it would be very bumpy
Because when you sell them planes part of the deal was teaching them how to fly them.
Bad deal. Sell them planes and have them train the pilots in their own bases
Yup. Give them the instruction manual and let em figure it out. If they can't, oh well.
Training is a sale.
Why exactly did we sell them planes?
Did we learn nothing from training and arming the mujahideen? They will only betray us and kill us.
They pay a lot... military industrial complex and their ex-military lobbyists.
Military industrial university complex
Your university does the research
Puts pressure on Iran. Iran's major port and naval base is Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz. It will be extremely difficult to control the Persian Gulf, Strait, and Gulf of Oman without Saudi Arabia.
We have Iraq and Turkey on Iran's western border and Afghanistan to the east. If things ever cook off with Iran, SA gives us an almost full encirclement of Iran forcing them into a 3-front war, as well as starving them by destroying their navy and blockading trade ports. Full on siege mode. In fact I almost suspect the reason we're still in those areas is for this specific reason.
UAE is also important for launching land-based strikes into Iran, and it would be difficult to hold/supply if we had to fend of Saudi Arabia to the west.
SA is probably our shittiest "ally," but the strategic importance is just too great. If we want to hurt Iran economically with embargoes and sanctions, it is much easier to do with SA.
Yes it sucks massive donkey balls but our doctrine is fairly...."proactive"....when it comes to dealing with potential trouble spots.
USA needs to spend less on disabling Iran and spend more on enabling America.
No no they won’t the saudis have one of the most inept militaries in the world but some of the deepest pockets.
Because global corporate profit is more important than the peace and safety of Americans.
We can teach them to fly in Riyadh
I agree
Unfortunately our monetary system got fucked by having to go off the gold standard and onto a petrodollar fiat private banking money system adopted by Nixon, Kissenger, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, Federal Reserve and Saudi Arabia. Sounds strange but check it out.
Going back to the gold standard and having a hard currency would work out great for people currently not in debt that own physical assets. For everyone riding the debt train, it would be very bumpy
That
Or why are we training the here? Do they not have planes and airports
Exactly...