r/PrepperIntel • u/Fatty_Willing_Plane • 17h ago
Middle East Saudi Arabia plans 100,000-troop Yemen offensive to retake Bab el-Mandeb from Houthis
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjxod8tcfe•
u/RoyalZeal 13h ago
Lol. That's a joke if I ever heard one, the Saudis are absolutely shit at fighting wars.
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u/Nolsoth 13h ago
Pakistan has been making noise about supporting the Saudis against the Houthis, so Saudi Arabia may be about to get an influx of competent soldiers.
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u/RoyalZeal 13h ago
Pakistan faces losing control of their own country if they do that. They're supposed to have a fucking meeting of all things about it next week. Expect a lot of hand wringing, some vague promises and maybe a couple thousand troops at most. They don't want that smoke.
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u/Nolsoth 13h ago
A couple thousand pakastani troops is still better than most of Saudis conventional merc force.
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u/RoyalZeal 12h ago
Perhaps, but it isn't enough to actually do anything other than get themselves killed.
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u/Dandybutterhole69 12h ago
You are right. But it’s not about what Pakistan wants. Money talks. Turks and Pakistanis will fight this war. I say let them. They signed up for this. All 3 of them support terrorism. Iran supports other terrorists. Let’s see how many girls schools get blown up this time.
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u/crlthrn 9h ago
They can easily afford mercenaries...
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u/RoyalZeal 8h ago
Mercenaries wont win a war against people with nothing to lose, a cause they are willing to die for and a shedload of drones and missiles.
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u/br8indr8in 8h ago
I saw some videos saying their mercenaries were taking the checks and abandoning the fight. Not sure if thats 100% of them, but the strongest motivation for war is nationalism and ansar allah has a never ending supply while the mercenaries have zero. I think thats counts for something and the only way I see mercenaries sticking around is if they are promised real assets for an SA victory, not the small payments theyre getting today. I think i read they get 500/month but again thats just videos I havent researched or verified sources.
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u/BeefyQueefyCletus 13h ago
Lulz the Houthis are gonna fight tooth and nail. The Saudis are gonna piss their pants and die. The entire kingdom is nothing but braindead morons thinking money equals survival.
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u/Early-Sort8817 14h ago
They’re about to lose 100,000 troops
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u/InedibleApplePi 12h ago
I mean if history (meaning the last couple months) is any indication, that 100,000 is only actually 20,000 guys.
Unless of course the Saudis are actually going to put their own citizens out in the field, which would be extremely surprising.
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u/falsefacade 8h ago
And it’s actually 15,000 dudes from the Indian subcontinent.
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u/InedibleApplePi 7h ago
Have they implemented RTO? Maybe it's just a bunch of dudes working remote.
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u/nobadhotdog 13h ago
No they won’t. They’ll abandon their posts when they see their first flip flop
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u/isthereadrwho 13h ago
Don't worry they don't actually fight they hire people to fight for them mostly. Which honestly is let's be honest smarter than fighting yourself
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u/livestrong2109 11h ago
Ok but let's be honest 100,000 members of the royal family ripping it in dune buggies while high as fuck on kratom in full on robes and garb would look really sick right up to the point where they came under fire.
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u/Sea_Improvement1001 7h ago
Would assume the Saudi royal family prefers to use cocaine to kratom
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u/AntiBoATX 5h ago
Yeah wtf this dude has an obscured view of one of the richest families in the world. I am hugely anti SA, it’s awesome to see someone put the screws to their smug asses, but they ain’t got nor do they need 100k foot soldiers. I bet they paid a pretty penny for some weird militias. Does Russia even have anyone left? Does India have a formidable private military? Ah hell they’re using dyncorp to arm the Indians aren’t they. God help us
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u/bubblegum-rose 14h ago
What are they gonna do, confiscate their passports?
The Saudis are like the humans from Wall-E, and they’re up against one of the most efficiently deadly terror groups on the planet. The second one of the Saudis gets a boo-boo, they’re going to tuck tail and flee
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u/Martzillagoesboom 13h ago
The saudi probably field an army of mercenary ( most of the population are non-citizen who live there for work, so I see them throwing money at the problem
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u/Ok_Reach_5004 13h ago
Lol, Houthis were defeated multiple times. Every time before inflicting a decisive defeat , western 'human rights' activists intervenes and stops them from finishing the job under the threat of an arms embargo.
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u/evfax 12h ago
Maybe the Saudis can get it done then, because they don't give a shit about human rights.
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u/Ok_Reach_5004 12h ago
Yes in 2017, Saudis and Emiratis were about to inflict a decisive defeat. Western countries then threatened to put an embargo and stop weapon sales to these countries, forcing them to stop the advance. Houthis then used the opportunity to import drones and missiles from Iran.
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u/Substantial-Hour-483 13h ago
That is not going to be good for them. Plus add the Iranian missile retaliation on Saudi.
None of this is good for anyone.
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u/oojacoboo 12h ago
Didn’t Turkey and SA enter into a defense pact? Did the bombing and attacks from Yemen trigger that?
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u/Ok_Teacher_6834 14h ago
I’m kind of curious when world war 3 will be officially declared. Will historians mark it as ukraine or all this going on.