|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:00 AM Original message |
How would Saudi Arabia fare in a war against Iran? nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. For all i know they have a shitload of US weapons |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. they'd be overrun in a week |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Straight Up Between Those Two, Sir, That Is Certainly So |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AlamoDemoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Your not so knowledgeable about "those two"..and neither of the 'violence f the shrines' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
majorjohn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. its Shia not Shica - n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. That confused me too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. That Is Certainly A Low -End Estimate, Sir |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. It has been reported |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Proxy Conflict In Iraq, Ma'am, Is A Near Certainty |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. The royals better gas up their 24k gold plane and have it ready. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I believe that is the endgame |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Very badly. There just aren't enough Saudis. The census has been secret for decades. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. iranians have been through a ten year war... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Iran does not have military resources to invade Saudi Arabia but it could launch missile/air attacks |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. there was an analyst who predicted |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Ironic that U.S. will be forced to defend Sunnis that Bush removed from power in Iraq. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Maybe not - The US seems to be siding with the Shiites |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
clarquistador (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. US SHOULD HAVE ONLY 1 GOAL AFTER ALL THIS CRAP IN IRAQ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. democracy? You mean Reason to Invade Iraq #3576? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
clarquistador (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Saudi Arabia would lose badly, very badly.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. see post above |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
clarquistador (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Proxy wars aren't a new phenomenon in Mid East.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. the difference in this one being the convenient |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. Now I'm not saying they wouldn't get their hair mussed,... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Thank you Gen Turgidson |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. We must not allow an oil-shaft gap! n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think Saudi Arabia would consider us more of an enemy than Iran |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
majorjohn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Not True At All |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
majorjohn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
21. If you all remember the Iran-Iraq war |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. do you serve? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. They would be easily defeated unless the U.S. military intervened |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. They would last about 10 hours or so, just enough time to pack and |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:40 AM Original message |
Iran would crush Saudi Arabia |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. Iran would crush Saudi Arabia |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
majorjohn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. and why not Israel as well? n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. They would get stomped. Badly. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
atomicdawg38 (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I agree with jmowreader.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
atomicdawg38 (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Saudi Arabia |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. This is a Superman v. Batman discussion |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Are you saying Batman would be on the side of the Iranians? nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. or the Flash |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Iran, easily... sort of. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. They would mutually destroy their oil infrastructure in missile (Iran) and air (Saudi) attacks |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I might disagree |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. They'd lose BIG |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. well I don't think its the Saudis, per se, that they can't stand |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Saudi Arabia would subcontract it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Fri Apr 26th 2024, 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC