DUBAI — Saudi and UAE forces will only leave Bahrain when an Iranian threat to Gulf Arab countries is judged to be over, Bahrain's foreign minister said on Monday, hinting that Gulf troops could be there for some time.

I think that this is a very destabilizing event in the region. The West is pushing Iran into a corner which it may not be able to back out of.

Iran can't do a damned thing about it because if they threaten Saudi, that will equal a green light to take them out completely.

Originally posted by Skerrako
reply to post by TinfoilTP

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Iran can't do a damned thing about it because if they threaten Saudi, that will equal a green light to take them out completely.

Number one: the U.S. has a hard time "taking out" Afghanistan, which has a population of 27 million and very weak government. Iran is home to 80 million people, with a large standing army and strong government. That is not a walk in the park.

Number two: Will Russia and China sit by while one of their strongest oil trading partners is being blown sky-high? They are already planning on vetoing any further Western aggression in Libya, Yemen or wherever. If they take a stand, you can bet that Brazil, India, South Africa and possibly Germany and Australia will stand with them. That is war we would lose hands down. War with fast-growing nations serves as a catalyst for further growth (think America before involvement in WWII).

Russia would love if China got 100% of their oil from Russia, at Russia's own asking price. A war in the ME will make that happen. They will pretend to make a fuss but would abstain form vetoing in the UN as per usual. China wouldn't do anything about it, and if they did Taiwan is a bargaining chip worth trading for the middle east.

None of them other countries matter at the UN, the US only needs to get China and Russia to abstain then find 6 other nations no matter who they are to vote along with US France and Great Britain.

The comparison to pre WWII america is null and void. There is no room for their growth, world population and energy reserve capacity makes it impossible, it is all a downward curve from here on out. As long as the world depends on fossil fuels for energy and world population growth rate remains upward, there can never be another explosion of industrial might in the world like the US in WWII. It's a simple fact of mathematics, exponential rates.

"The GCC will not hesitate to adopt whatever measures and policies they deem necessary vis-à-vis the foreign interferences in their internal affairs." The phrase "measures and policies deemed necessary" is diplomatic parlance for a military threat. It implies that Saudi Arabia and the rest of the regional group are confident that together, they command the strategic resources and assets necessary for a military strike against Iran.

This force has been expanded continuously, split now between units suppressing the uprising and the bulk deployed on the island's coast, 320 kilometers from the shore of Iran. Saudi ground-to-ground and anti-air missiles have been transferred to the Bahraini capital of Manama and naval units, including missile vessels, positioned in its harbor.