Arab states agree to form a unfied military force.

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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/26/Arab-FMs-agree-to-establish-joint-Arab-force-.html

Following geopolitical events, this unified force will likely include the Gulf States and Egypt. In my opinion, this unified force has been made to better challenge Iran's increasing influence in the Middle East. And of course this force is highly politicized since all of the states which are to join are the Saudi-Arabia aligned ones.

It will be interesting how this bloc will compete against the Axis of Resistance (Iran's Middle-East bloc of Syria, Iraq, Hezbollah, and Yemen) in the future.


 
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Yay, arms race.


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Yay, arms race.
Oh, dear God yes..

Shit's really starting to go down in the Middle East. It does make you wonder how Saudi Arabia and Iran would compete against eachother in a conventional war. Since Iran is extremely experienced in unconventional and asymmetrical war.


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Is there a list of nations agreeing to this coalition?


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D'awww like a tiny Cold War


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what the hell is wrong with you people


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war is fucking terrifying

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well I was being sardonic


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well I was being sardonic
id certainly hope so, because the prospect of a major global conflict in the next decade makes me shiver in my boots


 
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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.


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well I was being sardonic
id certainly hope so, because the prospect of a major global conflict in the next decade makes me shiver in my boots
Just a reminder that we are currently in the midst of a global conflict.


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Is there a list of nations agreeing to this coalition?
Definitely Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which are 2 out of the 4 biggest players in the Middle East (the other ones being Iran and Turkey). In all probability, the coalition will also include the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Kuwait. With other Saudi Arabia-aligned countries, I don't know who to expect. Possibly Bahrain, but the majority of their population are Shia (under Sunni leadership), and Oman doesn't seem to be aligned with any of the major power blocs in the Middle East.


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Is there a list of nations agreeing to this coalition?
Definitely Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which are 2 out of the 4 biggest players in the Middle East (the other ones being Iran and Turkey). In all probability, the coalition will also include the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Kuwait. With other Saudi Arabia-aligned countries, I don't know who to expect. Possibly Bahrain, but the majority of their population are Shia (under Sunni leadership), and Oman doesn't seem to be aligned with any of the major power blocs in the Middle East.

Speculation is fine, I'm just a little confused why there isn't a solid answer if they already had a meeting to confirm members.


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Is there a list of nations agreeing to this coalition?
Definitely Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which are 2 out of the 4 biggest players in the Middle East (the other ones being Iran and Turkey). In all probability, the coalition will also include the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, and Kuwait. With other Saudi Arabia-aligned countries, I don't know who to expect. Possibly Bahrain, but the majority of their population are Shia (under Sunni leadership), and Oman doesn't seem to be aligned with any of the major power blocs in the Middle East.

Speculation is fine, I'm just a little confused why there isn't a solid answer if they already had a meeting to confirm members.
Because the article never specified which Arab foreign ministers were present, and this is just a draft proposal which was accepted by the Arab ministers. The actual creation of the military force could take years, and we have no idea what sort of form it would take.


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Because the article never specified which Arab foreign ministers were present, and this is just a draft proposal which was accepted by the Arab ministers. The actual creation of the military force could take years, and we have no idea what sort of form it would take.

The article says they're working on making it official within a month, which is a bit worrying in my opinion.


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Because the article never specified which Arab foreign ministers were present, and this is just a draft proposal which was accepted by the Arab ministers. The actual creation of the military force could take years, and we have no idea what sort of form it would take.

The article says they're working on making it official within a month, which is a bit worrying in my opinion.
The Arab militaries in this bloc have already been acting in unison for the most part over the last year. This is pretty much just a formality. And entirely in response to Iran's recent and aggressive expansion in influence.


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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.
If you want to talk about rights, what right does anybody have to declare himself the leader of anybody or anything?

I mean, Houthis are cunts, as are all Muslim militant groups, but let's not spout bullshit about leaders and rights.
Sigh. Now you're entering the world of what-if possibilities...


 
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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.
If you want to talk about rights, what right does anybody have to declare himself the leader of anybody or anything?

I mean, Houthis are cunts, as are all Muslim militant groups, but let's not spout bullshit about leaders and rights.
Yeah but the current president Hadi is the leader by law.


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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.
If you want to talk about rights, what right does anybody have to declare himself the leader of anybody or anything?

I mean, Houthis are cunts, as are all Muslim militant groups, but let's not spout bullshit about leaders and rights.
Yeah but the current president Hadi is the leader by law.
A law is an opinion with a gun behind it.
Let's seriously not get into this sort of shit. Debating this is pointless.


 
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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.
If you want to talk about rights, what right does anybody have to declare himself the leader of anybody or anything?

I mean, Houthis are cunts, as are all Muslim militant groups, but let's not spout bullshit about leaders and rights.
Yeah but the current president Hadi is the leader by law.
A law is an opinion with a gun behind it.
I do get what you're trying to say but at the end of the day come on I'd rather Hadi be in power than some Islamist scumbags
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war is fucking terrifying

what the hell is wrong with you people
Indeed but the Houthi rebels have no right to attack the current leader of Yemen.
If you want to talk about rights, what right does anybody have to declare himself the leader of anybody or anything?

I mean, Houthis are cunts, as are all Muslim militant groups, but let's not spout bullshit about leaders and rights.
Yeah but the current president Hadi is the leader by law.
A law is an opinion with a gun behind it.
I do get what you're trying to say but at the end of the day come on I'd rather Hadi be power than some Islamist scumbags
Not to mention the fact that they're Iranian proxies who have been waging an insurgency for over 10 years. And there are rumors going around that Ali Abdullah Saleh (the President of Yemen pre-2012) has a very high position within the Houthi insurgency right now.

So the Houthis are pretty much an Iranian-backed Army of the old dictator of Yemen.


 
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This will never succeed. Ever.
Why shouldn't it? This is between the Arab States who already have excellent relations with eachother, and have been co-operating militarily for a long time.


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It's hard to take those places seriously when they don't even have matching uniforms. Do they do call each other up in the morning. "Mai friend, weer sum ting brown today."


 
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It's hard to take those places seriously when they don't even have matching uniforms. Do they do call each other up in the morning. "Mai friend, weer sum ting brown today."
You're confusing countries like Saudi Arabia with countries like Syria.

Many of the Gulf nations have very advanced militaries, though Egypt is somewhat of an outlier.


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Second Cold War or WWIII is upon us.


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Second Cold War or WWIII is upon us.
This is more like a mini, localized Cold War between regional powers rather than superpowers.