War Drums: WWIII Could Start This Month: 350,000 Soldiers In Saudi Arabia Set To Invade Syria...

[georgephillip]

"Sunday’s announcement comes as Saudi Arabia, which is a member of the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), deployed military jets and personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base.

"The base is already used by the US Air Force for their planes conducting sorties in Syria."

Riyadh claims this action's necessary to "intensify" its actions against IS; however, according to RT, the Saudi Foreign Minister "flatly stated that Assad will be toppled if he does not leave during a political transition."

Saudi Arabia to host ‘largest’ military exercises in region, 20 states invited

The ISIS it and Turkey created, and are still supporting. That ISIS? Oh boy, what a mess. I just pray no American kids get stuffed into that meat grinder.

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

 

[Igrok_]

Turkey is close to collapse due to the kurdish threat

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I thought Hillary stabilized the Middle East?

 

[GHook93]

If you were going to gather forces for an invasion, this is precisely how you would do it

350,000 soldiers, 20,000 tanks, 2,450 warplanes and 460 military helicopters are massing in northern Saudi Arabia for a military exercise that is being called “Northern Thunder”.

According to the official announcement, forces are being contributed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and several other nations. This exercise will reportedly last for 18 days, and during that time the airspace over northern Saudi Arabia will be closed to air traffic. This will be the largest military exercise in the history of the region, and it comes amid rumors that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are preparing for a massive ground invasion of Syria...

More:
World War 3 Could Start This Month: 350,000 Soldiers In Saudi Arabia Stand Ready To Invade Syria

I love how some posters respond here just to say “oh, that source?” and then sometimes the “face palm” and dismiss it all as bunk. Yes, so noble. Meanwhile, who are you "smart people" taking your gospel from, CNN? FOX? PBS? How about CBS? Hey, guess what? None of them are telling us what is going on in this world? Didn’t you know that? Or isn’t it more you really do not care? Fine, the rest of us are used to complacency and ignorance in the West. After all, our president is the leader of such bullshit and obfuscation.

So, anyway, that is all I wanted to say, except if you did go to the article in InfoWars, either directly or indirectly they quote all of the articles I linked below from other sources. It is by no means exhaustive of the links --- but, hey, you know what? ----- some of us are that gullible that we just might take them seriously. Why? Because there are multiple international sources. Why else? Because we know all those liberal mainstream major networks and Fox are full of bullshit and agenda and fluff for news. Insulting to say the very least. Just like our leaders in D.C. So do as you please and so will we. ps - I do like what the article said here just for kicks.

I don’t know if I have ever seen a scenario which was more likely to initiate World War 3 than the one that we are watching unfold right now. So what has the mainstream media been saying about all of this?Incredibly, they have been almost entirely silent. When he went looking for news about these events,James Baileycould find almost nothing on either Fox News or CNN…

I just visited the home page for Foxnews.com and found not one single mention of the insane events now unfolding in the Middle East. I could not believe it, so I used my Find tool to search for Syria and Saudi Arabia. Not one mention! So I went to CNN and found just about the same thing with one news story about the Syrian cease fire, but when I read it there was no mention of any of the big events that have developed this week. This is truly an amazing media blackout!

But Fox News does have space to run headlines like these…
–Spanish man skipped work for 6 years, still got paid
–48 people rescued from stuck tram cars at New Hampshire ski resort
–Lovelorn elephant takes out his rage on more than a dozen cars

And CNN apparently thinks that these news stories are more important than the potential beginning of World War 3…
–Kanye West drops album, says he’s $53 million in debt
–Dutch cops train eagles to hunt drones
–Teen hands out 900 flowers to girls at school


---------------- Other news story links from the main article since InfoWars makes you cringe ----------

Saudi Arabia is preparing to launch its own intervention in Syria

World War III Starts In The Middle East? Saudi Arabia And Turkey Consider A Ground Invasion Of Syria

Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels | Zero Hedge

FINALLY! UAE and Saudi Arabia join fight against ISIS and WILL put boots on the ground

Erdogan Signals Turkey Prepared to Join Syria War If Asked

Saudi Arabia confirms that it will deploy troops to Syria

Saudi Arabia willing to send ground troops to Syria

When the source is infowar you can attack the source!

 

[GHook93]

"Sunday’s announcement comes as Saudi Arabia, which is a member of the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), deployed military jets and personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base.

"The base is already used by the US Air Force for their planes conducting sorties in Syria."

Riyadh claims this action's necessary to "intensify" its actions against IS; however, according to RT, the Saudi Foreign Minister "flatly stated that Assad will be toppled if he does not leave during a political transition."

Saudi Arabia to host ‘largest’ military exercises in region, 20 states invited

The ISIS it and Turkey created, and are still supporting. That ISIS? Oh boy, what a mess. I just pray no American kids get stuffed into that meat grinder.

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

 

[paulitician]

If you were going to gather forces for an invasion, this is precisely how you would do it

350,000 soldiers, 20,000 tanks, 2,450 warplanes and 460 military helicopters are massing in northern Saudi Arabia for a military exercise that is being called “Northern Thunder”.

According to the official announcement, forces are being contributed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and several other nations. This exercise will reportedly last for 18 days, and during that time the airspace over northern Saudi Arabia will be closed to air traffic. This will be the largest military exercise in the history of the region, and it comes amid rumors that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are preparing for a massive ground invasion of Syria...

More:
World War 3 Could Start This Month: 350,000 Soldiers In Saudi Arabia Stand Ready To Invade Syria

I love how some posters respond here just to say “oh, that source?” and then sometimes the “face palm” and dismiss it all as bunk. Yes, so noble. Meanwhile, who are you "smart people" taking your gospel from, CNN? FOX? PBS? How about CBS? Hey, guess what? None of them are telling us what is going on in this world? Didn’t you know that? Or isn’t it more you really do not care? Fine, the rest of us are used to complacency and ignorance in the West. After all, our president is the leader of such bullshit and obfuscation.

So, anyway, that is all I wanted to say, except if you did go to the article in InfoWars, either directly or indirectly they quote all of the articles I linked below from other sources. It is by no means exhaustive of the links --- but, hey, you know what? ----- some of us are that gullible that we just might take them seriously. Why? Because there are multiple international sources. Why else? Because we know all those liberal mainstream major networks and Fox are full of bullshit and agenda and fluff for news. Insulting to say the very least. Just like our leaders in D.C. So do as you please and so will we. ps - I do like what the article said here just for kicks.

I don’t know if I have ever seen a scenario which was more likely to initiate World War 3 than the one that we are watching unfold right now. So what has the mainstream media been saying about all of this?Incredibly, they have been almost entirely silent. When he went looking for news about these events,James Baileycould find almost nothing on either Fox News or CNN…

I just visited the home page for Foxnews.com and found not one single mention of the insane events now unfolding in the Middle East. I could not believe it, so I used my Find tool to search for Syria and Saudi Arabia. Not one mention! So I went to CNN and found just about the same thing with one news story about the Syrian cease fire, but when I read it there was no mention of any of the big events that have developed this week. This is truly an amazing media blackout!

But Fox News does have space to run headlines like these…
–Spanish man skipped work for 6 years, still got paid
–48 people rescued from stuck tram cars at New Hampshire ski resort
–Lovelorn elephant takes out his rage on more than a dozen cars

And CNN apparently thinks that these news stories are more important than the potential beginning of World War 3…
–Kanye West drops album, says he’s $53 million in debt
–Dutch cops train eagles to hunt drones
–Teen hands out 900 flowers to girls at school


---------------- Other news story links from the main article since InfoWars makes you cringe ----------

Saudi Arabia is preparing to launch its own intervention in Syria

World War III Starts In The Middle East? Saudi Arabia And Turkey Consider A Ground Invasion Of Syria

Turkey, Saudi Arabia Mull Syria Ground Invasion As Russia, Hezbollah Decimate Rebels | Zero Hedge

FINALLY! UAE and Saudi Arabia join fight against ISIS and WILL put boots on the ground

Erdogan Signals Turkey Prepared to Join Syria War If Asked

Saudi Arabia confirms that it will deploy troops to Syria

Saudi Arabia willing to send ground troops to Syria

When the source is infowar you can attack the source!

Most media sources are worthy of attack. Especially those owned by the Government and large Corporations.

 

[Syriusly]

If you were going to gather forces for an invasion, this is precisely how you would do it

350,000 soldiers, 20,000 tanks, 2,450 warplanes and 460 military helicopters are massing in northern Saudi Arabia for a military exercise that is being called “Northern Thunder”.

According to the official announcement, forces are being contributed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and several other nations. This exercise will reportedly last for 18 days, and during that time the airspace over northern Saudi Arabia will be closed to air traffic. This will be the largest military exercise in the history of the region, and it comes amid rumors that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are preparing for a massive ground invasion of Syria...

More:
World War 3 Could Start This Month: 350,000 Soldiers In Saudi Arabia Stand Ready To Invade Syria

And exactly how will they get from Saudi Arabia to Syria?

 

[paulitician]

If you were going to gather forces for an invasion, this is precisely how you would do it

350,000 soldiers, 20,000 tanks, 2,450 warplanes and 460 military helicopters are massing in northern Saudi Arabia for a military exercise that is being called “Northern Thunder”.

According to the official announcement, forces are being contributed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia and several other nations. This exercise will reportedly last for 18 days, and during that time the airspace over northern Saudi Arabia will be closed to air traffic. This will be the largest military exercise in the history of the region, and it comes amid rumors that Saudi Arabia and Turkey are preparing for a massive ground invasion of Syria...

More:
World War 3 Could Start This Month: 350,000 Soldiers In Saudi Arabia Stand Ready To Invade Syria

And exactly how will they get from Saudi Arabia to Syria?

Looks like it'll be by way of Turkey. The Saudis are moving a large amount of military assets to Turkish bases. It's pretty ironic and bizarre though. Two countries who helped create ISIS and are still supporting it, now claim they need to invade Syria to eradicate it. What a horrific mess the Middle East is.

 

[Syriusly]

I predict that this month will end with out your predicted invasion.

 

[paulitician]

I predict that this month will end with out your predicted invasion.

Maybe? But regardless, let's disengage from the Middle East. We've done enough damage over there. Time to come home.

 

[paulitician]

More...

The Saudis are publicly warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “will be removed by force” if a political solution cannot be found.

As you read this article, Turkish forces are massing along the border with Syria, and the largest “military exercises” in the history of the Middle East are being held in northern Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis are publicly warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “will be removed by force” if a political solution cannot be found, and Turkey is claiming that it may have to establish a “safe zone” in northern Syria “for humanitarian purposes”. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and their Sunni allies have poured massive amounts of money and arms into the conflict in Syria,...

World War III Approaches: Saudi Arabia And Turkey Drop Hints That An Invasion Of Syria Is Imminent

 

[georgephillip]

"Sunday’s announcement comes as Saudi Arabia, which is a member of the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), deployed military jets and personnel to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base.

"The base is already used by the US Air Force for their planes conducting sorties in Syria."

Riyadh claims this action's necessary to "intensify" its actions against IS; however, according to RT, the Saudi Foreign Minister "flatly stated that Assad will be toppled if he does not leave during a political transition."

Saudi Arabia to host ‘largest’ military exercises in region, 20 states invited

The ISIS it and Turkey created, and are still supporting. That ISIS? Oh boy, what a mess. I just pray no American kids get stuffed into that meat grinder.

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

 

[paulitician]

The ISIS it and Turkey created, and are still supporting. That ISIS? Oh boy, what a mess. I just pray no American kids get stuffed into that meat grinder.

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

 

[Syriusly]

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

No.

ISIS was created by a Jordanian, who once fought in Afghanistan, and then set up shop in Iraq. After we invaded Iraq, he gained power, temporarily aligned himself with Al Qaeda before they realized that ISIS was too bat shit crazy for them- attacked targets in Jordan and Iraq- and then moved into Syria after the Civil war in Syria left a power vaccuum.

Saudi Arabia is a natural target for ISIS- and a natural enemy of ISIS- of course ISIS has declared itself the enemy of every government in the Middle East.

 

[georgephillip]

Jordan, Chad, Egypt, and Pakistan have also committed assets to the Saudi maneuvers. It does not seem likely they would do so without consulting with the US. Maybe we need a Death Tax of 100% on all war profits after the first innocent child dies?

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

From a little over one year ago...
"Saudi Arabia, which often confounds outsiders with its slow and opaque governance, has moved surprisingly quickly under King Salman, its new monarch, to streamline government and purge officials who were seen as underperformers.

"The architect of the government shakeup has been Mohammed bin Salman, the king’s aggressive, Western-oriented, 34-year-old son, who has taken the positions of defense minister and chief of the royal court.

"He is said to have planned the succession moves carefully in the weeks before the death of King Abdullah on Jan. 23, and executed them quickly to check protests within the royal family."

Any guesses on what changes the next twelve months produce?

Reshuffling the House of Saud

 

[paulitician]

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

No.

ISIS was created by a Jordanian, who once fought in Afghanistan, and then set up shop in Iraq. After we invaded Iraq, he gained power, temporarily aligned himself with Al Qaeda before they realized that ISIS was too bat shit crazy for them- attacked targets in Jordan and Iraq- and then moved into Syria after the Civil war in Syria left a power vaccuum.

Saudi Arabia is a natural target for ISIS- and a natural enemy of ISIS- of course ISIS has declared itself the enemy of every government in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia was a key player in creating Al Qaeda as well. Along with the U.S. Most of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis. And it's been proven they received funding support from prominent Saudis.

But hey they have lots of oil, so who cares they murdered thousands of Americans. They work with us on that oil thing, so it's cool. Not one American kid should be sent to die for those evil bastards. To hell with Saudi Arabia.

 

[Syriusly]

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

No.

ISIS was created by a Jordanian, who once fought in Afghanistan, and then set up shop in Iraq. After we invaded Iraq, he gained power, temporarily aligned himself with Al Qaeda before they realized that ISIS was too bat shit crazy for them- attacked targets in Jordan and Iraq- and then moved into Syria after the Civil war in Syria left a power vaccuum.

Saudi Arabia is a natural target for ISIS- and a natural enemy of ISIS- of course ISIS has declared itself the enemy of every government in the Middle East.

To hell with Saudi Arabia.

No particular disagreement with that.

The best people on earth to deal with ISIS are the people of the Middle East.

 

[paulitician]

Yeah, it does look like Saudi Arabia wants a bloody Sunni/Shiite war. The only question now is, how much will we be involved? How many of our American kids will be sent to die for nothing again?

I would like to think that depends on who we put in the White House next November, but I'm old enough to know better...

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

From a little over one year ago...
"Saudi Arabia, which often confounds outsiders with its slow and opaque governance, has moved surprisingly quickly under King Salman, its new monarch, to streamline government and purge officials who were seen as underperformers.

"The architect of the government shakeup has been Mohammed bin Salman, the king’s aggressive, Western-oriented, 34-year-old son, who has taken the positions of defense minister and chief of the royal court.

"He is said to have planned the succession moves carefully in the weeks before the death of King Abdullah on Jan. 23, and executed them quickly to check protests within the royal family."

Any guesses on what changes the next twelve months produce?

Reshuffling the House of Saud

A bloody Civil War is brewing inside Saudi Arabia. It's closer to collapse than most think.

 

[paulitician]

Old enough, but too stupid to know better. Just saying!

"Saudi as a regional security leader

"The Northern Thunder military exercise that began on Monday is a show of power designed to pass the message that Saudi Arabia is a regional security provider, leading a Sunni coalition against Daesch.

"This is the largest indigenous army the region has ever seen. How many troops will participate depends on whom you read: 150-350,000 troops could be engaged.

"The gathering of one of the largest Muslim force in history is a significant message for Daesch, but others may interpret the message differently.

"The Sunni common denominator of all the powers invited to participate could also be seen as a message to Assad, to Iran, and, finally, to Russia."
Northern Thunder: Saudi Arabia as a military superpower

Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been vital supporters of ISIS. Saudi Arabia especially, played a key role in its creation. It was created to kill Assad. So what we're seeing now is actually a declaration of war on the Shiites. That's what this is really about.

No.

ISIS was created by a Jordanian, who once fought in Afghanistan, and then set up shop in Iraq. After we invaded Iraq, he gained power, temporarily aligned himself with Al Qaeda before they realized that ISIS was too bat shit crazy for them- attacked targets in Jordan and Iraq- and then moved into Syria after the Civil war in Syria left a power vaccuum.

Saudi Arabia is a natural target for ISIS- and a natural enemy of ISIS- of course ISIS has declared itself the enemy of every government in the Middle East.

To hell with Saudi Arabia.

No particular disagreement with that.

The best people on earth to deal with ISIS are the people of the Middle East.

I wouldn't trust the people who created ISIS to destroy ISIS. Saudi Arabia has ulterior motives. It's starting a bloody Sunni/Shiite War.

 

[Wyatt earp]

More...

The Saudis are publicly warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “will be removed by force” if a political solution cannot be found.

As you read this article, Turkish forces are massing along the border with Syria, and the largest “military exercises” in the history of the Middle East are being held in northern Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis are publicly warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “will be removed by force” if a political solution cannot be found, and Turkey is claiming that it may have to establish a “safe zone” in northern Syria “for humanitarian purposes”. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and their Sunni allies have poured massive amounts of money and arms into the conflict in Syria,...

World War III Approaches: Saudi Arabia And Turkey Drop Hints That An Invasion Of Syria Is Imminent

Yea like I really believe Turkey, they just want to wipe out the Kurds.