Thread: Iran, Saudis on Collision Course over Yemen

I would put my money on the Saudi navy.

Originally Posted by OhOh

citing the saving of a ship owned by Hong Kong from pirates by the 34th fleet of the Iranian Navy.[/I]"

Suck on that Imperialist pig dogs! The Great Satan only has six fleets!

Seems the US government official POTUS, unless it's "misspeak", decided to ensure the well being of the GCC states.



Obama with his new coalition. Are they laughing at his camp stature and "hello sailor" wave?

"President Barack Obama committed the United States to providing the Gulf nations with technical assistance against external attacks and to supporting efforts to develop region-wide ballistic missile defense capability."

Technical assistance, that covers all options from radios to nuclear warheads for the "home developed" missiles I presume. I presume a home founded, or more precisely headed by a willing local puppet, coup is off limits then.

Iran appeared on the agenda and a strong statement was issued, or misspoken.

"Obama said he and Gulf partners had “candid” talks about Iran’s “destabilizing activities in the region,” as well as the Islamic State and other security matters."

"They stressed the need for Iran "to engage the region according to the principles of good neighborliness strict non-interference in domestic affairs, and respect of territorial integrity.""


Any chance the US/GCC coalition will adhere to similar moral and social ethical principles which some poster here appear to believe the western countries adhere to.


In principle when speaking, or misspeaking, before any world institution of course, as would any"similar moral and social" country. In practice, not a chance, or maybe I have misunderstood this coalitions members past and current track record.

Did the Saudi leader attend? It was reported that he wasn't keen to leave his country at this time.

Originally Posted by OhOh

"They stressed the need for Iran "to engage the region according to the principles of good neighborliness strict non-interference in domestic affairs, and respect of territorial integrity.""

It is just a bit funny when the US speaks of the above . . .

Originally Posted by Neverna

Did the Saudi leader attend? It was reported that he wasn't keen to leave his country at this time.

Allegedley the SA king sent a "surrogate". However the Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa chose to visit a horse show in Windsor UK and talk to the Queen, maybe about breeding stock, instead of attending the US/GCC coalition meeting.



Absent from Obama summit, Bahrain king to visit UK horse show

"DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has skipped a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, and will instead join Britain's Queen Elizabeth at a horse show and also discuss bilateral relations with her. Like Saudi Arabia's King Salman, King Hamad has decided to send his crown prince to the United States in his stead, in a perceived snub over Obama's drive to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, the arch-rival of America's traditional Gulf Arab allies"

So it was a US/GCC -2 meeting.