Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia have exchanged further strikes, amid signs that Tehran is ramping up the war against Riyadh to compensate for a stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz.
Excellent coverage, I was impressed by your guest's restraint in not commenting on areas outside her lane (Yemeni military problems).
In these troubled times, with public trust at a low point, that kind of ethical transparency is a significant positive step on the part of any expert.
Thanks and well done to her.
The Iranians losing control of the Staits of Hormuz is Telegraph wishful thinking, a bit like the Russian economy is about to collapse (for the last 4 years)
Visited Sana and Hodedhi in 1993 from Dubai on business, as a Marketing Advisor for Mobil Oil. Seeing old men run up an almost vertical outcrop= I said these chaps would crush overweight Saudi Military ( most who waddled ). Later I worked in Abha ( 2017 ? ). Every hour 2 Saudi bombers took off for bomb the Yemenis indicriminately. 24/ 7. Figure. 😮
Let us be totally honest about the Saudi military.
They are totally useless soldiers that are very poorly trained and with no stomach to engage in a ground fight against the Houthis at all.
The Saudi ground forces are mainly there to protect the Saudi royal family against enemies within and not to fight any foreign forces at all, no matter how poorly equipped that foreign force is with hardware.
There are also VERY strong doubts about the bravery of the Saudi forces and most think they will quickly throw their weapons away and run as fast as they can as soon as they are fired on.
Most soldiers that have some knowledge about the Saudi army see them as more of a joke than anyone would fear fighting against.
And this is why Saudi Arabia is so extremely desperate for help from whoever they can convince to come to their aid.
It's like listening to two executives at the east India company 100 years ago 😂😂😂
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In these troubled times, with public trust at a low point, that kind of ethical transparency is a significant positive step on the part of any expert.
Thanks and well done to her.
They are totally useless soldiers that are very poorly trained and with no stomach to engage in a ground fight against the Houthis at all.
The Saudi ground forces are mainly there to protect the Saudi royal family against enemies within and not to fight any foreign forces at all, no matter how poorly equipped that foreign force is with hardware.
There are also VERY strong doubts about the bravery of the Saudi forces and most think they will quickly throw their weapons away and run as fast as they can as soon as they are fired on.
Most soldiers that have some knowledge about the Saudi army see them as more of a joke than anyone would fear fighting against.
And this is why Saudi Arabia is so extremely desperate for help from whoever they can convince to come to their aid.