Hi,
I request young men to think with their brains and not otherwise---.
Once the saudis / gcc made request for troops---it would not be their choice to say how many---it would be pak military's choice to say what is needed---
It would certainly be their choice !
That's the reason they formed a coalition and didn't just hire another country's entire military to do their dirty job!
Then it was not only saudia that needed troops---it was the emirate---oman---muscat---Bahrain---Qatar---Jordan---all of them---.
Muscat is omans capital and they are hardly involved in the war and already employ Pak nationals!
Bahrain is a small country which can't deal with its internal security and employs Pakistanis in their mil and LEAs... apart from asking Saudis for help.
Qatar and KSA have issues and it's not part of he coalition.
Neither is Jordan sending its troops...
Neither will any pay you for anything...
Coming back to UAE... i hope you realise that UAEs military was built ground up by Pakistan... how much "mulla" did they give Pak?
Pak still have a few thousand soldiers in KSA, and in other GCC states...
They can say what they want---but it is your pitch that count counts---. Those countries were in a panic at that time---truly scared of the Iranian & isis encroachment and threat---they were desperate---desperate people pay a lot of money not to be desperate.
It's soldiers we are talking about not vehicles or market products.
And no they weren't so desperate or scared of Iran, not when they can simply ask NATO for help (which is already stationed in most of those countries).
They wanted troops to fight and die for them in Yemen, coz lazy,comfort loving soldiers,undisciplined troops don't have an appetite for war...
As well as trying to project it as a Sunni block vs Shias... due to their proxy wars.
The weapons would be placed in the region and maintained in that region---in the 90's---there was no terrorist threat of any kind---so the pak troops were paid the wages under those conditions---.
In the 90s, they had PLO type organisations and a war mongering Saddam threatening their borders !!
This time the threat was for the very existence of gcc---iran playing a proxy on one side---isis from the other---.
And the Arabs are innocent ? lol .. between where do you think FSA,Al nusra,Daesh get their funds from?
The matter of funding can be debatable but it is meaningless---. If not 30---then maybe 25---if not that then maybe 15-20---but whatever the amount would have been---it would have been substantial.
We have a national army, not a mercenary force, ready to fight for the highest bidder,getting stuck in secterian proxy wars and conflicts ..
And if you didn't notice, we are running a tight shift, reason they had to raise new companies at PMA!
I mean to say---sitting on your ar-se and making all kinds of excuses is a standard pakistani excuse.
And being Shiekh chilli or mullah naseerudin as well.
I don't know in what lala land you have lived in---the british empire was built like that---the american empire was built like that---. The americans had nothing to do in the 2nd world war but once it got in---the face and shape of the united states changed forever---.
The face of spain changed for 700 years and the look of the islamic empire as well when Zengi was in a desperate situation and asked Salahuddin to come help him against the crusaders.
Funny, how you think those empires were created by fighting as mercenaries and creating more enemies than needed.
No... they weren't !
Not a single empire was built fighting foreign wars which were against their national interests as mercs.
The allied forces joined hands with enemy russia to defeat germany---.
What ?
The allies actually helped Russia with their lend lease and other programs ... and Germany was a common enemy threatening the allied nations...
Neither Germany nor any allied country became a super power by fighting as mercs.
Else the subcontinent would have been a powerhouse aswell.
If the enemy has created panic---then you also have to pour oil on the fire to burn a little hotter so that they can understand your point of view---.
A smart man, doesn't fight for others and avoids useless fights.
You don't put fuel on fire, which is burning in your neighbourhood.. else you risk getting your own house destroyed.
Look at the americans---they have run away with a 100 billion dollars deal just from saudia---and that can increase into 350 billion dollar deal---and not counting---the money the the emirates---qatar---bahrain---Oman---Muscat would spend.
Yeah coz they offer things Pakistan can't!
Advanced weapons,diplomatic support of a super power... against a common perceived enemy.
The money would be used to build up a complete air naval and ground battle group and equip the troops accordingly with weapons ammo training bases infrastructure IT whatever---the number is just not to fund pakistan's coffers.
How many billion have they paid to poor states already in the so-called coalition ?
Had it been a free for all, countries like Indonesia,Turkey would have been in on it too... everybody wants a slice of the pie.. if it's that delicious as you think it is.
You are imaging scenarios like a salesperson, as if you are selling the latest mustang to a dumb Bedouin with a pot of gold and no sense on how to use it.