That's perfectly fine. I understand that completely. The only thing is, they better not bitch, moan, groan or say a peep about the founders being traitors and all that mumbo jumbo jive. They'll need to look in the mirror, first.
BTW, as the OP, what's your opinion? Did you take a look at the article that
@Saif al-Arab posted? I'll highlight the main points later on in this post.
So Iran didn't join because it thinks it's a cover up, or because it knew it would face the pressure from the other 41 nations that it needs to change it's ways? That the pressure would be on it to stop it's support of many groups (without getting into specific names) in Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon even Saudiya?
Sure we can, bro. It's clear as day. The problem some are having is because they see Saudiya as the creator and the base and they don't like it because they despise the monarchy for some reason. Let's call it like it is. That automatically makes them biased and what's worst is it doesn't bode well for the other 40 member nations including Tunisia, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt etc. since they apparently don't see that picture and have been fooled by the Saudis. Amazing that we are smarter than all these top brass in all these governments.
Sure. Supportive power to combat terrorism, not supportive power for the monarchy. The Saudi monarchy doesn't need an Islamic alliance under the disguise of fighting terrorism to gain any additional power. They have all the power they need and in a few years, they will undoubtedly dominate the entire region without anyone's help. What they need to do is exactly what this alliance's goal is and that is to fight this evil that has affected each and every one of our countries in some way, shape or form. They need to curb the radicalism that is festering out of control in our beloved region and what better way to do it than collectively? That said, shame on those who haven't joined, including Algeria. And I'm a fan of Algeria, but I'm dismayed by their choice of exclusion.
They've all been answered, Barca.
Why would the fate of the alliance in 15 years matter now? Honestly, it's irrelevant. We have an existential infestation that has been and is currently tearing our countries and region apart. We need to confront it now before it's too late. 15 years from now they can either dissolve it or build upon it. The important thing is the here and now.
You realize how you worded that makes it sound like they elected General Raheel Sharif because he was Pakistani first, then second because of his qualifications. That's not a positive view of the general or Pakistan, TBH. No, they all voted him and elected him strictly because of his qualifications first. The Pakistani element is a distant qual.
You really think so? I'll tell you what, I picked the 4 major objectives of the alliance from the article that
@Saif al-Arab posted a few pages back -- and from the mouth of General Raheel Sharif himself -- and I quoted them below. Take a look at them and see if you still think this whole alliance is nothing but a disguise to benefit the Saudi monarchy.
Right off the bat, the whole Iran/Shia Arab/Sunni thingy is right out the door. Bah bye.
Look at that last line. We knew that had to be one of that aspects.
So the alliance is going to publish media. It will essentially have a segment of it that will deal with promoting the message of moderate Islam and publicizing it. How awesome is that?
Any intelligence service will tell you the first rule of thumb is what? Follow the money! No brainer. How can anyone not love what the general is saying so far?
So they've already started? Wow, they're moving right along!
Joint counter-terrorism military exercises to develop and sharpen interoperability. Who doesn't love military exercises and how could you do wrong with that? Even COIN exercises between member nations wouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities.
Intelligence. Identifying the culprits who are funding these evil cretins and seize their assets and punish them with extreme prejudice. I'll say it again, who wouldn't love to see any of this stuff in full action? Cretin crushing is super enjoyable because it saves innocent lives.
Most likely the biggest priority is suffocating these vermins' access to social media of any kind. Websites, chat rooms, servers, social platforms like Facebook, SnapChat, Twitter even YouTube whatever. Have a dedicated high-tech crew monitor all these sites and weed out any potential abuser terrorist and cut their access immediately. This is really where the first line of offense should be. Do that, find their location, drop a GBU-12 on them and move to the next ones until they're vanquished.
