i get what ur saying but i think Yemen is more about maritime route control.
Arabs were never the Vikings of any sea...I can see Egypt or Israel being worried about the importance of Bab el Mendab for their national security, but to Saudi Arabia or the Émirats?[/QUOTE]
Sure. Expect for the same Arabs from Arabia controlling the Arabian Sea (hence it being called the Arabian Sea) and Indian Ocean trade for millennia.
The world's largest trade for millennia.
But seeing who I am replying to, I know that I am wasting my time.
Arabian sailors discovered numerous islands in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles) and spread Islam via the maritime route to all of Eastern Africa (Swahili coastline and Swahili is an Arabic word and the Swahili language is full of Arabic loanwords), Sri Lanka (The Sri Lankan Moors say hello), Southern India, Sindh and of course South East Asia where 5 million descadnents of Arabians live to this day. Hence why Indonesians (largest Muslim country in the world) follow the Shafi'i fiqh which Yemenis (Hadhramis) and Hijazis also follow by large.
Arabians (Omanis) used to rule those parts of the world not long ago.
Influence is still felt everywhere to this day.
In fact Arabs had monopoly on trade until Columbus and Vasco Da Gama which is why both used Arab sailors and navigators on their first many voyages.....
And 6000-5000 years ago ancient Semitic civilizations native to Arabia (Sumer, Dilmun, Magan etc.) used to trade with the IVC and vice versa.
https://www.harappa.com/answers/was...rious-provided-balance-mesopotamian-ivc-trade
To this day 10-15% of all the world's trade passes through the Red Sea (Arabia) which is why Yemen is crucial.
Speaking about Vikings, the same Arabs used to raid Vikings as far north as Iceland itself. Some ended up (slaves) in Najd and elsewhere in the Arab world later to be assimilated.
Tyrkjaránið – Arab Pirates in Iceland
http://www.strangehistory.net/2010/05/30/tyrkjaranið-arab-pirates-in-iceland/
Trolls on PDF are just too easy. Parroting the same moronic nonsense. A few minutes of ones time and a few factual statements and facts and their bullshit (one-liners typically) is ripped apart.
BTW comparing the joke that were the Vikings with Arabs who ruled empires literally 20 times larger and much more influential and larger parts of Europe than Vikings ruled of territory inside Europe (Arabs ruled all of Spain, Portugal for almost 800 years, parts of Southern France, Sicily, Malta, parts of Southern Italy, Crete, Cyprus etc.) is a joke seen only on PDF.
The same Arabs used to raid freaking Iceland and used to employ Vikings as mercenaries and slaves. The same Vikings that had no problems conquering all of England and Northern France.
Speaking about Yemen (where less than 8.000 civilians have died) if KSA wanted, half of Yemen would be looking like Aleppo today. Carpet bombed to the last house. There would be nothing left. Even chemical weapons could be used as well. However that is not how you win over the locals who by large are in support of the Yemeni army and Arab coalition. KSA is no Russia that is located 1500 km away from Syria. Yemen is next door and we share an almost 2000 km long border with them. One of the longest national borders in the world in fact. Can't afford to have all the potential (almost 30 million people and quickly growing) against KSA. "Geniuses" on PDF don't grasp this simple fact.
Hudaydah has barely lasted for 3 months while the campaign is similar to Mosul which lasted over 10 months and which was supported (100 times more) by the entire West, the US air force leading the way daily. A joke to compare but whom am I speaking too? Some ignorant and dumb nobodies on a Pakistani forum. Quite sad that I bother even to reply.
You already wasted your time by responding so why ask a redundant question? Is this your excuse for when your crappy, diversionary, statistically-uninformed arguments are destroyed? Lack of an answer just means you lost, so dont go for any smart sounding excuses now. And yes, you followed instructions like a dog regarding ranting about Nigerians. You call me clueless because in reality for someone who isnt directly associated with the middle east i'm quite knowledgeable. thank you!
You dont control Hodeidah, and you dont control 90% of Yemen or even 90% of the populated parts of Yemen. are you living in a Saudi dreamer cloud of what? why does controlling Yemen's oil and gas matter when you already have so much? see why this war is stupid? You just tried to give irrelevant side points to divert from the fact that you guys are losing the war. you better pull out soon b4 your profit turns to losses.
what does people caring about my rambling have to do with anything? you and
@500 are for sure different sides of the same coin. you both love using distracting irrelevant facts to win/avoid losing arguments. its a sure pattern."you can write that 1million saudi soldiers.."blah blah blah...you're hypothetical ramblings like that are definitely irrelevant to this topic. Why would no country be able to control 90% of yemen but KSA would be able to? what makes KSA that capable when they cant even send 15K soldiers into Sanaa to end the war?the militarily incompetent is boasting to be military competent. what a joke. you're just spewing BS tbh.
what a joker!!! Iran was holding off - US, UK, France, Qatar, Turkey, KSA, UAE, PGCC, NATO b4 Russia even came into the war. Yes, tons of men were dying, but Assad was still holding onto a good chunk of the country. Your incompetent country on the other hand is facing only Yemen rebels with some Iranian help and you cant even route them after 3.5 years. whose the incompetent one now? plus America gave you all the best weapons it has, PLUS targetting intelligence, and you still cant win. shame on your lazy, fat, incompetent, out of shape stupid military.Iran definitely wouldnt start a war the size of yemen because Iran is too smart to know that you dont start a stupid war like that, but you guys were smart enough to start that war and where are you now?Yemen is your Vietnam. KSA wont keep losing for 10 yrs, who are you BSing? for one your troops and civilians morale will be very low and support for the war will drop so you will pull out. Your useless IMFAT cant even save you guys. You guys cant even take arab Iraq from Iran's hold and you never will. I just have to give it to you this time to show you that your brainwashing propaganda is noticed and not working.
Not interested in your nonsense Nigerian clown. Instead of blabbering and obsessing about topics that you are clearly completely clueless about and which do not concern you, I would worry about the misery that Nigeria is and the 100.000's if not millions of Nigerians migrates that are escaping on tiny boats to Europe where most are working as prostitutes and similar jobs. I frankly did not read your nonsense either, once again. Not only Europe, your likes are desperate to reach the GCC as well although we tend to deal differently with you (deportations) although a few illegals remain until caught later.
I just want to write, other than what I wrote (in general) that KSA is controlling 90% of Yemen, all the oil and gas, all main ports, economic heartland (Aden) etc. for years now (almost 2 years now) all those with minimal casualties and while reconstructing an entire new Yemeni army that is doing and SHOULD be doing most of the fighting but heavily aided by KSA and the Arab coalition on the ground and particular (completely) in the air. This after the Houthi terrorist cult controlling 90% of Yemen with the exception of eastern Hadhramaut.
The war is fully financed with Yemeni oil and gas with the agreement of the Yemeni government which is only natural as we are helping them restore law and order.
Houthis are the most numerous and most heavily armed terrorist group in the world (which terrorist group is armed with ballistic missiles, tanks etc. you name it) and a significant portion of the previous Yemeni army which is no pushover either for regional/Muslim standards in one of the most mountainous countries in the world and a country that is famous for being extremely difficult to control and which most powers, expect fellow Arabians, never controlled fully.
All this with minimal civilian causalities in Yemen compared to Syria where they are 20 times higher despite that war being only twice as long (7 years vs 3.5 years).
This is Sana'a in September 2018.
This is Aleppo:
You and your likes can post all the propaganda you want to. The truth is out there which is why all powers of the world are taking the side of KSA. Including newly elected socialist government of Spain that contains to sell weapons to KSA.
Stick to watching your beloved terrorist cult being crushed and watching them attacking trucks full of aid that reaches the few areas that still live under the terrorist cults yoke.
KSA and the Arab coalition is on the side of truth and righteousness this time around and continues to gain new ground each day along our Yemeni brothers and sisters. An ancient and beautiful country like Yemen (one of the oldest nation states in the world) will rise once again. Huge potential. Smart people. First, like in many countries of the world, terrorists and similar bad apples need to be neutralized and innocents will die (unfortunately) in the process just like 1000's upon 1000's died when Mosul was liberated from ISIS after 10 months and daily air raids from all powers of the world, including KSA which was part of the international coalition.
