Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on May 28, 2017 2:56:58 GMT
Bevo:
[/quote]Iran would CRUSH Saudi Arabia in a war... maybe not quickly, but.. surely. Saudi Arabia has the best weapons that money can buy. But, they lack a key ingredient: People. Iran has PLENTY of those.
Europe, India, Russia and China are all doing a great deal of commerce with Iran. The growth rate, and potential there is high. Business is Easy, because... they pretty much need everything. The problem is: Iran's government continues to support anti-Israel terrorist and Anti-American causes at every turn. Giving them money is pretty much like paying for the rope to hang ourselves.
You're right... getting out of this stupid deal with them is not so simple. I've always known that to be true, no matter what Trump said on the campaign trail. Until/unless Iran shows themselves to be non-compliant, it's difficult for us to just walk out of the deal.
It would be GREAT if Iran started behaving like a modern country. They would be accepted into the "normal" Western world in a flash. Sadly, they don't. I don't think Trump is fooled.
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"Saudi Arabia and Iran are historic foes. Saudi, being predominantly Sunni, and Iran, being the center of Shiite Islam, consider themselves as the champions of their own respective religions. While they have had no direct armed confrontations, they have certainly engaged in numerous diplomatic squabbles and war of words. This has worsened when Saudi openly gave its support to the rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria, long considered as Iran’s closest ally. As such, a military conflict between the two countries is not a question of ‘if,’ it is a question of ‘when.’
Economically, Saudi Arabia has a long lead over Iran. Saudi’s economy is driven by its massive oil and petroleum deposits (Saudi is the second largest oil producer in the world). Iran, too, has massive oil fields, but production is extremely hampered by technological backlog and by Western sanctions brought about by Iranian nuclear development, long suspected to veil nuclear weapons’ development.
Militarily, the two countries are not far apart, with Iran taking a small lead over the Kingdom. The economic and military isolation of the country due to the US-led sanctions has not caused Iran to cower and give in to foreign pressure; instead, it has made itself militarily independent by developing and creating ingenious weapons systems. In sheer size, Iran’s military is pretty massive with its army three times the size as that of Saudi’s. The Iranian army is equipped with numerous locally-developed Zulfiqar tanks. Saudi’s tank arsenal does not have as many, but they are comprised mostly of the technologically-superior and battle-tested American M1 Abrams. Saudi is one of the world’s biggest military spenders, and it has purchased the most advanced military hardware from the US, UK, France, China, among others.
The Iranian navy, too, has numerical superiority. However, numerical superiority nowadays is hardly synonymous with overall power. Saudi’s navy is nearly a fifth the size of Iran’s, but the former’s navy is well equipped with technologically-advanced ships and naval aircraft.
Saudi has invested much on its air force. Currently, its air force is among Middle-East’s most formidable forces with its arsenal of F-15s and Eurotyphoons. It is also on the track to buy the coveted F-35 Multi-Role Joint Strike Fighter of the US. Iran has a sizeable air force, but it is equipped with an ageing fleet of F-14 Tomcats."
www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Iran/Saudi-Arabia/Military
[/quote]Iran would CRUSH Saudi Arabia in a war... maybe not quickly, but.. surely. Saudi Arabia has the best weapons that money can buy. But, they lack a key ingredient: People. Iran has PLENTY of those.
Europe, India, Russia and China are all doing a great deal of commerce with Iran. The growth rate, and potential there is high. Business is Easy, because... they pretty much need everything. The problem is: Iran's government continues to support anti-Israel terrorist and Anti-American causes at every turn. Giving them money is pretty much like paying for the rope to hang ourselves.
You're right... getting out of this stupid deal with them is not so simple. I've always known that to be true, no matter what Trump said on the campaign trail. Until/unless Iran shows themselves to be non-compliant, it's difficult for us to just walk out of the deal.
It would be GREAT if Iran started behaving like a modern country. They would be accepted into the "normal" Western world in a flash. Sadly, they don't. I don't think Trump is fooled.
[/quote]
"Saudi Arabia and Iran are historic foes. Saudi, being predominantly Sunni, and Iran, being the center of Shiite Islam, consider themselves as the champions of their own respective religions. While they have had no direct armed confrontations, they have certainly engaged in numerous diplomatic squabbles and war of words. This has worsened when Saudi openly gave its support to the rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria, long considered as Iran’s closest ally. As such, a military conflict between the two countries is not a question of ‘if,’ it is a question of ‘when.’
Economically, Saudi Arabia has a long lead over Iran. Saudi’s economy is driven by its massive oil and petroleum deposits (Saudi is the second largest oil producer in the world). Iran, too, has massive oil fields, but production is extremely hampered by technological backlog and by Western sanctions brought about by Iranian nuclear development, long suspected to veil nuclear weapons’ development.
Militarily, the two countries are not far apart, with Iran taking a small lead over the Kingdom. The economic and military isolation of the country due to the US-led sanctions has not caused Iran to cower and give in to foreign pressure; instead, it has made itself militarily independent by developing and creating ingenious weapons systems. In sheer size, Iran’s military is pretty massive with its army three times the size as that of Saudi’s. The Iranian army is equipped with numerous locally-developed Zulfiqar tanks. Saudi’s tank arsenal does not have as many, but they are comprised mostly of the technologically-superior and battle-tested American M1 Abrams. Saudi is one of the world’s biggest military spenders, and it has purchased the most advanced military hardware from the US, UK, France, China, among others.
The Iranian navy, too, has numerical superiority. However, numerical superiority nowadays is hardly synonymous with overall power. Saudi’s navy is nearly a fifth the size of Iran’s, but the former’s navy is well equipped with technologically-advanced ships and naval aircraft.
Saudi has invested much on its air force. Currently, its air force is among Middle-East’s most formidable forces with its arsenal of F-15s and Eurotyphoons. It is also on the track to buy the coveted F-35 Multi-Role Joint Strike Fighter of the US. Iran has a sizeable air force, but it is equipped with an ageing fleet of F-14 Tomcats."
www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Iran/Saudi-Arabia/Military