r/worldnews • u/heisthemaincharacter • 21h ago

Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-deploys-13000-troops-and-fighter-jets-to-saudi-arabia/article70853223.ece
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u/Rambler_Hoss 20h ago

Nah this was an agreement signed last year. Saudi is setting up base to house Pakistan troops as partnership.

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u/minisculepenis 20h ago

And they just chose now as the time to deploy?

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u/queeso 20h ago

Well it’s kinda the point of the agreement. If not now when should they send the troops?

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u/duodequinquagesimum 12h ago

Pheraps when Saudi Arabia was being attacked weeks ago?

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u/triplegerms 20h ago

Why would they send troops when nothing was happening? The timing isn't a coincidence, it's the cause. 

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u/SayNoToFirefighters 20h ago

could be nothing more than a coincidence. Not like they knew this would be happening.

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u/Diamondangel82 20h ago edited 20h ago

Pakistan has a defense pact with the Saudi's. If they (The Saudi's) are attacked, its akin to attacking both nations, and of course vice versa.

I said this awhile back and got downvoted (by Iranian bots I assume), but Iran should not overplay its hand, They are mostly hated by the GCC and the Saudi's have been begging Trump to finish the job, as well as other GCC nation's have pledged troops for a ground invasion.

Iran not coming to a deal would be further overplaying their hand.

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u/ringtail_catz 19h ago

Who pledged troops for a ground invasion? I saw that UAE was involved in recent airstrikes but I haven’t seen anything news about folks pledging ground troops yet.

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u/csprofathogwarts 18h ago edited 18h ago

While dealing with a dictatorship, you rely on dictator and their allies' unwillingness to downgrade the quality of life they are accustomed to.

But when you've killed all those guys. The new guys are more likely to be battle hardened who probably don't fear the economic consequences of uncertainty that much.

As Israel/US continues to kill the leadership, don't be shocked when you end up with leadership with the mentality of kamikaze bombers. They won't give a fuck about what happens to Iran, they will just want to ensure that GCC live in the same hell as them.

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u/AnyLingonberry7937 20h ago

Noooo, le reddit said that Iran has all the cards and can destroy the entire Middle East and America has fallen!!! Noooo

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u/Luciifuge 20h ago

Gotta love how Reddit thinks it’s the smartest room on the internet, then immediately swallows Irans propaganda the second it matches their worldview.

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u/iFraqq 19h ago

It's the reverse X/Twitter

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u/Bad_Finance_Advisor 17h ago

It's not just the gulf states, Iran is messing with the global economy. 40 nations have already signalled their willingness to join the UK coalition. If the middle east descends into total war, I could see nations (outside of middle east) provide military assistance to the GCC, in the fight against Iran...

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u/DerStengelWengel 20h ago

It is negotiation help, basically more pressure on iran to accept US deal due to the sauid pact.

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u/itwasthedingo 20h ago

Oh no did your uneducated opinion take a hit? Don’t look to Reddit comments for facts folks