War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt

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Shaka of Carthage RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 7/17/2003 3:55:10 PM

Egypt. Look at the manpower and population totals the two nations have. Saudi Arabia is not some scaled down version of the US, with the ability to conduct warfare ala PGMs.

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giblets RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 7/18/2003 3:41:57 AM

If you look in the Saudi arabia section there is an item on Paper tiger minus the tiger, Egypt has at least shown it is willing to fight, and has some modern abrams tanks.

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Heorot RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 7/18/2003 6:04:28 AM

Egypts 6th army did very well against the Israelis in their last war. The Israelis couldn't break in to thier position and lost a lot of materiel trying. The Egyptian troops realised that it was possible to fight the Israelis and not lose. The face this gave them is the reason they were able to negotiate a fair peace. Confidence is a crucial factor in Arab armies and I suspect that this confidence would give the Egyptians a considerable edge.

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df-10 RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 8/18/2003 2:21:45 AM

I say Saudi Arabia would win because Saudi Arabia would have the backing from countries like USA Britian.

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giblets RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 8/18/2003 3:36:54 AM

Good point df-10, however, that would be due to oil, though, Egypt has the Suez canal it could use as a barganing chip. What reason would the war start? Thinkthat woudl have a major bearing on 'sides'. On their own, my money would be on Egypt.

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Thomas RE:War between Saudia Arabia and Egypt 8/18/2003 4:03:00 AM

I'm not so sure the west would support Saudi. If Egypt could get the fundamentalists under some sort of control and become somewhat like Turkey - why should the west support the Saudies???

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df-10 TO: giblets 8/18/2003 5:41:58 AM

well don't forget Saudi Arabia has the worlds largest oil reservise in the world.

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AlbanyRifles My money is on the Egyptians 8/18/2003 8:21:53 AM

Having attended several US Army schools with officers of both countries, I found the Egyptians to be much more professional than the Saudis. Having said that, who would be the home team and who would away team? What would be the reason for the war?

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swhitebull RE:My money is on the Egyptians 8/18/2003 8:50:08 AM

Good point by Albany- you need to set the context for the conflict, in geopolitical terms BEFORE you start lobbing missiles at each other- ASSUMING that these coutnries act in a rational manner (and if the Saud's are toppled by a radical islam movement, all bets are off- though I surmise that 1) it wouldnt last longer than the 1st MEB can land; or 2) the other Arab countries wouldnt tolerate such a regime in their midsts; or 3) Israel takes it out themselves if they perceive their existence threatened.) Aside from Egypt's "excursion" and use of Poison Gas against the Yemenis under Gamel Abd-Al Nasser, (IIRC, it was the BAD communist Yemenis, rather than the GOOD communist Yemenis (I confuse the 2 countries there at the tie), Egypt has shown NO interest to get involved OVERTLY in Arabian Peninsular affairs, other than to keep the REd Sea open for Canal traffic. Should there be a perceived threat to its shipping lanes (as Israel did from Egypt in 1956 and 1967) THAT could be construed as casus belli, and lead to armed conflict between the two nations. Clearly, this WOULDNT be a land war- it would have to be fought primarily between air and naval forces (with a couple of IRBMs thrown in for good measure). How about we discuss the capabilities in THESE arenas, given this basis for a conflict. swhitebull

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giblets RE:My money is on the Egyptians 8/18/2003 11:00:56 AM

another imnportant point would be the fact that Saudi is the home is Islam, the majority of muslim countries would be VERY concerned with the west joining any invasion of Saudi, think the support would mainly be equipment and intel for this reason. Obviously this depends on the surrounding arab states, and as I think we all realise here. What is the context for war?

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