tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post7039775320559625727..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: To The Emirati People : Are Not You Sad For This Scene ??Zeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-5475424545064365222010-01-12T03:29:47.156+02:002010-01-12T03:29:47.156+02:00this is a uncool...this is a uncool...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-29694320955975482042009-05-27T12:08:20.073+03:002009-05-27T12:08:20.073+03:00Emirati people are smart and know well they can't ...Emirati people are smart and know well they can't defend themselves against Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-76476466635504114482009-05-27T08:13:15.425+03:002009-05-27T08:13:15.425+03:00I can't answer for the foreign military bases. We ...I can't answer for the foreign military bases. We know that since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 there has been increased military cooperation between the Gulf States and the US, also the US forces in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait act as a form of deterrence against Iran. But I don't understand why France is setting up a base in the UAE. I know about the French base in Djibouti but why the UAE?<br /><br />In regards to the question of the huge weapons deals with the US and the UK, these weapons serve as a strategic reserve. Someone once asked the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia when he bought 80 F-16 fighters: "Why does your country buy so much weapons when you have a defence agreement with the US?" He answered by saying that the majority of those weapons are for future regional wars.<br /><br />Back in 1973 when we were fighting Israel, our war plan was limited by the fact that we didn't have enough ammunition and spare parts supplies. So after that war the Joint Arab Defence Committee in the Arab League decided that there has to be a strategic reserve of weapons, ammunition and spare parts. That's why the Gulf states are buying so much now.<br /><br />Finally the weapons systems are another form of defence for the US and Israel against Iran. For example there is an agreement with the UAE to install the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) missile system designed to intercept Iranian missiles before they reach Israel or Europe. It's like an advanced Patriot network.<br /><br />It's all a big game and everyone is gaining something from it.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620301410511280066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-49352355641891383812009-05-27T04:15:57.510+03:002009-05-27T04:15:57.510+03:00I could not agree with you more! Grow some spine p...I could not agree with you more! Grow some spine people!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com