View Single Post
Old 09-17-19, 08:54 AM   #46
Bilge_Rat
Silent Hunter
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: standing watch...
Posts: 3,856
Downloads: 344
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skybird View Post

Or was it Israel? They have the means, and the motive could be to bring SA into an open war against Israel's biggest enemy, Iran. But that would be quite a dimension for a secret operation by Israel. No, I think I attribute the missile attacks now to the same attacker who is responsible for the mine attacks in past weeks. And I do not think that was Israel either.
Israel has become a de facto ally of Saudi Arabia over the past years since they have a common enemy: Iran. That has allowed them to break their decades long diplomatic isolation in the region. I don't see any upside for Israel to be behind the attack.
__________________
Bilge_Rat is offline   Reply With Quote