Saudi Arabia wants even more German MBTs

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Originally Posted by Skybird

. . when they saw TV images of Saudi tanks rolling into Bahrein.

The troops, not tanks, were there at the invitation of the Bahraini government, it wasn't Saudi wanting lebensraum.

. . . please note that the Bahraini government appealed to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Peninsula Shield forces to enter the Kingdom and help protect vital strategic interests during the days of violence and security unrest.

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And the thirty tanks seen crossing the King Fahd Causeway on the back of trailers were Bahraini tanks returning from Kuwait.

On the same day, however, the Bahraini government admitted to the existence of the tanks; although it insisted that the vehicles in question had been of Bahraini, not Saudi, origin.
;There are no Saudi Arabian tanks in Bahrain,; Bahrain's information ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement went on to claim that the tanks identified in news reports as having crossed the border Monday evening were Bahraini tanks returning from Kuwait, where they had taken part in national day celebrations.
Tanks identified Monday evening were Bahraini tanks returning from Kuwait National Day celebrations, where military from several allied countries participated in an event commemorating Kuwait's liberation in 1991,; the statement noted.
Bahrain government says no Saudi tanks in country
Kuwait National Day, which commemorates Kuwait's liberation from the British in 1961, falls on February 25. Kuwait Liberation Day, which commemorates the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in 1991, falls on February 26.

[Skybird]

One tyranic autocracy asked another tyrannic autocracy for help, and the latter sent troops and armoured personell carriers to crack down on protesters.

Around 60 people are said to have been shot to death. The number of wounded is unknown, but estimated to be several times as high.

The sectarian violence goes on until today.

And so one of the five owning families of Krauss-Maffay says they were shocked by those Saudi tanks/troops/carriers/whatever moving into Bahrain and helping in putting down protest.

I do not take side in the Bahraini mess. The opposition probabbly is the same kind of fundamentalist mess like in Egypt, Libya, Syria. I just think it is not wise to give our best weapons into the hands of our worst enemies that smile in our faces while they finance terror against us, finance Salafist violence in Germany (currently a prominent chain of events unfolding over here), and rfemain to be an enemy to Israel, all the time arming themselves as well to crck down on any protest movement of their own. The Leopard-2A7 is streamlined for urban warfare and thus is an ideal platform to supress riots or fight in urban civil war.