Saudi Lists 'Terror' Groups, Orders Foreign Fighters Home

this report can only be false, there are no saudis fighting in syria!!

i agree with one thing: there is a major offensive being prepared in the south. israel has decided to extend the buffer zone in the Golan, so they will be sending the monkeys they trained in Jordan to try that. but like the entire plan failed all over syria, this one will too. i'm just glad in advance that thousands of these israeli puppets will be crushed.

(1). I don't wish to sound critical of anyone in this forum, even though I feel that some posts are truly childish to say the least, the same tune, tit for tat personal derogation and slurs, but anyway that's another subject altogether. I repeat my absolute admiration for Texas' post, despite some of my brothers here trying to diminish its value, the post is well researched and shows the far-reaching implications of the Syrian war. Only yesterday, in another thread did I mention the fact that the Syrians themselves are only pawns, moved by the bigger powers who at the end of the day have their own interest that come first. What Texas has written makes a lot of sense, now whether we like it or not remains our option, but it won't change the fact, that the war in Syria is now entering a new phase.

(2). This new phase will bring about a more deadly reality to this war, one whose implications will affect us all, starting from the Syrians themselves to everyone else involved in this war. The big players, namely the US and Russia first in line, then the EU following closely behind, then the regional powers like the KSA and Israel to mention some. For 3 years, this war was left to be a ragtag one, but now that seemingly more durable lines are being drawn, this war will become a lot more organized. Of course, we Lebanese are still stuck way down, between who is with M8 and M14, whilst the very sand under our feet is being remolded. All said and done, the big boys are now beginning to cut the cake into their liking and inking.

(3). The year 2014 could be bringing a lot of surprises to us all, some will suffer permanently, others will benefit. No one can predict what this Summer will bring to Lebanon as everything is being decided well out of our frontiers. The Syrian war is not about to end, but about to take a new dimension, and we Lebanese seemingly are now standing first in line for the war's fallout. I would like to warn, if I may, that we are now well past jokes, or making fun of each other, we are now well past sitting in campus lawns and exchanging sarcasm of different kinds. I don't know if anyone knows yet the value of the word UNITY, maybe now it will cause laughter to some, tears to others, but if we only know the value of unity, then tonight no one will sleep, in eagerness of repairing our divisions. All I can say is please, let us stand as one people, for what is about to come will spare no one.

(4). When the Yom Kipur war broke out in October 1973, I was barely into my teens and living in the UK. But there things that people don't forget. I remember seeing on ITV and other TV stations how taxi drivers suddenly parked their taxis, cooks, lawyers, doctors, plumbers, electricians, etc...headed to the airport and landed in Israel wearing full uniforms, bearing their ranks and joined their respective platoons with full arms. The same scenario took place almost everywhere from major world capitals. OK, the war went on to be won by Israel thanks to a massive air bridge made by the US, and this to oppose the Soviet one for the Arab countries. So far so good.

(5). But what marked the world, as it did to me, was when the Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia pressured OPEC to bring about a total Oil boycott of the West, US first in line. Power soon went out, diner by candle light, even Paris, London, Rome, Bonn, New York etc... went dark. Life ground to a near standstill. Petrol at the time was almost as cheap as drinking water, surged to incredible heights, drawing designs of total catastrophe to the world economies. The boycott probably hurt the KSA and Opec possibly more, since we all know about the world being a global economy, but then, the world changed. Today, no matter how we feel about the KSA, we need to understand the importance this kingdom has for the US and the West.

(6). Despite the huge efforts deployed since by the US and the West to reduce their dependency on Fossil Fuel, including now the exploration of what is known as SHALE Oil, (once thought too costly, now made viable with the higher oil costs), OIL remains possibly the most important commodity yet. No matter what may happen in the Middle East, the KSA and the Gulf countries will remain for both the US and its Western allies, their most priced partners. It is therefore incumbent on us all, to understand the realities and dynamics of this intricate relationship, that prioritizes these countries over our interests. Now to come to the present, despite my sheer dislike of the KSA's role in the Syrian war, yet, no one can deny that whenever the KSA sneezes, we will all catch a cold.

(7). This is the will of the US, closely toed by the West and sadly we can't do much about it. has anyone taken a good look at the recent developments, Ukraine, the Crimean, Sochi, Russia's swift taking of it's once region the Crimean? Venezuela, the Syrian war...the world is moving, shifting, and unless we ant to be caught off-guard, it would be best that we prepare ourselves. The day when you see all cars in the US and the West drive on Hydrogen or renewable energy, when planes fly on bio-fuel, would you feel reason to change your mind, until then.