Saudis give Lebanese regime $3 billion for their army.
BBC News - Saudi Arabia 'to give Lebanon army $3bn grant'
As soon as this is announced the Lebanese army attacks Syrian planes.
Lebanese army fired on Syrian planes, officials say - CBS News
The fact is the Saudis are throwing billions and billions of dollars away in to these conflicts around the middle-east. Everyone knows that this "sudden" Saudi "generosity" is aimed at weaking Hizbullah and Syria. However the Shia are the biggest single ethnic/sectarian group in Lebanon and Hizbullah influence cannot be removed just like that.
The fact is the Assad government is probably going to win the war whether the Saudis like it or not. The Lebanese army will never be as strong as the ideologically motivated Hizbullah, and the Lebanese army itself consists of many Shias (who support Hizbullah).
The Lebanese if they are clever will milk free Saudi cash and just pretend they will fight the Saudis proxy war against Syria.
However the Saudis might also be looking just to ignite a war in Lebanon anyway as Lebanon is a volatile cocktail of different ethno-religious groups.
Most of these weapons that the Saudis will fund, will be French weapons.
The French president, Hollande, was in Saudi recently.
BBC News - Saudi Arabia 'to give Lebanon army $3bn grant'
As soon as this is announced the Lebanese army attacks Syrian planes.
Lebanese army fired on Syrian planes, officials say - CBS News
The fact is the Saudis are throwing billions and billions of dollars away in to these conflicts around the middle-east. Everyone knows that this "sudden" Saudi "generosity" is aimed at weaking Hizbullah and Syria. However the Shia are the biggest single ethnic/sectarian group in Lebanon and Hizbullah influence cannot be removed just like that.
The fact is the Assad government is probably going to win the war whether the Saudis like it or not. The Lebanese army will never be as strong as the ideologically motivated Hizbullah, and the Lebanese army itself consists of many Shias (who support Hizbullah).
The Lebanese if they are clever will milk free Saudi cash and just pretend they will fight the Saudis proxy war against Syria.
However the Saudis might also be looking just to ignite a war in Lebanon anyway as Lebanon is a volatile cocktail of different ethno-religious groups.
Most of these weapons that the Saudis will fund, will be French weapons.
The French president, Hollande, was in Saudi recently.











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