Saudi Arabia Is Making Its First Real Attempt to Be a Military Power (JMD quoted on Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia Is
Making Its First
Real Attempt to
Be a Military
Power
by Glen Carey
4:00 AM SGT
May 14, 2015
Saudi King Salman, left, and his son Mohammed bin Salman, deputy crown prince and defense minister. Photographer: Hassan Ammar/AP Photo
In the more assertive Saudi Arabia that’s emerging after the
Arab Spring, war is no longer taboo as an instrument of poli…