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News & Current Events Apr 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM

Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

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Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
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Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to enhance military coordination and regional security.
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inotparanoid Apr 12, 2026 +4101
AaaS - Army as a Service.
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Xaendro Apr 12, 2026 +973
We're going back to mercenary state days!
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broniskis45 Apr 12, 2026 +270
Like metal gear solid 4 with stupider AI
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niz_loc Apr 12, 2026 +65
I literally just dug out a ps3 from the garage to play MG4 Still and always will be the best one
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Saranshobe Apr 12, 2026 +25
Coming to modern consoles soon.
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VeganShitposting Apr 12, 2026 +12
> Still and always will be the best one Good god it's the absolute worst in the series. The amount of actual gameplay is like 1 tenth of the game, the rest is ridiculously drawn out exposition. Act 3 is a complete waste of time.
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TomKavees Apr 12, 2026 +37
Time to re-read The Prince, i guess
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MATlad Apr 12, 2026 +140
'The Art of War', because none of these dunces have. * "If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him." * "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." * "The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom." * "Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley." * **"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical. No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are. Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact."**
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AsiaticOne Apr 12, 2026 +10
“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by”. All Iran has to do is outlast the US/Israel military campaign and they be will victorious. Vietcong did it, Taliban did it.
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CRUSTBUSTICUS Apr 12, 2026 +152
Militaires Sans Frontières
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johndoe201401 Apr 12, 2026 +75
What brutal drone attack on Dubai taught me about b2b aaas.
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alterom Apr 12, 2026 +27
*LinkedIn PTSD flashbacks intensify*
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laforet Apr 12, 2026 +73
This is what Paul Kagame has been up to in the last decade - offer the Rwandan army for hire on the c**** as UN peacekeepers so everyone would be too indebted to him to say anything about his proxy war in Congo.
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Nomer77 Apr 12, 2026 +47
Offering your troops as UN Peacekeepers is a bit of a different thing though than what Pakistan is doing for KSA. It is arguably a bit more formal/respectable and is less threatening to the sovereignty of the country you send them to. Plus it is a way to not have to pay the expense of having a standing army and get them access to equipment/training on the dine of wealthier countries. There are many countries that are well known for having their armies largely be subsidized by UN deployments (South Asia and maritime Southeast Asia are especially prolific at this).
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TotallyInOverMyHead Apr 12, 2026 +8
Anyone remember the peacekeepers from Black Hawk Down ?
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Royal-Hunter3892 Apr 12, 2026 +255
That's front end service you forget their backend service TaaS - Terrorism as a Service.
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VancityRenaults Apr 12, 2026 +103
Combine them and you get the name of the perfect company: AaaSTaaStic
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terry496 Apr 12, 2026 +10
Line drive HR👍🏾
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yelirkram Apr 12, 2026 +69
AaaS is NOT the backend?
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Electrical_Job55 Apr 12, 2026 +18
For Pakistan is one and the same thing
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Hegde137 Apr 12, 2026 +17
Almost spit in my coffee 😂
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Ok-Camp-7285 Apr 12, 2026 +8
Modern mercenaries
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heisthemaincharacter Apr 12, 2026 +79
LMAO funniest shit I've read in a while 🤣
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Free-Initiative7508 Apr 12, 2026 +8
Cant wait for the Asspocalyse
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Fuckyoursadface Apr 12, 2026 +5
They have an alliance. By your logic, all of Europe is AaaS for America.
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MeMeRevieweR_23 Apr 12, 2026 +12
can't wait for NaaS. That'll be the end of the world
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altacan Apr 12, 2026 +31
There's rumors the Saudi's already have an agreement with Pakistan in case Iran actually goes nuclear. They've already bought Chinese ICBM's which would be way overkill if they're only using them for conventional bombardment.
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Federal_Cupcake_304 Apr 12, 2026 +16
Also way overkill when it’s not on a different continent. Could practically throw it across.
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +11
For saudi it makes sense if comes to nuke war with either isreal or iran in future even though highly unlikely but if they buy ICBM from China nukes from pak atleast they have a deterrent ..
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MysteryReddit420 Apr 12, 2026 +4316
So, if I understand correctly: 1. USA and Israel will attack Iran. 2. Iran will be attacking USA and Israel. 3. If Iran attacks Saudi Arabia, then Pakistan has to attack Iran. 4. Pakistan + Gulf Countries + USA + Israel VERSUS Iran. 5. Pakistan (which doesn't recognize Israel and has in its passport that the Pakistani passport is not valid for Israel), will attack an enemy of Israel? 6. Pakistan's biggest Sovereign Creditor is China. Most Pakistani Jets and Weapons are Chinese. 7. China is allegedly supporting Iran. 8. Pakistan will fight against an alleged ally of China with Chinese weapons. I'm curious to see how the Pakistani public reacts to them being in a conflict on the same side as Israel. Interesting times.
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Sidonkey Apr 12, 2026 +1346
It’s a gang bang moment for Pakistan
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I_am_eating_a_mango Apr 12, 2026 +256
Piper Perakistan meme
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Soothesayers Apr 12, 2026 +18
Piper Peri Peri more like
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Rich_Housing971 Apr 12, 2026 +15
This is what happens when you play all sides of various conflicts, as Pakistan does. People call Vietnam doing "bamboo diplomacy" but they're just doing what Pakistan has done ever since they became a country. You're just betting that no one fights against each other. Eventually you have to pick a side, and you'll get cut off or even pay the price from the other side.
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Sidonkey Apr 12, 2026 +10
They ll pick always a side who gives them loan.
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IGBLINDX Apr 12, 2026 +4
Maybe india also retaliate on the same time,pakishtan is locked from both sides,afgan and india ,figher planes are in saudi ,if it happens prettty bad for Pakistan
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snowballer918 Apr 12, 2026 +6
Gotta appreciate a good gang bang moment
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k_realtor Apr 12, 2026 +425
That’s some Game of Thrones Middle East type shit if true.
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spidereater Apr 12, 2026 +371
China is playing the whole world. Let everyone fight each other and spend resources destroying each other’s resources. Then swoop in and sell everyone more stuff when it’s over.
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KindAdeptness31 Apr 12, 2026 +178
The USA WW2 strategy. You could say the USA is currently akin to how the British Empire was back then.
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AssistX Apr 12, 2026 +120
Nothing like the US ww2 strategy, lol. The US specifically didn't sell to opposing countries like Japan because of their hostile acts in China. It wasn't as if the US was opportunist about it either, they halted profits and sales to countries that were hostile to their allies before the US entered WW2. It was one of the primary reasons Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbour. The US was closer to isolationist during that time than they were war profiteers like China today. If it wasn't for the US Congress agreeing to the Lend-Lease act in 41 we wouldn't have the same Europe today. It was probably the most significant decision by any country during the WW2 era, the US essentially agreed to become the sole equipment supplier for the Allies throughout the 40s without any monetary compensation until after the War. You will never see China do this, their economy couldn't sustain it today. In today's numbers the US government and public took on over $800 billion in debt to fund the equipment being sent to the allies.
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LethargicDemigod Apr 12, 2026 +68
FDR was too good. I hate the US hegemony post-WWII but it was the least extractive and most progressive policy ever by a superpower-war victor.
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AssistX Apr 12, 2026 +30
I don't think we have any leaders or countries in the world that would do the same thing today, unless things got as bad as WW2. If Europe had fallen at all(I think it would have without the Lend-Lease act), the US would have been crushed economically against a victorious Axis. As an American I view it very similar to our constant fight for national healthcare. We don't have politicians today that are willing to go as far as FDR and the US Congress did during WW2. So instead we have an exploitive shitty version(ACA) of it that continues to plague the country, all because our politicians just aren't what they could be.
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UnTides Apr 12, 2026 +4
No it's Trump, and Hegseth (DUI hire), and this Republican Congress who are directing the entire war. Other countries are responding and aligning. Now did the US military have plans for this \[obvious\] issue with the Strait of Hormuz? Or are we just incompetent? \*At this point we've reached several times the casualties of *Benghazi* with attacks on American troops in the region. Yet this same Republican congress, that relentlessly investigated Hillary, isn't even questioning Hegseth
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RelevantOldOnion Apr 12, 2026 +63
LMAO. China literally does *nothing* and yall be like "China is doing *nothing* really Chinese-ey and that's suspicious."
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p_cool_guy Apr 12, 2026 +28
TBF, China hasn't done NOTHING, and in a lot of ways is benefiting from this war. Most of what China has done came before this war and they are now reaping the benefits
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WhitePawn00 Apr 12, 2026 +187
When US/ISR bombed the old khamenei, the Pakistani public had a funeral march/protest/stampede that resulted in deaths, and then they lit a UN building on fire.
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T-MoneyAllDey Apr 12, 2026 +58
March - Protest - Stampede has me laughing
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CampEmbarrassed170 Apr 12, 2026 +298
The same way the Pakistani public reacts when you tell them that their army actually fought against the Palestinians in 1967 and slaughtered over 25,000 Palestinians in the black September uprisings in Jordan. They even made the army general Zia Haq that led that massacre their dictator .
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keepthepace Apr 12, 2026 +58
China is neutral in the same way Switzerland was during WW2: Neutrality is not always a virtue, but it is a stance of cynical efficiency. No one expects China to be especially close, culturally or politically, to Iran's theocracy. They will just happily sell stuff to anyone who is having a hard time with western sanctions. Make it unprofitable (as has been the case on direct military equipment towards Russia) and they will stop without batting an eye. A Hong Kong man once told me "USA will stop loving free market once they realize Chinese are better at trade than they are"
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Aggravating-Pair6080 Apr 12, 2026 +18
The worlds largest gang bang record going to be broken soon.. 
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Barcaroli Apr 12, 2026 +22
>Interesting times. That's one way to put it
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Tearaway32 Apr 12, 2026 +17
Then yada yada yada World War III. It’s like we’ve learned nothing from history.
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Melodic2000 Apr 12, 2026 +2003
13,000? That's a lot of troops!
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +1138
Maybe pakistan is getting more money per troops send, so they may have pushed for 13000-15000 when only 3000 are required ... Never a bad time to make money when your mate is scared ..
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devmagii Apr 12, 2026 +614
Well, Saudi and Qatar both pledged $5bn in new loans to Pakistan, who is now going to be able to pay UAE $3.5bn of their loans. Just FYI for reference, the central bank of a country of 250 million people has just $16Bn forex reserves.
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AK_Panda Apr 12, 2026 +271
>Just FYI for reference, the central bank of a country of 250 million people has just $16Bn forex reserves. I admit, I did not expect that.
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makethislifecount Apr 12, 2026 +289
Yup Pakistan’s economy has been in tatters for a long time. They survive on IMF loans like a crackhead.
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AK_Sole Apr 12, 2026 +78
And Iran looks to their nuclear-armed neighbor with such envy…. Sigh
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BendicantMias Apr 12, 2026 +40
Iran still has better finances lol. They could buy Pakistani nukes, if Islamabad were willing to sell them.
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Farakhi Apr 12, 2026 +10
Pakistan would immediately be crushed with sanctions and lose all of their funding. For an economy that is already on the brink of collapse, not sure they would survive that.
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BestFriendWatermelon Apr 12, 2026 +59
Yeah, I've got a mate who just got out of rehab. He's doing alright now, but the repayments to the IMF are an absolute b****...
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Jescro Apr 12, 2026 +19
I’ve heard those withdrawal symptoms are intense
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0xfeel Apr 12, 2026 +96
That's an hilariously small amount of money to get into war. Just the logistics would make it unfeasible.
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +109
They don't have to do anything.... Even if there a ground war there is zero chance than irani troops actually made it to Saudi .... Pakistani troops get paid just to show up there ... 5 billion for a month ain't bad .. saudi just want pak troops on yemen border in case houthis try to invade or do something silly at border
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0xfeel Apr 12, 2026 +128
It's Minecraft money. The Saudis spend that on Ronaldo alone.
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MaybeTheDoctor Apr 12, 2026 +19
It’s about $12k/day per solider. This is still over 5x of what a Blackwater private security contractor would charge, but I guess there is a premium on deployment “tomorrow” and having nukes as backup.
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UnoriginalStanger Apr 12, 2026 +10
> nukes as backup Nukes aren't gonna be doing anything.
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AnotherWalkingStiff Apr 12, 2026 +41
trump invaded venezuela for 50m barrels of oil. at $100 per barrel, that's $5b ;)
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0xfeel Apr 12, 2026 +28
As I said, an hilarious small amount. The Americans spent more than that just coasting of the coast shooting down fisherman.
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +46
Pakistan whole defencebudget for a year is 9 billion so 5 billion is half their military budget ...
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +129
Have to say pakistan diplomacy is great even after osama was found in pak they have decent relationship with USA , china is their long term ally and middle eastern countries always give them money, military alliance with Saudi and turkey ... They are playing on all sides without doing anything.. even brokered a crease fire even though it failed ... Lol
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Aggravating-Ad8087 Apr 12, 2026 +154
Location, location, location
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PoseidonMax Apr 12, 2026 +60
They have been scrambling actually. They have had probably their closest relationship with Saudi Arabia. Just signed a defense contract with Saudi Arabia actually. So wanted peace quickly otherwise they jump into war. They owe Arabia multiple billions of dollars. Not the most loyal, but they do have to show some force.
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ProfessionalMovie759 Apr 12, 2026 +18
It's not diplomacy. It's location. Pakistan has border with Iran, Afghanistan and India. US, China want their base in Pakistan to gain control over Asia. Pakistan is used as a vessel.
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Suspicious_Stage_652 Apr 12, 2026 +8
Pakistani had its head down and as& up for both China and the US.
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rejectedusernamepile Apr 12, 2026 +31
It also doesn’t hurt that they’re a nuclear power.
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brooklynlad Apr 12, 2026 +10
Everything sounds like an IOU circle jerk.
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RossTheLionTamer Apr 12, 2026 +25
Never a bad time to make money when you're broke af.
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stamfordbridge1191 Apr 12, 2026 +6
The Saudi royal family is also genuinely concerned about their military getting too competent & being able to overthrow them. A war with Iran (and any proxy factions) escalating might see the need to use a lot of troops, and being able to rent Pakistani soldiers could help ensure the Pakistanis get all there experience, and that Saudi troops remain incompetent & unfamiliar with substantial fighting. Plus, the Saudis are probably running out of the Sudanese child soldiers they've been buying the past few years.
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pat_the_catdad Apr 12, 2026 +57
That’s 26,000 boots!
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The_Grungeican Apr 12, 2026 +27
The knees of the many outweigh the knees of the few.
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BeratnasGILF420 Apr 12, 2026 +33
They're probably counting all the military personnel as troops. So a decent chunk of them will be air force ground personnel needed to keep the jets operating. 13000 would be a small division, but the actual army contingent might only be a brigade sized force.
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iPcFc Apr 12, 2026 +25
A division worth of troops. I wonder what they're going to do there in Saudi.
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John_Mark_Corpuz_2 Apr 12, 2026 +24
"Pretty sure only 10,000 of those are troops, the 3,000 are black fighter jets." 😆
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Affectionate-Cap-920 Apr 12, 2026 +1006
Believe it or not but Saudi has secured itself a good source cannon fodder
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Tend_To_Zero Apr 12, 2026 +409
Pakistan generals dont care at all. Pakistan has 250million people, generals/politicians getting themselves mountain of cash is what matters to them. They will accept anybody - China, US, Saudi or whoever willing to make a sweet deal with them.
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blackcain Apr 12, 2026 +10
Except India and Bangladesh of course. :-)
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Blue_Blimp Apr 12, 2026 +8
If all the countries involved hire Pakistani forces it will save time because they could just stay home and fight themselves on their own territory.
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Rodgerexplosion Apr 12, 2026 +571
Wow! Grape!
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Perdix_Icarus Apr 12, 2026 +256
I will sacrifice my own life for....Saudi Arabia.
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InspectionSame9859 Apr 12, 2026 +19
Ironically that original video was filmed at a Pakistani school IN Saudi Arabia if I recall correctly
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Vagabondjokester Apr 12, 2026 +20
Those were expat Pakistanis acting so nationalistic and hateful towards India?
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OnlyThingDeyFearIsU Apr 12, 2026 +27
I will open Xbox education institution as possible
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KrypticAndroid Apr 12, 2026 +71
Pakistan’s in the bag!
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weech Apr 12, 2026 +18
THIS IS A STRONG MESSAGE!! 🍇
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Badgerbreezy Apr 12, 2026 +104
When I will grow up I will be uh army and save paakistan and destroy india
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MindAvailable4876 Apr 12, 2026 +18
i can’t promise anything but i will do everything in my brain to help pakistan
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WayofHatuey Apr 12, 2026 +9
I will grow up and feed the whoreless
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Ahsunah Apr 12, 2026 +26
For those who don't know the reference- https://youtu.be/xOKBM16UFE4?si=JUcRVPLrDJgngyDV I guess we know where they are getting their recruits from...
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goli14 Apr 12, 2026 +975
And in return Pak got SA to give them 5B loan to pay 3.5B loan to UAE. Some defense agreement.
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BananerCSGO Apr 12, 2026 +564
Saudi Arabia is abbreviated to KSA. SA is South Africa. The more you know.
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TepacheLoco Apr 12, 2026 +194
Took me a minute to figure this out but for anyone unaware: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Lieutenant_Corndogs Apr 12, 2026 +243
It’s actually ketchup Saudi Arabia
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mehakjot4803 Apr 12, 2026 +127
Wait till you know that the official abbreviation of South Africa is RSA (Republic of South Africa)
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barry_flash Apr 12, 2026 +10
And South Africa is technically RSA. Republic of South Africa.
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TyranitarusMack Apr 12, 2026 +37
I thought SA was sexual assault and ZA was South Africa.
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Relevant-Amoeba-4057 Apr 12, 2026 +27
Zouth Africa
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LilWaynesLastDread Apr 12, 2026 +8
Zuid Afrika
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Spiritual-Matters Apr 12, 2026 +12
ZA is the ccTLD for South Africa
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red_dragon Apr 12, 2026 +57
Paying a loan to using a bigger loan? In a few years, they might need another loan to pay this one.
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Electronic_Quail_196 Apr 12, 2026 +78
You just described how Pak has been scraping by for years lol
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KingKaiserW Apr 12, 2026 +24
There’s a Saudi Arabian Proverb: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” Pakistan: “My Grandfather was a goat herder, my father was a goat herder, I’m a goat herder, my son is a goat herder, his son will be a goat herder, but his son will join the army.”
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Intrepid-Ad4511 Apr 12, 2026 +16
They will send more of their citizens to the meat grinders. It's "free cash" for their despots.
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MaiAgarKahoon3 Apr 12, 2026 +91
HAAANK! HANK, DO NOT ABBREVIATE SAUDI ARABIA. HAAANK!
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +27
UAE to Saudi : we will ask pak to pay back 3.5 billion loan , they don't have money to pay back Saudi to pak : send 10k troops we will give you 5 billion , you can pay back UAE 3.5 billion remaining 1.5 in your pocket Pak : deal yoooohooooooooooo
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Pebblepip Apr 12, 2026 +344
So the mediator is now on the frontline against Iran.
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RevolutionaryGold325 Apr 12, 2026 +96
Yeah does not look like a neural third party.
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CaptainMimoe Apr 12, 2026 +51
Mediator... Na More like US puppet who would do anything for a loan
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lamebarracuda Apr 12, 2026 +828
Pakistan simply have no choice but to dance to the tune to the Saudi, Qatar and US. To repay the loans to UAE, they need Saudi and Qatar. To keep their economy even in its present dismal state they need IMF/USA. A country that’s ranked 1 on terrorism index, ruled by a military regime with its rightful PM in jail, Pakistan is a case study as to what a country shouldn’t be.
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DJBombba Apr 12, 2026 +325
Icing on the cake, they got nukes…
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Current_Ranger_7954 Apr 12, 2026 +67
Jfc I forgot this, what’s their doctrine on tactical nukes use?
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Zonemasta8 Apr 12, 2026 +69
If India than I
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gadhe_ki_gaand Apr 12, 2026 +80
No. Pakistan does not have a no first use policy on nukes. India does.
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Calm-Philosopher5004 Apr 12, 2026 +31
According to ex pakistan ambassador to India on TV show says if any country attacks pakistan they will attack india.
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mrmrinal Apr 12, 2026 +20
Ah yes Abdul Basit said the following verbatim: “If America attacks Pakistan, we have to attack India, Mumbai, New Delhi, without a second thought.”
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Pintailite Apr 12, 2026 +8
Sure. They haven't used them so for all practical matters everyone with a nuke right now is MAD.
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grumpsaboy Apr 12, 2026 +40
They also have a defensive pact with KSA. They can't afford not to honour it regardless of anything else as politically it looks awful.
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puranpolihater Apr 12, 2026 +29
And Chinese have them by the balls, you know the CPEC, yeah, Pak owes China billions, the great old Debt Trap Technique.
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Boring_Holiday9874 Apr 12, 2026 +7
Not surprising given that it was a country built around religion by separating from its secular parent. When you make religion the #1 priority you’re likely to fail in all other aspects. 
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ax3capital Apr 12, 2026 +3
It seems US wants middle East to counter china. Iran is the key. They already own pak, and other countries are already invested billions. I could be wrong
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doolpicate Apr 12, 2026 +381
Pakistani soldiers against IRGC. LOL.
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +116
Saudi army is c*** pak soldiers will be on yemen border in case things heat up and houthis try some cross border skrimishes pak soilders will be there to stop them while saudi soildiers will watch everything from the hills with binoculars
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EastEndExpert Apr 12, 2026 +229
Strong army wow grape
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DeluxeGrande Apr 12, 2026 +14
Scrolled down too much to find this comment lmao
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Puzzleheaded-Mix6416 Apr 12, 2026 +87
They actually believed they could broker negotiations between Israel and Iran, even when most of Europe and Asia were avoiding.
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Lost-Money-8599 Apr 12, 2026 +74
Pakistan does not recognize Israel as a country. That is why Israeli was not part of the discussions. There is a certain irony in that.  Pakistan has a lot of internal contradictions which lead it to some awkward  situations. 
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Shubham21Kumar Apr 12, 2026 +33
They were never a broker, but more like a messenger
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minisculepenis Apr 12, 2026 +375
Interesting timing (right as the fake negotiations for the fake ceasefire have publicly been announced to be a failure)
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Rambler_Hoss Apr 12, 2026 +200
Nah this was an agreement signed last year. Saudi is setting up base to house Pakistan troops as partnership.
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UnholyAuraOP Apr 12, 2026 +29
They signed a mutual defense treaty and Saudi’s were gonna sue because Iran attacked Saudi and Pakistan didn’t hold up their end of the deal.
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meerkat2018 Apr 12, 2026 +10
Also depends if those troops will actually do something vs Iran or the Houthis if there is something to happen.
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aflyingmonkey2 Apr 12, 2026 +9
It wasn’t announced as a failure really. The Iranians themselves said that they agreed on some parts but there’s still a way to go. So yes,it doesn’t look that good but I think it’s too early to draw into conclusions (also,if it was fake. I doubt Iran itself would play along and America wouldn’t send the only person from the administration that was against starting this war)
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kingofphilly Apr 12, 2026 +16
What in the tinfoil geopolitical game theory is this? Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a mutual defense pact that’s over a year old. This is just logistics.
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_Figaro Apr 12, 2026 +34
I f****** hate paywalls. Can somebody tell me what the article says?
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wimpires Apr 12, 2026 +39
> A Pakistani military contingent comprising around 13,000 soldiers and 10 to 18 jets has reached Saudi Arabia as part of a joint strategic defence agreement signed last year, the Gulf Kingdom announced on Saturday (April 11, 2026). > The military contingent’s deployment to King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Eastern Sector includes fighter jets and support aircraft from the Pakistan Air Force, according to a statement from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence. Not part of the article, but this is Saudi Arabia as corroboration message: >The Ministry of Defense announced today the arrival of a military force from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Eastern Sector, acting in accordance with the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement signed between the two countries. > The force, which includes fighter and support aircraft from the Pakistani Air Force, aims to strengthen joint military coordination and elevate operational readiness between the Saudi and Pakistani armed forces to further support regional and international security and stability.
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Familiar_Bathroom793 Apr 12, 2026 +77
Pakistan has a defense pact with Saudi for everyone who is confused
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heisthemaincharacter Apr 12, 2026 +278
I think Pakistan played Iran big time. The Islamabad Talks were just a cover to deploy troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as per their defence pact. It has also given the US and Israel enough time to regroup, build up forces, and reorganise before striking again.
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itsavibe- Apr 12, 2026 +183
There was never gonna be peace. Iran wants control of the Hormuz and the US doesn’t want that. That means no peace… why are people even entertaining this shit like it’s even a possibility?
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Kisuke42 Apr 12, 2026 +50
It's probably a formality at this point for both sides. "Yes we were up for negotiation, we talked but it didn't work out". This can be justification for the war continuing.
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Luciifuge Apr 12, 2026 +21
Not only that, they want the US to remove all forces in the region, stop attacking their proxies(hezbollah hamas), and remove all sanctions. That’s f****** nuts, no way USA will agree to any of that.
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bananaholy Apr 12, 2026 +26
Yea. Literally gonna be fight to death. Theres no peace talks or negotiation. Its win or lose for either side
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dormammucat Apr 12, 2026 +24
Someone said that we must not forget the Strait was open for navigation, to begin with. This attack on Iran has achieved nothing. Only made things worse for the whole world.
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wimpires Apr 12, 2026 +21
Pakistan doesn't need "cover", they could have done that at any time?
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Antique_Cucumber5185 Apr 12, 2026 +18
Probably not. Pakistan seems to have good relations with both of them. It was plainly obvious that Pakistan would support Saudi Arabia if it came down to it even before the talks, so there’s no way Iran didn’t already expect this
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Fantastic-Corner-605 Apr 12, 2026 +47
It's not the stab in the back that kills you, it's looking behind and seeing who's holding the knife.
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AdLiving8708 Apr 12, 2026 +85
They also protected osama bin Laden so what
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MaiAgarKahoon3 Apr 12, 2026 +13
fluid stance nation
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ChellJ0hns0n Apr 12, 2026 +10
Who was also Saudi btw
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No_Series1038 Apr 12, 2026 +13
Saudis don’t fight
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Stifffmeister11 Apr 12, 2026 +15
They are designed to be c*** because Saudi is afraid that if the military becomes powerful someday, there might be a military coup. The best bet is to pay others to fight —pay Pakistan and Americans
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wimpires Apr 12, 2026 +26
We once had a contingent of [redacted gulf countries] [redacted armed service members] for some training here in [western European country]. They were hilarious lazy, not even bad or incompetent. Just outright lazy and disinterested.
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JustlookingUK28 Apr 12, 2026 +6
Pakistan has a defence agreement with Saudi don't they? While it might be uncomfortable to be in conflict with Iran, Pakistan does have a commitment to support Saudi? I think that's why they pushed for the peace talks to avoid this uncomfortable situation.
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Tend_To_Zero Apr 12, 2026 +19
Pakistan cant be trusted. Saudi getting p*** troops while Iran and US are having a war negotiation, IN pakistan. One thing this war would ensure that Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Omanz would never want this to happen again, and allowing Iran military to continue domination would not be acceptable. So at some point if not US or Israel, these states would fight Iran. Guess what, Pakistan would be supplying troops , fighting Iran. Iran is basically dealing with Hyenas.
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Business_Builder_739 Apr 12, 2026 +15
How can anyone trust pakistan after the bin Ladin deal
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heros-321 Apr 12, 2026 +5
You forgot about Uganda joining the war. "Everybody in Uganda knows Kungfu" 😂
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Other-Pick7202 Apr 12, 2026 +4
There is strong unity amongst Muslims to kill each other
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rajrohit26 Apr 12, 2026 +20
Pakistan is right now on payroll of Americans . It would be interesting if Chinese master tell them otherwise . Then all will depend on who pays more
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hackenclaw Apr 12, 2026 +10
China doesnt care as long as they get to sell stuff and you dont touch Taiwan. Thats their policy for long time, it hasnt change much lol.
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gymAndmuthi Apr 12, 2026 +19
All that Pakistani Peacekeeper propoganda and the result now is an even wider conflict. That is what happens when you have poor and uneducated religious fundamentalists acting as mediation. Embarrassing
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Icy-Ask3943 Apr 12, 2026 +6
So that's why Saudi promised to take care of Pakistan's debt in UAE ? Bartering lives for dollars -- as usual , Pakistan on its A game
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sparkax Apr 12, 2026 +4
So is Saudi now getting Pakistan to help defend it and fight it's wars now too? Is Trump no longer a useful idiot???
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xpkranger Apr 12, 2026 +4
Just when I thought I was beginning to understand middle-eastern politics & alliances....
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nygdan Apr 12, 2026 +6
they could just -take- saudi arabia with that many troops. hell one in five people in that countery are from south asia.
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Advanced_Poet_7816 Apr 12, 2026 +4
Saudi is looking for a replacement for US forces and eventually petrodollar. The whole reason US justified attacks on Iran is to safeguard their interests in the region. The interests being the petrodollar system. Looks like it failed spectacularly. Especially if Iran does not collapse and other countries start securing the gulf states.
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truthovertribe Apr 12, 2026 +4
Yes...and Pakistan is simultaneously attacking and hoping to regime change Afghanistan. Because that's never been tried before...
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Debunk2025 Apr 12, 2026 +9
Now, this will anger Iran.
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Strange_Drive_6598 Apr 12, 2026 +14
Time to block all Pakistani ships at the strait of Hormuz
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dragon_idli Apr 12, 2026 +8
How are the 13k troops supposed to stop kamikaze drones though.. with bullets? Wouldn't it be more beneficial to send in air defense tech and not more soldiers who cant catch drones out of air.
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BusyIntroduction16 Apr 12, 2026 +6
To support Iran or Us-isreal?
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OmamaSalat Apr 12, 2026 +5
Keinen
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Bewis_123 Apr 12, 2026 +87
A nation that cannot defend itself, harbours terrorists is now a vassal state of the USA. Cannot make this shit up lol.
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Gamelove0I5 Apr 12, 2026 +21
This is one weird hoi 4 playthough.
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YellingatClouds86 Apr 12, 2026 +47
Or maybe it is a Sunni Muslim state sending resources to another Sunni state?
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grudgepacker Apr 12, 2026 +69
Or maybe it's Pakistan acknowledging their [defense pact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Mutual_Defence_Agreement)?
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Best-Yak2590 Apr 12, 2026 +10
Maybe but since pakistan mediation a peace negotiations. Shouldn't they be neutral, or atleast try to act like they are neutral during the negotiations. But with in 24 hours of them chosen as mediator they give atleast 2 anti-israeli statement that too on record and by top level ministers. And now sending troops to Saudi which is also a part of war against Iran. I know geopolitics is complex like chess with many layers of strategy and shits but I can't make sense of this situation in any way with pakistan.
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grudgepacker Apr 12, 2026 +12
Pakistan's primary goal is maintaining their own interests and to that end, even if the ceasefire fails/failed, they were able to get some [tankers through the strait](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-strait-of-hormuz-oil-countries-india-pakistan-philippines-b2952766.html) (as one obvious example of how they benefited). And while they may hate Israel, maintaining their relationship with the Arabian peninsula by upholding treaties like this one with SA is ultimately more important.
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AK_Panda Apr 12, 2026 +6
>Maybe but since pakistan mediation a peace negotiations. Shouldn't they be neutral, or atleast try to act like they are neutral during the negotiations. Doesn't matter tbh. Pakistan had good reason to try for peace here because they do need energy from Iran themselves. They also have a defence pact with Saudi which they are obligated to fulfill. So they have interests in both Iran, Saudi and the US diplomatically.
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MaiAgarKahoon3 Apr 12, 2026 +3
guess they had enough with mediating
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hank187 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Hahaha the US needs Pakistan to keep the Saudi petrodollars flowing Who would have thought
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lastSKPirate Apr 12, 2026 +3
How are extra troops in SA going to help them at all?
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andreasbeer1981 Apr 12, 2026 +3
"strategic defence agreement, under which any attack on one country would be considered an attack on the other." ....as if noone has fired missiles, drones and rockets at Saudi Arabia recently...
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LeftistKannadiga Apr 12, 2026 +3
I think this is a collateral for the loan. Not a bad idea.
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mrstewiegriffin Apr 12, 2026 +3
and in return what's the credit card loan being extended to?😂
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Glittering-Age-9549 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Wasn't Pakistan supposed to be neutral?
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Andyelz Apr 12, 2026 +3
Pilot! Grape! I wonder if the boys are pilots now? Why doesn’t Pakistan want to destroy India now?
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PinFabulous2806 Apr 13, 2026 +3
12,999 troops, and one fighter jet
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