Why would Arabs in Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Egypt want to drag themselves in a perpetual never-ending war that results in only death and suffering for them?
Why would Saudis want to be like Lebanon?
Because :
1. Why not
2. They're ARABS ffs, it's their kin, do something !!!
3. It's an open opportunity they should not miss.
See Abdullah below:
instead of attending boring jobs and working to death, why not start a militia? The country he resided in (Saudi Arabia) originated when a group of minor noblemen, started an insurrection against the Ottoman state.
en.wikipedia.org
As we speak, right now in the Middle East armed groups are exploding like crazy, guns getting cheaper, anti tank missiles proliferate everywhere. If Abdullah has any entrepreneurial spirit he would've noticed the opportunity. If he's lucky he could be the next king of Saudi Arabia by means of conquest, Saudi Arabian military isn't that good to begin with.
Saudi Arabia is a wealthy country where most people live a good life. Why would they want to become a failed state like Lebanon and live in misery, with the constant fear of being bombed by Israel?
True, but the Saudi state is a state founded on top of a puritanical interpretation of Islam, and many Saudis are puritanical in their interpretation of Islam, that's fact.
Right now, as they live the good life, the sanctity of Jerusalem is being shitted all over the place, while their ruler has left their roots to becoming another Ottoman state ( A state that many Wahhabists portrayed as too Westernized near the end of its history). Even with Bin Salamn's secularization drive, I know many Saudis aren't satisfied seeing the Westernization of their country and abandonment of the third holiest city in Islam and their Arab kinsmen.
So why don't attempt what their forefathers attempted? Seize power. Especially now the situation permits to start a gradual move towards one. Aren't the Arabs moved seeing your Arab kinsmen getting bombed by a people only 7 million in size while there's 400 million of you ? Where is your pride ?
Look at the countries that host shia militias, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and tell me if the people there live better than people in the peaceful Arab countries.
You want more successful countries to copy failed states. Your idea is just insane.
It is because I like Arabs and I wish them to take back their place in the world that I wish more of the region left their luxury and comfort and resort to war. Especially because Palestine needs them.
You know back when before Arabs became a dominant player on the world stage, the Arabs were classified as three distinct people:
-Arabia Petrae
-Arabia Felix
-Arabia Desertae
Arabia Petrae and Arabia Felix are described as highly advanced, westernized people, living in skyscrapers, and adopting Western (Roman) lifestyle, think about 6th century UAE and rich Gulf countries (Qatar, Kuwait etc).
Shibam, the ancient Arabian skyscraper, Yemen (Arabia Felix) used to be the UAE of the Arab world LOL
While Arabia Desertae are described as poor, illiterate, and rough, in addition to having "war-like" mentality, Muhammad the prophet of Islam, comes from these people.
Guess which one delivered the Arabs to their dominance in the world stage ?