WhileSaudi Arabia,which wants tospearheadthe Arab regimes Sunnis ingeneral andSunnimonarchiesgatheredin the Council CooperationCouncil (GCC) in particular,is strongly committed againstthePersian and ChiiteIranin whatcould be described as"war cold "Middle East-whichalreadygivesrise to conflictsby proxy (asiftoBahrainto Yemen)- itis necessary toexamine the nature, size(the numberquantitativelyspeaking)and character operational(qualitativebeyondquantitative)of its armedforces.