I know American pilots think that Kuwait is on their side, but is their any evidence that Kuwaiti pilots think they're on America's side?

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axus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Operation Desert Storm was when the US liberated Kuwait. The US played nice with Kuwait since then.

	▲	red-iron-pine an hour ago \| parent [-]
		not recently > In January 2026, the United States government suspended immigrant visas for citizens of Kuwait and 74 other countries due to the high dependency of Kuwaiti immigrants on American welfare benefits.[219] Kuwait is the only GCC country on the visa suspension list.[219]

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asadm 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They have handed over their sovereignty to US forces to help kill their Muslim brethren. You want them to prove some more loyalty tests?

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JasonADrury 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The state religion in Kuwait is Sunni Islam. It's much more nuanced than "Muslim brethren", except perhaps less so when Israel is directly involved, as it is today.

It's also important to note that these are not democracies. The state frequently does things that people aren't entirely happy with, it's only when the people (or religious leaders!) become sufficiently unhappy that it becomes a problem.

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dfadsadsf 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do not mistake leadership and regular people. Afghanistan president Ghani handed over sovereignty to US too but Afghans disagreed. I am confident that there is significant minority in Kuwait wishing for Iran victory. As a datapoint, there were videos from Bahrain with people cheering for Iranian rockets hitting American bases.

	▲	breppp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Bahrain has a significant Shia population that feels oppressed and identifies with Iran. That's not similar to Kuwait, a country that has a recent history of being taken over by its largest neighbor and saved by the US

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vonneumannstan 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Lol most Kuwaitis including the royal family are Sunni and believe Iranian Shia's to be heretics. So no love lost there at all.

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lenerdenator 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Imagine thinking that you're brothers with someone based solely on what religion you both supposedly believe.

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asadm 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Imagine walking into a random neighborhood, finding a stranger and one "Salam" later, you are like brothers; willing to die for them.

Oh yeah, it's a superpower in-practice actually. Alhamdulilah!

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tradertef 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Quran 49:10

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JasonADrury 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In a sense it's a rather positive way of thinking, no? Surely having a shared set of beliefs is a pretty good starting point.

I'm certainly not religious, but it feels rather cynical to make fun of this.

	▲	asadm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		correct.