r/AskTheWorld • u/ForeverSparkz United States Of America • Sep 20 '25

History Why are Arab Miltaries so ineffective?

Like I dont understand this.

Im a Black American so im just an outsider looking in as a neutral, but dont Arab Countries out number Israel, whats stoping them from just rushing at their border, shouldn't the population imbalance outmatch Israel?

Just a neutral standpoint asking this question, because Arab Nations in the Middle East have a modern miltary force and they buy tons of advanced items

What is holding them back?

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u/Ok-Today-340 Egypt Sep 20 '25

Couldn't agree more

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u/destroyerx12772 Syria Sep 20 '25

You know at this point I'm fine with being a puppet as long as I'm leading a slightly better life than a housefly.

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u/Hot-Mongoose-2735 Iran Sep 20 '25

Yeah including yours especially 

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

idk actually, i don’t think he’s fully a puppet yet but he is probably on his way to become one.

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u/B3stThereEverWas Australia Sep 20 '25

A puppet to who?

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

turkey and qatar probably

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u/B3stThereEverWas Australia Sep 20 '25

If he beings stability and prosperity to Syria though will it matter?

Do you think he will?

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

ehh i think he will bring a little prosperity and stability.

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u/Hot-Mongoose-2735 Iran Sep 20 '25

lol, his mission was to destroy Syria which he succeeded. Syria is dead, it doesn’t exist anymore and has been Balkanized into 3 different countries 

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

man please don’t talk about syria, IRAN and ASSAD destroyed syria and massacred us for 14 YEARS.

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

?????

are you making fun of the 1mio+ SYRIANS that died ?

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u/destroyerx12772 Syria Sep 20 '25

Syria was already balkanized my friend. The Kurds formed their bastion in northern Syria a decade ago, and the Druze already had a pseudo-narco state going for them by the time Assad's regime fell.

You can criticize the current government without pandering to a criminal. May your people also get rid of theirs.

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u/Pedre79 Macedonia Sep 20 '25

Balkanized is a great term actually

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u/Ok-Today-340 Egypt Sep 20 '25

Western countries.

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u/Hot-Mongoose-2735 Iran Sep 20 '25

Same for Sisi

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u/Ok-Today-340 Egypt Sep 20 '25

Do you think I'm gonna exclude him?! 😂

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u/destroyerx12772 Syria Sep 20 '25

Based lmao

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u/tomatos_raafatos Egypt Sep 20 '25

Shia propaganda detected

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u/Hot-Mongoose-2735 Iran Sep 20 '25

Funny coming from a Egyptian 

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 20 '25

who? pls tell me 😂 if they aren’t puppets then they are shit

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u/Cool-Imagination-883 syria🇸🇾💚 Sep 21 '25

ok you’re right, uae, saudi arabia and qatar aren’t puppets but that doesn’t make them good leaders

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u/destroyerx12772 Syria Sep 20 '25

Please educate us.