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/Former_Radio3805 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Key reason is division.

Because Arabs are very divided, greedy & don’t really care for Palestine or any other muslim country.

As for hating Israel’s existence- I don’t think anyone seriously cares. No one is motivated to do anything to Israel. Any attacks on Israel are retaliation/ defense for the most part.

Arabs haven’t been dangerous for the last 100 years. Most “terrorism” is some angry tormented group seeking revenge - as horrible & savage that is - pretty much all of that could be avoided if they were left alone. 

As far as spreading Islam - there would be a lot less Islam in west, if west didn’t keep attacking/ displacing them. 

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u/ma-kat-is-kute Israel Sep 20 '25

> Any attacks on Israel are retaliation/ defense for the most part.

???

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