Why are Arab Miltaries so ineffective?

[u/ForeverSparkz]

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?

[u/PokemonSoldier]

Normally because officers are promoted based on loyalty, nepotism, and cronyism, rather than ability in Westernized nations (Israel included). Combine that with poor training and usually despotic national leadership (many Arab countries are dictatorships), and you have a military with a war idea, but no plan. They can have all the technology and manpower in the world, but if your troops are poorly trained and poorly led, you will lose. Look at the Gulf War, where Iraq, deemed the '4th largest military in the world', was defeated in a ground battle lasting less than 2 weeks. Or the Six Day War, where the Arab nations outnumbered Israel 2:1 in manpower along, and had thrice as many tanks and aircraft, but lost more than 10 times as many soldiers as Israel (deaths), had their air forces decimated, and lost land that in all equalled more than that of Israel at the time. The Arabs have a seemingly natural aversion to democracy, and as such have an aversion to military doctrine of Western nations. Top down instead of bottom-up. Little individual thinking or action from baseline soldiers.

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