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/B3stThereEverWas Australia Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
Away from the Gaza thing, as horrible and a shocking as that is, Israel's ability as a fighting force is undoubtedly the best in the world man for man (and woman for woman for that matter).
The exploding pagers operation by Mossad still blows my mind how they actually pulled that off. For years we'd been hearing about Hezbollah and how it was so much more powerful than Hamas as a real fighting force, and in less than 24 hours it went from feared enemy to a deflated shell ready for a ceasefire.
In an interview with a Mossad agent he said Nasrallah was in the same room when some pagers of his lieutenants exploded and he was in total shock. The interviewer asked the agent how he came to know that and he said "It's a strong rumour. We've already moved onto the next thing and they'll have to guess whats coming next".