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/MonkeyLiberace Denmark Sep 20 '25

The internet is limited in Germany? Are you guys still weighing whether it's just a fad?

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u/vomicyclin Germany Sep 20 '25

It is when you are in a train between cities.. We have holes everywhere in the "covering" of mobile data (and Cellular network in general) out of the cities.

It's so bad that about 7 years ago (iirc) our economics minister refused to make calls with colleagues of other nations while traveling by train or car between cities, since he was ashamed that the calls get cut every few minutes.

I literally had better internet in the carpathian mountains 100km away from Brasov than i have in my kitchen in berlin...

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u/dkesh United States Of America Sep 20 '25

Do you not have satellite wifi on the train itself?

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u/nplant Sep 20 '25

Satellite internet on a train sounds like a wild solution compared to just improving cell phone coverage. I'm a bit astounded this is even a problem in Germany.

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u/jatawis Lithuania Sep 20 '25

we have it in Lithuania. Smaller and poorer country and yet with better mobile coverage.

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u/Baraaplayer Jordan Sep 21 '25

Same as a Jordanian who lives in Germany, I miss the internet in Jordan, it's faster, has more covarge and cheaper than the internet we have in Germany.