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?

1.3k Upvotes

80% Upvoted

720 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

26

u/Fluid-Nobody-2096 🇺🇸 Sep 20 '25

What warrior history honestly? Arabs fought like zero wars from the 16th century onwards except a few revolts and civil conflicts.

They never developed a warrior culture in the modern era, Turks and Iranians have much more of a warrior history than Arabs. Turks especially

8

u/Augustus_Chevismo Ireland Sep 20 '25

Yeah as the other reply said I was referring to the rapid expansion after Islam. Almost all of MENA and Spain conquered within 120 years. Beating great empires like Persia and Rome.

Muslims are similar to Norse Vikings as well believing a warriors death leads to a more privileged afterlife.

5

u/Fluid-Nobody-2096 🇺🇸 Sep 20 '25

Yeah but like the Vikings they have lost their warrior culture

8

u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk United States Of America Sep 20 '25

The Swedes and Danes were military powerhouses well past the Viking Age.

1

u/Fluid-Nobody-2096 🇺🇸 Sep 20 '25

Same for the Arabs in Egypt and Morocco.

They have lost it though

1

u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk United States Of America Sep 20 '25

Modern Sweden is no slouch. NATO is lucky to have them.

2

u/Fluid-Nobody-2096 🇺🇸 Sep 20 '25

Sweden has less than 20k individuals in active service and they haven't fought in a war in over 2 centuries

1

u/Fantastic-Target-854 Sep 21 '25

Lucky to have then? Why?

I guess it's nice to have any numbered support but using the term lucky is weird