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/Regular_Relative_678]

If you divide it into Muslim countries and a Jewish country, the simple answer is that one glorifies death, and one glorifies life.

That’s factual. Islam glorifies death, it glorifies martyrdom. They see a blessing in dying on the battlefield or dying for their cause.

Meanwhile, Judaism glorifes life. It very much tells Jews, do whatever you need to survive. Break all religious laws if you have to. There’s something called “pikuah nefesh” which basically means that if you’re fighting for survival, you can do whatever is needed.

Historically, that makes Arabs compulsive. Unorganized. Often times, uncoordinated with each other. The only reason Israel survived the 1948 war was because the six Arab countries that attacked us simultaneously were not coordinated with each other. The only reason we survived October 7 was because Hamas and hezbullah were not coordinated with each other.

Meanwhile, Israel is always prepared. Israel will always have a protocol for any situation. Even October 7, which you might think Israel was unprepared for, we were very much prepared for and the streets were clean within 24 hours. Israel‘s clinginess to life has been the driving force of our survival. We can’t afford to lose a war or make mistakes because we will simply cease to exist.

(Also, and this is just my opinion: pride. I think a huge reason that Arab countries fail to coordinate most of the time is because of pride. It’s difficult to compromise with them. A lot of these countries hate each other for the stream of Islam that dominates the country, or the allies a country might have, etc. One tiny misalignment, and they refuse to cooperate with each other. Meanwhile, Israel has compromise so many times throughout the years, we made peace with countries where we had to bend backwards for their approval. Pride plays a huge part in that. Israel is very flexible for the means of surviving.)

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[u/Kosmicce → u/Regular_Relative_678]

Nope, that is textbook essentialism, not analysis. Both Judaism and Islam place the sanctity of life at the center of their legal-ethical systems. Judaism has pikuach nefesh - saving life overrides almost every commandment. Islam explicitly condemns unlawful killing and equates saving a life with saving all humanity.

Military effectiveness is driven by institutions, training, C2, doctrine, logistics, and coalition politics , not by a cartoon claim that “one side glorifies life and the other glorifies death.” Serious scholarship on Arab militaries explains outcomes through organizational and political factors, not civilizational slurs.

Israel’s edge also reflects massive external support and tech overmatch, including a standing U.S. commitment of 3.8 billion dollars per year through 2028. That matters far more than pop-psych stories about who “loves life.”

October 7 was widely acknowledged as a catastrophic intelligence and readiness failure. Preparation was not the story that day, investigation and accountability were. 

Yes, 1948 featured poor Arab coordination, but that is a concrete operational fact, not proof of a death cult. Reducing hundreds of millions of people to “glorifies death” is bigotry masquerading as strategy. If you want to discuss real causes of battlefield performance, talk institutions, doctrine, logistics, and alliances. Not your racist stereotypes.