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Why Aarb Nations lose wars.

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An intesting article on why Arab nations lose wars.

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I'd read the specific parts about Arab armies before and found it interetsting. In this instance I liked the open bit that provided many examples where trying to take culture or past performance into consideration really didn't work.
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I'm fairly sure that this has been posted before.
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phongn wrote:I'm fairly sure that this has been posted before.
At least three times
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I'll lock it then.
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no locking yet =p

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No don't lock it yet, it has been posted before, but this was ages ago. It's a good article with lots of insight to the mechanics of the Arab culture. Maybe by some luck some Arabs might actually read this and realise that their mentality defeats its self every time and change it.

EDIT:: Grammatical error corrected.
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It'll stay open provided it generates actual debate rather than just crap posts.
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The article makes some good points, I found the one about the education system difference most intersting.
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If the leadership of the Arab armies want to improve their military, then they need to among other things adopt the following level of priorities:

1. The Mission
2. Their People
3. Themselves
The most basic assumption about the world is that it does not contradict itself.
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Crown wrote:No don't lock it yet, it has been posted before, but this was ages ago. It's a good article with lots of insight to the mechanics of the Arab culture. Maybe by some luck some Arabs might actually read this and realise that their mentality defeats its self every time and change it.

EDIT:: Grammatical error corrected.
Some Arabs have. Course their also Israeli citizens and serve in the IDF.
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