[Uncledave]

Not a new piece but enlightening insight into Arab military structures.

[tkathy]

Cowards who brainwash their young into insane sexual suicide murders are not looked on favorably by God.

[BIGLOOK]

Bump

[ansel12]

"First, the well-known lack of trust among Arabs for anyone outside their own family adversely affects offensive operations."


Thanks for posting the excellent article.

The idea of trust in your fellow man once he is a part of your culture, seems to be a defining difference between western civ. and lesser cultures.

[Lumper20]

Good read. For the most part, all foreign officers I ever met from 54-75 came from wealth. There will always be hatred and distrust in any corrupt military, which does not promote based on merit. I have seen few professional NCO's outside the US.

Without a professional NCO Corps, no Army and no officer will ever succeed. Training was always highly valued by the US Army. When funds are cut good men die.

The US Army has had it's rehearsed exercises for the brass and dignitaries,too.

[SShultz460]

ping for later reading

[semaj]

It obviously makes a big difference, however, when the surrounding political culture is not only avowedly democratic (as are many Middle Eastern states), but functionally so.

Great analysis. This statment was a little off mark though. I guess the author was trying to be nice.

As an air defense advisor to the Saudi Air Defense Forces, I know all too well the frustration that comes with working with Arab "military" organizations.

[USAFJeeper]

As a USAF instructor here I can say that he speaks the truth. We had Kuwaiti and Egyptian officers at the time in training as well as a few enlisted. We simply were NOT allowed to fail them. They were simply passed through and no mention of GPA was ever put in the perm records. We even had a liason office that would sometimes tell us what to do with a particular student.

Hey they were paying for USAF training, no skin off my back if it was faked.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Because, their scimitars are a little outdated.

[USMCVet]

Bump

[Terabitten]

If I had to create an Army from the ground up with the express intention of failing in combat, it would look like what the author describes.

[Buggman]

Good article. Bump for a reread later.

[ccmay]

It may well be that these seemingly permanent attributes result from a culture that engenders subtlety, indirection, and dissimulation in personal relationships.

i.e., two-faced lying and backstabbing. Yes, that seems to describe the "culture" to a T.

-ccm

[Centurion2000]

Why do they lose? Because their armies suck.

Sorry to be blunt but that is it. No professionalism and certainly very low maintenance.