Interesting analysis of Arab military training and culture
http://denbeste.nu/external/deAtkine01.html
http://denbeste.nu/external/deAtkine01.html
OMFGWhy Arabs Lose Wars
DemoCoder said:Interesting analysis of Arab military training and culture
http://denbeste.nu/external/deAtkine01.html
spun from an ugly brew of ignorance, wishful thinking, and mythology.
Clashman said:He makes his generalizations about the Arab world looking strictly through the lense of the most highly developed sectors of the world, ie the West. Etc, etc, etc. It's getting late and I don't feel like spending a whole lot of time on this. I'm sure plenty of other people will be taking cracks at this, and so I don't think I need to comment any more.
Because having a dictatorship is not indicative of your military prowess, last I heard Egypt has a democracy. Reading a bit of the article, I must say that some of it does make sense, ever hear of a friendly military exercise with arab countries (outside of the gulf war).Clashman said:... Why is this titled "Why Arabs Lose Wars" instead of "Why Dictators Lose Wars" is beyond me.
last I heard Egypt has a democracy.
CosmoKramer said:last I heard Egypt has a democracy.
Bah! So was DDR...
epicstruggle said:last I heard Egypt has a democracy
First my source comes from cia.gov's factbook:Dave H said:epicstruggle said:last I heard Egypt has a democracy
Err, yeah...sort of like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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K.I.L.E.R said:CosmoKramer said:last I heard Egypt has a democracy.
Bah! So was DDR...
Memory is a democracy?
I thought memory was a storage device?
CosmoKramer said:K.I.L.E.R said:CosmoKramer said:last I heard Egypt has a democracy.
Bah! So was DDR...
Memory is a democracy?
I thought memory was a storage device?
DDR = Deutsche Demokratische Republik = Democratic Republic of Germany = East Germany