>>64114611
>why are Arabs so bad at modern warfare even down to the infantry level?
NTA but it's more tribal and family based there, and the issue of fire and maneuver. If you don't trust soldiers in your own unit (that's a conglomeration of people of diverse, urban/rural, tribal or sectarian differences) let alone another unit, then how do you do that? You can't trust others to cover you. So they just blast over a wall and try to create an image of aggressiveness and make a lot of noise. They don't have an NCO culture. There's never enough to go around. Those higher up the chain hoard everything, so those who need the most are the least likeliest to get it. It's all about personal power.
And they can learn but they tend to revert back to their traditional patterns once the advisors leave, and there's a strong tendency to scapegoat and blame outside factors for their failures. There's a lot of baggage of Islam being a conquering religion that crushed their enemies while the reality has not been especially pleasant for them in past 200 years.
There's a lot of reeeing at American influence but they're dependent on it. The Chinese have been shocked at dealing with the Arabs (you can read about this if you search around for it) because the Arabs have built-in expectations that to go with the Chinese side means that China will provide for their security and send troops to help them, and the Chinese have zero interest in doing this.
