Why It Is Taking So Long in Iraq
The Strategy Page has a fascinating list of reasons why Arabs fail, time after time (e.G., the Six Day War). Given our efforts to train Arabs in Iraq, I highly recommend reading the entire article as it will help you understand what we are up against. A taste:
Why do Arabs so often lose wars against non-Arabs? Why has so much of the terrorism activity for the last few decades been carried out by Arabs? Why are Arab societies so corrupt, so uneducated and lacking in economic or scientific progress? Even raising these issues is considered un-diplomatic, provocative, racist or worse. But there is something going on. . . .
At lot has been written about why Arab armies so consistently lose wars with non-Arabs. These reasons also explain why Arab nations, and many other Third World nations as well, also have trouble establishing democratic governments or prosperous economies. A lot of it has to do with culture, especially culture influenced by Islam. Some of the reasons for these failures are;
