Expert: Arab Armies 'Falling Apart,' IDF Will Have to Fight ISIS

Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/7/15 | Yaakov Levi

[Eleutheria5]

Israel's former ambassador to Egypt, Zvi Mazel, currently a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), believes that the Egyptian army is not going to be able to successfully fight ISIS. In the end, he believes, the IDF is going to have to do the job.

“The Egyptian army has not collapsed, and it is very large, with 600,000 soldiers,” said Mazel. “But for two years they have been fighting guerrillas in Sinai, unsuccessfully. They are just not experienced enough in guerrilla warfare.”

Eventually, it is very possible that ISIS will take over Sinai – placing them along Israel's longest border. If that happens, the IDF is going to have to fight ISIS on its own. “Already some of ISIS is in Sinai, operating near the Israeli border,” said Mazel.

The problem is not just in Egypt, but in nearly all Arab countries. “They have huge armies but they fall apart in the face of a threat from a relatively small group,” said Mazel. “Unlike in the north, where there are some groups that hold Hezbollah back from opening a front against us, ISIS are true fanatics who are looking forward to fighting Israel.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

Israel's former ambassador to Egypt, Zvi Mazel, currently a researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)... "The Egyptian army has not collapsed, and it is very large, with 600,000 soldiers... But for two years they have been fighting guerrillas in Sinai, unsuccessfully. They are just not experienced enough in guerrilla warfare... Already some of ISIS is in Sinai, operating near the Israeli border... They have huge armies but they fall apart in the face of a threat from a relatively small group... Unlike in the north, where there are some groups that hold Hezbollah back from opening a front against us, ISIS are true fanatics who are looking forward to fighting Israel."

[Jack Hydrazine]

Israelies during the 40 years in the desert, King David, and Yishmael (Ishmael) and his mother, Hagar.

[Jim Noble]

it is very possible that ISIS will take over Sinai – placing them along Israel's longest border. If that happens, the IDF is going to have to fight ISIS on its own

I wouldn't quite put it that way.

I would say, "if that happens, ISIS is going to have to fight real soldiers for the first time".

[Eleutheria5]

In each engagement with Egypt, the Egyptians had us outnumbered, had better weapons, and were motivated by Islam and had a charismatic leader (Nassir) and all sorts of allies, while we had Levi Eshkol and David Ben Gurion, neither of whom were about much. And each time they were routed. Fatalism is Islam’s achilles’ heel. Take the initiative, get them running, and they will figure Allah is not with them today, and keep running. Equivocate, have convoluted ROE that make you have to phone in to HQ every time you have someone in your sights, give a little ground, and they figure the opposite and become in their own eyes unstoppable, until they start suffering reversals, at which point the illusion is shattered and they run.

[Eleutheria5]

There is a sliver of hope for Egypt, though. They just tossed out the MB and are hanging its leadership. They wanted democracy, and instead got public crucifications and relatives tossed off buildings. They might be motivated.

[cynwoody]

Read a good article somewhere on why Arabs are terrible soldiers. Need to do a search for it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Foodforthought/comments/293y88/why_arabs_lose_wars/