They got some warriors alright. Got to grant that.
Not usually the sharpest pencils in the cup, but dedicated, yes.
Heard a Marine commander on Fox this morning describe them as being willing to die for their cause, "which a lot of them have done today." Cracked me up.
An old veteran of three wars on FNC last night said that in his experience, Arabs "either fight like hell or run like hell".
From what I've seen, they only fight like hell when they think they can get an easy win and engage in barbarous acts of cruelty. Any hint that they might be up against a real adversary and they run like little schoolgirls.
Note that the column coming out of Basra appears to be doing the latter.
You could make the same statemet about the Japs in World War II.