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That's just not reality. U.S Stats 2016: "Post-1965 arrivals consisted of a wider mix of people seeking family unification, education and employment opportunities, and safety from war and persecution. MENA immigrants arriving during this time had similarly high education levels as those in the...

That tends to happen when the UAE personally bankrolls and oversees the greatest and most widespread collapse of democratic and humanitarian rights in a region where it is most needed. Of course I have a chip on my shoulder. A very small minority and largely positioned in oil. Useless for the...

Do you seriously think that educated Arabs don't immigrate to the West? Don't be delusional.

You mean the low skilled practical slave labor? Yeah, real great "attractions" for an electrical engineer or doctor who could be living far more comfortably in New York or London or Toronto or Berlin where they could actually enjoy real freedom of speech and not worry about their governments...

I don't know about Turkey being "slightly" stronger. The Egyptian army is fundamentally mismanaged and incompetent with generals more focused on politics and the economy rather than actual military pursuits. The engineering and logistics authorities are ironically more prepared for bulldozing...

They aren't going to be siphoning off talent, they've made sure of that even if that is their half-assed intention. They've destroyed freedom and democracy in practically every corner of the Arab world. Why should educated and talented Arabs stay in the despotic garbage dumps that are Arab...

I imagine Turkish Special Forces are quite capable considering the NATO training and shared standards and practices amongst NATO special forces. They could definitely rival IDF special forces. But you're mostly right that there aren't many Muslim majority countries that are capable of matching a...

The UAE always baffles me. They've done more to sabotage and backstab Arab progress in the region than many other foreign nations. If they truly wish to Improve the Arab condition, maybe they should look inward to fixing their rotten morality.

I seriously doubt that. No, it isn't. Once again, the UAE had vastly increased regional tensions and conflict in many regional countries. Not even close. The only GCC states that normalized with Israel was the UAE and Bahrain. The majority of GCC states still oppose Israel. Is that why...

But they aren't making money. They are spending a ridiculous amounts of money just to be glorified middle-men in the global arms trade. It's just not good for the strategic outlook of the country. The UAE is already famous for being a hub of illegal activity, this full blown push into arms...

That's simply not true. Turkey's F-16s are old, The F-35s were their planned replacements and considering that Turkey is still asking for them, it's pretty clear that Turkey still wants the F-35. Turkey isn't leaving NATO. NATO is simply too powerful and too influential of an institution for...

Except that it did. It destroyed probably close to majority of the intial Soviet Army by the time it reached Moscow. It was irrelevant though because the Soviet Union could easily replace those losses and it did. By comparison the German army couldn't sustain those types of losses. Regardless of...

Not really. When It comes to military matters, it has become the regional center of arms dealing and that's about it. It has pissed off quite a lot of its neighbors. It's pretty much only become buddy buddy with Israel which is a pretty dumb trade considering it has seemingly sacrificed a lot...

Apparently France is lying when it claims to hold the principle of freedom of speech. Deeply hypocritical.

Being on route and capturing are two totally different scenarios. Nazi Army Group Centre was "on route to Moscow", that doesn't mean that they were able to capture it. Again, definitely not a guarantee. No, it didn't. Israel outgunned Egypt with American air power. Without control of the...

Or you know... you could get rid of the S-400. I don't really know what's up with the clinging so hard on to it especially since it's never even been deployed. Its an active burden on the Turkish military by keeping the sanctions on it. You think Turkey would get the memo and just drop the...

The only way the Egyptians were ever going to get Sinai back was if Israel realized that they couldn't win the war. It was an entirely different case with Syria in which they clearly held on to the Golan Heights because they knew Syria wasn't going to beat them and take it back. By conceding...

If they get them, it would be a very smart choice. Egypt has multiple fronts it needs to monitor.

This will be interesting. I wonder if Massoud can put up an effective defense of the valley. If they actually put up a fight the Taliban may struggle with this one.

The new high speed train is really interesting and is an excellent mass transit option. You would think they would build a Alexandria and Cairo connection first because that would be the most used route. I guess they really are going full on into this new capital which I don't think is wise.