Yes, based on my study of the Israeli position after 1967 war, yes, it could take over all Arab capitals if it wished to, with some effort. The Arabian airforces were decimated. Israel already occupied enough territory which housed over one million Arab civilians. Syria's defense lines were shattered. What makes you think they couldn't take over, say, Damascus or Cairo? Do you even know Israel's military capabilities? Arabs suffered heavy casualties by Israel whereas Israel suffered comparatively little - thanks to its pre-emptive attack decision.
About treatment of Arab civilians, you seem to be influenced by pallywood propaganda. You better check the quotes of Arab officials which called for destruction of Israel repeatedly before pointing hands at Israelis. The Arab mentality is a sick one at that.
This means you failed in your study.
This insect took over Golan and Sinai when it was capable, took over all of Palestine when it was capable, but left alone Cairo, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, and all other Arab cities. What does this tell you? Any sane person would say this insect was NOT CAPABLE of taking over any of those cities, that's why they did not.
Do not waste our time. For some reason, while this forum attracts many good reasoned arguments, maybe your recent exchanges with some other members or some personal issues, has downgraded your reasoning capability recently. I hope this trend is reversed.
Main belligerents in those wars were Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Supported by Arab expeditionary forces from eight different countries also pakistan.
My counter question is: Are all 22 Arab countries even capable of fighting a war beyond their territory?
Why should you ask a counterquestion when you have not yet answered the original question? I claimed that never did the 22 Arab countries fight this insect together, not even once, but you claimed:
This little "insect" royally spanked all Arab countries. All of them were at the mercy of Israel in 1967.
Then? Do you admit you were wrong? Let's be gracious enough to admit your mistakes.
Yes, Israeli casualties in the first few days of 1973 war was heavy because of the surprise element of Egypt. Nothing to be proud of. But during the conclusion of the conflict, Israeli forces were 100 km from Cairo and 40 km from Damascus which is much more than what was captured during 6 day war. Again, Israel spared the attack on Arab capitals otherwise, with US financial backing it could easily take over those cities.
The casualties for the insect was high throughout, whenever the 'war' intensified. Bangladeshi citizens are all over the world, does this mean Bangladesh has taken over the whole world? Does this mean Bangladesh can take over the whole world?
How is it even reasonable to assume that this 'insect's' supply line passing from this insect's bases all the way through Sinai to "Africa" could be secured if Egypt did not hold back due to American threat? If it was truly capable, it should have pushed its thrust against the 2nd and/or 3rd armies strongly placed in the Sinai after the complete elimination of the Bar Lev line, and which was not for once removed from the Sinai once the Bar Lev Line was decimated. What could this insect do to push the 2nd and/or 3rd Army into the Suez Canal? Nothing?
Why did Sharon avoid facing either of these two armies and started disobeying his commander's orders?
On the Syrian front, with the arrival of other Arab armies, mostly Iraqi army reinforcements, mostly along the Sasha ridge if my spelling and memory does not betray me, the insect's progress was stopped. Palestinians have always lived within a few kilometres of Al Quds/Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or other cities in this 'insect's' body, does this mean Palestinians were about to take over Tel Aviv or Jerusalem?
Use factual analyses, accounts and proof from all sides to understand that a lot of facts were hidden, and a lot of 'facts' were manufactured by this insect and their 'allies' in the Western world to distort the truth. The same as they do with Iran.
The fact is despite the failures of secularism, Arab nationalism, and other factors like lack of unity, lack of Islamic ideology, lack of coordination, the Arabs gained victory over this insect despite the same old 'lack of unity' creeping up and marring the show because none of them could agree on how to end it, when to end it, on what terms to end the war or on what terms to continue the war, and so on.
Egyptians destroyed the Bar Lev line which this insect could never build again. This insect could not take over Ismaelia and Suez despite all their attempts, and you want to believe they could take over Cairo? I had some respect for you in the past, but...I hope you gain your senses back.
Even Syria which fared very poorly early on and was not really ready for the war (and its leader Hafez Al Assad was a secular Alawite Baathist dominating the country's government with its 'chosen 'people') could claim a draw based on the fact that the Iraqi reinforcements stopped this insect on its tracks (despite no Iraqi preparations and prior knowledge of this war. Iraqis apparently did not even have any military maps to use because Syria and Iraqi regimes had some sort of enmity). Also, Quneitra/Kuneitera (spelling?) was gained back despite Syria never signing any peace deal with this insect.
The conclusion is that the use of force and the successful demonstration of (neighbouring) Arab countries' military power caused the insect to flee those territories.
That was a brief lesson. I have no time write volumes on historical events at PDF.
