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New 2021 rankings for the strongest military forces in the Middle East
[AlMasdar] The annual rankings of military strength of the countries of the world, issued by the Global Fire Power website, were released recently, along with the regional rankings.

In the Middle East region, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
 was considered the strongest military, followed by Egypt at number two and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
at number three.

Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
 ranked fourth in the military power in the Middle East, followed by Israel in fifth place,
...not where I’d have ranked them relative to the competition, but I am not a secret algorithm...
the Emirates sixth, Iraq in seventh place, Syria in eighth, Kuwait ranked ninth, while Oman ranked tenth, and then Jordan ranked eleventh.

The bottom of the list consisted of Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Bahrain, and Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
The Global Fire Power rankings included Egypt in the category of the Middle East, but left out the Arab states of Morocco, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria, which are located in the same North Africa region.

Saudi Arabia topped the list with respect to the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the UAE ranked second, Kuwait third, Oman ranked fourth, then Qatar and Bahrain.

It is noteworthy to mention that the classification of the Global Fire Power Foundation is based on an index based on 50 factors, including the military, financial, logistical and geographical capabilities of 138 countries.


Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-26
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