throwaway059234

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throwaway059234on Why Arab armies don't win wars

> The job of the monarchy today is largely traditional. They pass and bless today's (better) government systems.

I wish: <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette...>.

> There are... complications... to democracies in the middle east.

It seems there are complications to all forms of government in the Middle East.

throwaway059234on Why Arab armies don't win wars

> This happened enough in the Catholic monarchies that I have to believe it's really just the shape of Monarchies.

There are still 12 monarchies in Europe, some of them Catholic, some Protestant. Your theory does not work there. The monarchies and Catholicism itself evolved (to a great degree, courtesy of the French Revolution), while Islam seems to have stalled.