worst general in history

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Regarding Amer, Israeli-Arabs wars are an excellent example of a numerically and frequently technologically superior force (the Arabs) being unable to beat more limited and at many times less equipped enemy due to their own incompetence and the latter's superior skills and tactics. This somewhat reminds of Iraq-Iran War. Iraq was being equipped by almost the entire world and, on paper, had more disciplined army, while Iran lacked more modern arms and its army literally was born out of the revolutionary chaos. Though Iranians failed in their subsequent attempts to invade, it was Iraq that failed epically in what was thought to be an easy task (defeating an isolated neighbour, weakened by the internal turmoil). I'm not sure I'd consider Amer as particularly terrible (certainly not good), more like a good representative of a wider problem.

Arab problems with winning as organized armies is a long subject. I'll just recall my favorite example from the Yom Kippur War. There were many instances Egyptian crews took freshly-delivered brand new Soviet tank and immediately drove to the frontline. They saw the enemy, aimed, fired and guess what happened. The bloody tank gun had been sealed for the transport.

You can easily guess the outcome for the tank and its crew.