I actually wasn't complaining about leox really.
Quote: At one time it numbered over 250,000 men on active duty.
Yes, I was referring to the Biafra conflict when I quoted that figure. Nigeria still is the major West African military power, and they have VAST reserves of potential manpower (over 100 million population). If you count their reserves, their army is pretty large.
Quote: Canadian Army: 1 mech inf div. (MBT 114 Leopard)
Navy: 2 subs, 4 Destroyers and 12 Frigates.
Air Force: 140 combat aircraft.
Yes, as I said, a small modern military. The USA techically only has like what, 10 divisions or so? (plus MANY smaller formations detached)
After mobilization Syria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc. could easily mobilize much much more than 16 divisions between them. In the Persian Gulf War Syria had over 25,000 on its border with Iraq alone, Egypt had 60,000 deployed, Saudi Arabia over 110,000. If Turkey is included within all this, that's 500,000 men for them alone (NATO'S second largest army I believe). While Israel has quality, I doubt they could defeat all of the Arab nations at once. Egypt and Syria did do a pretty good job in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and that's just 2 nations (though Israel has grown even more modern in their military).
Considering I was reciting things which I've read in the past (some 5+ years ago when I was in school), I don't think I was too far off from being completely "accurate".