If one understands the nature and source of the wide performance gap between Arab militaries and terrorist organizations, then one understands that Islamist and jihadist movements are fundamentally modern and often more so than the regimes they oppose.
Karim is making a crucial, crucial point that is not discussed or examined nearly enough and which i believe America lacks true sophisticated experts on: the rise of antisemitism in the US is heavily factored in Iranian strategic thinking and policy making and I can say that the same is %100 true for Arab governments and Turkey as well. They believe the clock is ticking and all they need to do is just stick out for a little more until the US support for Israel collapses entirely and then they will be able to have the entire region for themselves.