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I'm sorry if my syntax is a bit garbled, I'm just not in a good mood,

I stumbled upon this quote while reading an older thread about who was the best Muslim general:

Frankly, if the Byzantines had been up to fighting trim, the Arabs would have been crushed faster than you could say "spatharokoubikoularios".

So, just how close was the Muslim Conquest to failing? While I am not a fan of Islam, I still feel that their conquest is well within reasonable probability of being sucessful. Agree? Disagree? Let's debate:
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