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Originally Posted by Kayz Fair enough, I respect your opinion and take on things. You live in the middle east, so I'll take you for your word. With respect to the oppression in the middle east, I would assume that the fact that the middle east is full of oil and that a small percentage of the officials are getting filthy rich adds to the frustrations. I know people here in the states like to bash the rich and the oil companies, but by and large most americans are doing okay financially and are not living in filthy conditions. Despite popular belief, the US does take fairly good care of those less fortunate. It's got to be a hard pill to swallow when a Saudi who is barely getting by sees one of the Crown Princess' on TV showing off their 400 foot yacht or their car collection worth $50 million. A few weeks ago, they were showing the lifestyles of like the 20 richest people in the world and a couple of them were Arabs. They toys they had made me sick...and I'm an American who is used to seeing flashy things. It'd be nice to see some of these royal families take better care of their people, especially when they are sitting on trillions of dollars in oil. |
Amen. The thing that is fucking up the middle east the most is the abuse of its resources by the minority. Royal families are acting is if they actually own the countries they are in, not representing them and working to make them better. Our current king (Abdullah) seems to be the only sincere guy we've had in decades from what I can tell, but he is surrounded by corruption, and he can't fix all things by himself.