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| Saudi Arabia is not a backward state | |
| 2017-10-02 | |
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s decisive journey towards civilization, modernization and development. This has been Saudi Arabia’s orientation for many years, as it opened its markets and economy for foreign companies, sent its students to study abroad and strengthened its ties with world powers. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the decision to allow women to drive sent a clear and frank message to those who oppose the kingdom and which stipulates that Saudi Arabia is heading towards the future and it will not regress, as they are planning and hoping. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 They forced school girls back into a burning building rather than let them appear in public "uncovered". They're barbarians. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-10-02 06:56 |
| #3 Saudi Arabia is not a backward state ...Oh, heavens to Betsy, no. They're a state that is desperately trying to overcome its self-imposed religious stupidity in an effort to regain what its taken them nearly 100 years to lose. The Saudi leadership thinks that giving women the right to drive will suddenly make the rest of the world see that KSA is a strong, vital part of the 21st century so please invest here because we need yer money. Um, no. It's not. The women ain't gonna stop just at driving, and everyone else seems to know it except those wacky al-Sauds. The Saudi enforcement apparatus - the mutaawa, the cops - aren't going to suddenly change their tune towards women just because the King says so, and I would bet dollars to shwarma that you're going to start seeing vicious, fatal attacks on driving women. Needless to say, that's not going to draw investments from anybody who could make a difference though there's some countries that I have no doubt will jump at the chance to sink their talons in. Russia and China, for instance. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-10-02 05:49 |
| #2 No, it - along with any other concentration of Muslims - is a cancer growth on the body of humanity. That one is a particularly dangerous because of petrodollars. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-02 02:06 |
| #1 It actually confirms Soddy Arabia's decisive journey towards civilization, modernization and development. I'm picturing a guy running after a train that left 5 centuries ago. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-10-02 00:17 |