...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 powerful crown prince said Wednesday his country would be "totally different" within five years, vowing to pursue sweeping reforms to diversify its economy away from oil.
"I believe the new Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
is the Middle East," Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....told a major investment forum in Riyadh.
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in five years will be completely different."
Prince Mohammed has been the driving force behind Riyadh's Vision 2030 plan for economic and social reforms, including ambitious projects such as futuristic mega-cities, as Riyadh prepares for a post-oil era.
"If we succeed in the coming five years, other countries will join us," he said.
He was speaking at the three-day Future Investment Initiative forum, which went ahead despite mass cancellations from global business leaders following the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
Further stoking investor anxiety, the kingdom is embroiled in a costly war in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...and is leading an embargo against Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...