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2004-06-04 Arabia

Saudis Told to Learn New Things, Develop New Habits

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Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-06-04 7:24:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The... um... Saudi blogger described his compatriots as a 'nation of managers, not workers' the other day. Well, that's a kind way of putting it, I suppose.

Posted by Anonymous5121 2004-06-04 10:39:40 AM|| 2004-06-04 10:39:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Me

Posted by Bulldog 2004-06-04 10:40:25 AM|| 2004-06-04 10:40:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor choice of words.... LOL!

The whole damn article may be the funniest thing ever posted at RB.

PeeeDeeeee?

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-04 11:30:51 AM|| 2004-06-04 11:30:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I can understand the Saudis, I'm a big picture, idea man myself.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-04 11:31:44 AM|| 2004-06-04 11:31:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 This article and editors' comments are second to the Nuggets of the Urdu Press, but they are a close second. One that got my fancy:

Crown Prince Abdullah has repeatedly said that the days of the boom are over.
Poor choice of words, Prince

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-04 12:09:34 PM|| 2004-06-04 12:09:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Saudis are reaping the whirlwind they have sown over the last several decades. Permitting their nation to stagnate technologically whilst constantly overemphasizing religious indoctrination is stirring up a dust devil that may well sweep them from power.

All of this is one more reason why it may be necessary to appropriate their entire nation and place it under some sort of coalition control. Oil flow would be maintained and their religious shrines could be gated in order to wield a club over the heads of militant jihadis.

I realize this is a gigantic undertaking, but the notion of a Wahabbist controlled Saudi Arabia is even less digestible for much of the global community. Some hard choices loom in the very near future. The royals have outlived any use to the world and even to their own nation.

Some reports have detailed a 90% decline in Saudi per capita income from $60K to $6K. Such a precipitous drop in their standard of living literally guarantees unrest. I don't see the royals melting down their solid good bathroom faucet handles to help assuage this poverty any time soon. The House of Saud has been farting through silk for far too long.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-04 1:34:50 PM|| 2004-06-04 1:34:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 solid good bathroom faucet handles

S/B "... solid GOLD bathroom faucet handles ..."

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-04 2:46:48 PM|| 2004-06-04 2:46:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Zenster-good points. I would also add:

What if there is a violent overthrow of the Saudi royalty? Let's say an insurgency/militia acts but is defeated and its casualties are large?

Who will take over the everyday burdens of banking, military, health care, etc. when the native male population has been decimated and a female population with borderline literacy skills and no work experience is all that remains?

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-04 4:53:12 PM|| 2004-06-04 4:53:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Sorry--meant to say violent overthrow attempted...

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-04 5:06:22 PM|| 2004-06-04 5:06:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Crown Prince Abdullah has repeatedly said that the days of the boom are over.

Yes, AP. Now come the days of "bada bing- bada boom".

Posted by tu3031 2004-06-04 7:34:57 PM|| 2004-06-04 7:34:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 #8 What if there is a violent overthrow of the Saudi royalty? Let's say an insurgency/militia acts but is defeated and its casualties are large?

The Saudis should probably confer with Iran on the subject of ramming the flower of their population's manhood through the meat grinder (known as the Iraq-Iran war). Iranian politics faces a distinct undercurrent of resentment as increasing numbers of women agitate politically. The Iranian mullahs will be obliged to implement ever-increasingly severe and misogynistic measures to combat this, much to the detriment of their continually diminishing popularity.

Who will take over the everyday burdens of banking, military, health care, etc. when the native male population has been decimated and a female population with borderline literacy skills and no work experience is all that remains?

This is something that I addressed in my initial statements. The profound technology gap and general lack of work ethic embodied by the House of Saud in particular and reflected by Saudi society in general are harbingers of rather dreadful possibilities.

Saudi Arabia can either revert to a nomadic herding society or face complete displacement by foreigners who possess sufficient expertise to operate the oil production facilities based in their region. Neither of these are very pretty outcomes, but the Saudis have been constructing this elaborate nightmare for some time now.

One thing is fairly well certain. Allowing Saudi Arabia and its petroleum reserves to fall into Wahabbist control is neither an option nor desirable for American or European interests alike. However blind Europe is to this, America's big-oil cartel and automotive manufacturing combine will take a dim view of such possibilities and you may be certain their displeasure will be well communicated to their puppets in Washington D.C.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-04 8:37:33 PM|| 2004-06-04 8:37:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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