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2011-05-28 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-05-28 10:51|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Name an Islamic state with a viable economical model?

Get rid of the oil and these people will be killing each other just to survive.

Posted by Paul D 2011-05-28 13:20|| 2011-05-28 13:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Before the discovery of oil, only Bahrain and the port cities of the UAE were much to look at. Iraq was always somewhat wealthy but that was because of the rivers in it and the agriculture. All of the other North African Arab areas were pest holes, even the Ottoman Turks only bothered with Arabia because it held Mecca.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-05-28 16:33|| 2011-05-28 16:33|| Front Page Top

#3 While those of us ineligible for military service face a future consisting of a crappy economy without any worthwhile jobs, the creation of a generation of battle-hardened veteran members of the military caste can only be a good thing for the future of our nation.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-28 21:47|| 2011-05-28 21:47|| Front Page Top

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