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Old 02-17-2003, 02:01 AM  
kevinl
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Muslims in most of the middle east live in poverty. Did you see the pics from Afghanistan? A religion/culture that has shown no real advancement in 1500 years is certainly going to begin to get followers that become disgruntled. You then have two choices: change your way of life or destroy a competing and/or more successful one.
Outside of oil, the Arab countries have not made major investments in any other indusries. Therefore, when the oil runs out they go back to herding sheep.
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