THE WORLD'S GREATEST SQUANDER

Submitted by Tim Bush (United States), Apr 3, 2006 at 21:06

Thank God democratic countries have world power right now...

Can you imagine what the world would look like if Iran, Syria, and some of the other countries played a greater role in the world - economically, socially, and worst of all militarily!?...

Thankfully the Islamic countries have brilliantly squandered the greatest natural resource the world has ever seen... Directly under their feet lies the key to social reform, education, economic affluency, cultural influence, and worst of all, military might... In fact, I doubt a more advantagous situation will ever arise for any group of nations again in the future of the world...

The per capita GDP of Israel alone is greater than Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq (of course) and Lebanon combined... OR, Israel is about equal to Saudi Arabia and Iran combined, which both have the greatest oil reserves in the world... And Israel aint got no oil...!!

The UAE and a few of the other gulf countries have got their act together but only because they have shied away from Islamic influence...

Middle Eastern dictators are corrupt, intolerant and selfish... And so are the Imams/Mullahs that keep their people in a state of hate and poverty...

Tim

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