Hi,
I was going thru many books in Martin Luther King - the main DC public library at China Town - which even has a mural with Mahatma Gandhi's image- and somebody had just read this book "9/11 commiission report" -- it had info on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
I was surprised to learn that Saudi Arabia's per capita income (supposed to be nearly as high as Switzerland $28,000 per annum when I was in high school) has fallen to just as much as that of Chile -- just $12,000 -- about the same as Malaysia.
Hopefully, a poor Saudi Arabia would not be able to fund terrorism (15 out of the 19 - 9/11 terrorists were from this country) in near future at all - when it become as poor as Bangladesh or worse - since it does not allow female education or voting in elcetions.
can we learn from Saudi Arabians who are sitting on their haunches - and getting poorer despite owning 25% of the world's oil --- whereas Japan grew without ANY mineral resources to become the second largest world ecxonomy?
Umesh
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