Hi Lawry,
On this bright and sunny morning I'll return to the tail-end of your
posting (without re-naming the thread this time!) because it contains a
couple of very important points.
1.
According to Prof Bernard Lewis (What went wrong?), the principal enemy
of fundamentalist Islam in most
Below is half of an article appearing in today's NYT about India and
Pakistan that deals with the issues of socio-cultural and religious
expression that ties in nicely, I believe, with the current FW discussion
re: the role of fundamentalism and oppressive regimes in the Middle East.
Friedman
Some comments lower in the post
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From: Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: SA and Work in oil-rich countries
Hi Lawry,
On this bright and sunny morning I'll return
If I may be so bold as to jump into this discourse. It does seem obvious that we are on the verge of financial disaster here in the US. There is no decent safety net to take up the slack. As areas of the country are reeling from the collapse of the telecoms, the airways, and previously the dot.
Keith,
My impression has been that in the past, the Saudis have provided much, or
all, of the living costs for their people from oil revenue. Now, it has
changed, and their welfare state is not so nearly accommodating. This may
be why the mob is mumbling.
If this is so, why?
Maybe their oil
Harry,
At 09:05 14/08/02 -0700, you wrote:
Keith,
My impression has been that in the past, the Saudis have provided much, or
all, of the living costs for their people from oil revenue. Now, it has
changed, and their welfare state is not so nearly accommodating. This may
be why the mob is
The thing that most people forget is that the stock boom was the result of
saving money by the boomers. Now that they are starting to retire, they are
pulling the money out and the speculation [and high P/E rations] will slack off.
They are now putting their money into real estate so that it
Greetings, Robert,
I am
interested in your further ideas for a 'new plan.' Can you explore that a bit
for us?
It is
entirely true that one's economic viability in the US now rests on the ability
to do several things, and to learn fast. This implies a quite different
cognitive and cultural
SAUDI ARABIA: Friend or Foe?
The Politics of Anger vs the Politics of Fear?
A Marriage of Convenience? Headed for Divorce?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec02/saudi_8-14.html
RS YI
Excerpt:
RAY SUAREZ: Well, what's behind that turning away from longstanding
alliance?
It is a sad reality that due to its political nature there is in Washington
both 'analysis' and 'spin'. The latter seeks to look like the former, but
its purpose is to affect policy. Truth and balance are not a necessary
component of spin: it is part of the mammoth lobbying effort that permeates
Hi Lawry,
I don't at all mind your changing the name of the thread -- so much so that
I'm going to change it again for the purpose of this posting, confining
myself to the first paragraph of yours only! If she-who-must-be-obeyed does
not call me out of my den to keep her company for the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snipsnip
debivort
Nothing wrong with burkas, Keith -- except that the Western feminist
movement has labelled them oppressive. I haven't heard any feminist say
'Ops, maybe we were wrong. Maybe our Afghani sisters really DO like to
wear burkas,
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