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| Originally Posted by orion Who destroyed Al Mansur?
Who's talking about allocation of resources?
Who can that be? 
I think people of the United Arabic Emirates feel proudeness of the very beautiful yacht Platinum but also for their own country.
A country without taxes, free hospitality, no criminality, no unemployed , no drugs.....
Have a look at your own country before teaching others how to do it.  |
The nature of an unfeeling ruling class is of as great a concern to me here in the United States as it is to many people in the Middle East. The unbridled and patent disregard with which the Bush Administration and its supporters treat the structure of our civil society is not something I'd ever hold up as a model of enlightenment or progress.
What I said about
"Platinum" I said in the Spirit of '76 (our successful rebellion against tyrannical rule of Great Britain) - hopefully for the edification of anyone listening.
For while you may not now wish to acknowledge the very existence of religious and socially-driven forces who oppose such things, let me assure you they are growing stronger - take for example the
"Peninsula Lions". http://www.persiangulfonline.org/tak...news0205-3.htm
Without such vision, it will be up to their security & intelligence forces to forestall another Islamic revolution from taking place - witness the failure of the Shah's SAVAK to see how bad things can truly get for misinformed royalty these days.
It is not with malice that I point these facts out - but don't believe for an instant that everyone in the UAE or Brunei truly looks to the
"Platinum" with a sense of nationalistic pride.
That kind of "display" is simply obscene - a pale "imitation" of the decadent lifestyle found along Caribbean and Mediterranean coastlines. Would YOU honestly take pride such rotten apery?
Don't be fooled into thinking that what goes on today will go on tommorrow.
Rather, ask yourself - where would the UAE be without a stable regime in Saudi Arabia?
What happens when Iran finishes building its arsenal of nuclear weapons?
Will the weak-kneed princes in Riyhad support the oh-so visibly corrupt emirates then?
How will the Ulama and Grand Ayatollah dispense with such clear manifestations of Western influence?
525 foot personal "yachts" are indeed impressive, only I don't think they're having the effect you suggest.