Comments on: Arab World: What are Arabs waiting for? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/04/arab-world-what-are-we-waiting-for/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 30 May 2012 14:55:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: D.Messaoudi http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/04/arab-world-what-are-we-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1579385 D.Messaoudi Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:03:34 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=78280#comment-1579385 Why does Saudi Arabia not have its own space programme, you wonder? We don't need to think so much to know it. That's because the Arab countries in general do not have and CAN not have technology which is based on knowledge and science. Does the richest Arab country in the Arab World have a single big and well-equiped university to lead reseaches and create technology tools for such tremendous programmes? Of course no; the Arabs, instead, invest big mony in buying villas, castles, sport clubs ans stadiums and so on. Am I not right? Why does Saudi Arabia not have its own space programme, you wonder? We don’t need to think so much to know it. That’s because the Arab countries in general do not have and CAN not have technology which is based on knowledge and science. Does the richest Arab country in the Arab World have a single big and well-equiped university to lead reseaches and create technology tools for such tremendous programmes? Of course no; the Arabs, instead, invest big mony in buying villas, castles, sport clubs ans stadiums and so on. Am I not right?

]]> By: j. kactuz http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/04/arab-world-what-are-we-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1569458 j. kactuz Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:19:37 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=78280#comment-1569458 I usually post about Islam and its relationship to the West and human rights. Let me change the subject this time. Mr Talisman is right. I find it strange that so few people comment on the relationship between most Arab nations and Iran. Let me say that an Iran with nuclear weapons should bother Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries much more than it bothers Israel and the West. The Irainians will not attack Israel. They will, however, use their weapons or the threat of those weapons to decide the Sunni-Shia debate once and for all. They have not forgotten Karbala. The hate that flies between Sunni and Shia websites is unbelievable. No words are too cruel, no insults too vile. The House of Saud, most of all, is in for trouble if and when Teheran gets the bomb. The Shia have no use for them, in case you don't know Islamic history. The Saudis royals are very good at playing two sides off against each other, but I don't think this will work with the Ayatollahs. Should be interesting. kactuz I usually post about Islam and its relationship to the West and human rights. Let me change the subject this time.

Mr Talisman is right. I find it strange that so few people comment on the relationship between most Arab nations and Iran. Let me say that an Iran with nuclear weapons should bother Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries much more than it bothers Israel and the West. The Irainians will not attack Israel. They will, however, use their weapons or the threat of those weapons to decide the Sunni-Shia debate once and for all. They have not forgotten Karbala.

The hate that flies between Sunni and Shia websites is unbelievable. No words are too cruel, no insults too vile. The House of Saud, most of all, is in for trouble if and when Teheran gets the bomb. The Shia have no use for them, in case you don’t know Islamic history. The Saudis royals are very good at playing two sides off against each other, but I don’t think this will work with the Ayatollahs.

Should be interesting.

kactuz

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